In the last weeks there were already some positive messages about new archives in the Archivportal-D, currently the ingest of archive data starts again successively. Currently the ingest of smaller initial deliveries is working.

Following the megatrend of digitisation, German cultural and scientific institutions are networking via the joint platform Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB), thus making their collections accessible to the public worldwide free of charge.

The archive network of Bautzen consists of the city archive and the state branch archive. The town archive contains the records of the municipal administration from the 13th century to the present day as well as various documents of the incorporated villages.

The Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, called "Stadtarchiv" until 1992, is one of the most important German municipal archives and looks back on a provable history of about 600 years.

The Archivportal-D celebrates its birthday. On 24 September 2014, it was ceremonially released during the opening event of the 84th German Archive Day in Magdeburg. Since then, the platform has undergone continuous development and today offers a comprehensive range of archive information and digital archive material.