University Archive of the TU Chemnitz
The University Archive has been a department of the University Library since 2014 and is primarily responsible for the preservation of documents created throughout the Technical University. Since 2020, it has been housed in the renovated Alte Aktienspinnerei.
The archive was founded as an institution in 1956. However, the records date back to the founding phase of the Royal Industrial College Chemnitz, including the affiliated schools such as the Royal School of Building Trades, the Royal School of Master Craftsmen and the School of Drawing, from 1836 onwards.
In addition to the holdings of Chemnitz University of Technology and its immediate predecessors, the archive also holds the holdings of dissolved engineering schools from Karl-Marx-Stadt as well as educational institutions from Karl-Marx-Stadt, Zwickau, Auerbach and Rochlitz.
In addition, the archive currently holds more than 100 bequests and bequests as well as smaller collections of study notes. There is also an extensive collection of items, including around 150,000 photographic motifs.
There are currently around 3.6 kilometres of documents stored in the University Archive's stacks.
Highlights 2025
Special exhibitions
- "Inventor culture in Saxony"
3 March 2025 to 28 September 2025 - "Movement and stagnation - The last year of study in the GDR"
3 June 2025 to 11 July 2025 - "Faces of the Wismut"
1 September to 17 October 2025 - "Local migration history"
20 October to 29 November 2025
Further information
The University Archive is a public archive and can be used by anyone.
Access usually begins with a consultation, for which an appointment is necessary.
The archive also answers written enquiries about academic issues and periods of employment and study.
The archive also regularly organises exhibitions.