Publications of the city archive

Thomas Müller, René Rohrkamp (eds.): The end of the Second World War in Aachen 1944/45 - pictures by American military photographers

[From the Sources of the Aachen City Archives; Vol. 7]

144 pages, b/w, paperback, with a scientific study and 80 black and white photos by US military photographers

20 Euro - available at the city archive
ISBN 978-3-00-079686-9

Thomas Müller, René Rohrkamp (eds.): The Aachen Putsch of Rhenish Separatists 1923, Aachen 2023

[From the Sources of the Aachen City Archives; Vol. 6]

280 pages, four-color, paperback, with a scientific study and 37 annotated sources from the city archives, color illustrations (including two color plans)

25 Euro - available at the city archive
ISBN 978-3-00-076016-7

You can download an extended version of the source section from the sixth volume of the series "Aus den Quellen des Stadtarchivs Aachen" free of charge. In addition to a shortened version of the source section that can be downloaded here, the book contains an extensive essay on the so-called Separatist Putsch of 1923 in Aachen, which for the first time deals with the event scientifically on the basis of a broad range of sources.

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Daniel Lohmann, Thomas Müller, René Rohrkamp, Maike Scholz (eds.): The Tietz department store in Aachen - A building in the field of tension between contemporary history and architecture 1892-1965

Aachen 2021 [From the sources of the Aachen City Archive; vol. 5]

240 pages, four-color, paperback, in slipcase; with two scientific texts and 51 annotated sources from the city archives; 140 color illustrations, two inserts in A2 format with four large-format illustrated sources, one large photo postcard

25 Euro - available at the city archive
ISBN 978-3-00-069326-7

Els Herrebout, Thomas Müller, Peter Quadflieg, René Rohrkamp (eds.), Between Belgium and Germany. Sources from the Aachen City Archives and the State Archives in Eupen on the change of state between Eupen and Malmedy 1919-1925

Aachen 2020 [From the sources of the Aachen City Archive; vol. 4]

240 pages, four-color, paperback; with a scientific introduction and 59 annotated sources from both archives; 130 color illustrations, an insert in A2 format with a historical map showing the new borderline

25 euros - available from the municipal archives and the state archives in Eupen
ISBN 978-3-00-065873-0

The German-Belgian border crossing at Köpfchen, today a popular excursion meeting point and cultural center, was built in 1920 on the basis of the Treaty of Versailles. After the defeat of the German Reich in the First World War, Aachen, Eupen and Malmedy were occupied by Allied troops in December 1918. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated that the districts of Eupen and Malmedy were to be ceded to Belgium by the German Reich. Where previously there had only been a district border between Eupen and Aachen, between neighboring towns and villages, a new border was now created while the consequences of the war were still being felt.

The new source volume in the series "Aus den Quellen des Stadtarchivs Aachen", which was produced jointly with the State Archives in Eupen, describes this process, which was accompanied by political tensions, social crises, everyday problems and pragmatic arrangements, in a scholarly introduction and on the basis of historical sources from both archives. The 59 sources are diverse. In addition to official letters, there are historical photos, plans, posters, etc., which are commented on and embedded in their historical context. The spectrum ranges, for example, from orders issued by the Belgian governor of the new Belgian territories, General Herman Baltia, to reports from the border demarcation commission and pasture applications from farmers who want to let their cattle graze on meadows that are now suddenly no longer on the territory of another district, but in another state.

The volume was awarded the 2021 Prize of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium in the Archive and Library category.

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Thomas Müller and René Rohrkamp (ed.): Letters during the war Aachen, the Engelbert factory and the Schmauser family 1943-1945. With a collage by Dirk Schmauser

Aachen 2019 [From the sources of the city archive, vol. 3]

192 pages, four-color, paperback; 28 historical photos and 65 originally illustrated and transcribed letters

20 Euro - available at the city archive
ISBN 978-3-00-063200-6

Thomas R. Kraus and Frank Pohle (eds.): Aachen from the beginnings to the present, Volume 5: From imperial city to "bonne ville": Aachen at the time of the French Republic and under Emperor Napoleon I (1792-1814)

Publisher: Schmidt, Neustadt a. d. Aisch 2018. [Publications of the Aachen City Archive, Volume 18]
538 pages, four-color, hardcover

39.90 euros - only available in bookshops
ISBN 978-3877071441

Thomas Müller and René Rohrkamp: The end of the war in Aachen in 1918

Aachen 2018 [From the sources of the city archive, vol. 2]

176 pages, four-color, paperback; with inserted reproduction of the front page of the Echo der Gegenwart of November 11, 1918 in DIN A2 format

20 Euro - available at the city archive
ISBN 978-3-00-060129-3

Monika Gussone: The oldest document in the Aachen City Archives. Henry II donates new lands to the monastery in Burtscheid

Aachen 2018 [From the sources of the city archive, vol. 1]

64 pages, four-color, paperback; with inserted reproduction of the document from 1018 in DIN A2 format

10 Euro - available at the city archive
ISBN 978-3-00-058650-7

Family research in the Aachen City Archive. Sources and possibilities for genealogists

Edited by Matthias Senk
20 pages, four colors, paperback
3 Euro - available at the city archive

Thomas R. Kraus (ed.): Aachen. From the beginnings to the present.
Volume 3/2: Areas of life. 1138 to 1500.

Publisher: Mayersche Buchhandlung, Aachen 2015.
[Publications of the Aachen City Archive, Volume 16]

536 pages, four-color, hardcover,
39,90 Euro - only available in bookstores
ISBN 978-3-87519-259-9

Thomas R. Kraus (ed.): Aachen. From the beginnings to the present.
Volume 3/1: City development and events. 1138 to 1500.

Publisher: Mayersche Buchhandlung, Aachen 2014.
[Publications of the Aachen City Archives, Volume 15]

600 pages, four-color, hardcover,
39, 90 Euro - only available in bookstores
ISBN 978-3-87519-257-5

Thomas Müller and René Rohrkamp (eds.): Briefe im Krieg Aachen, das Engelbert-Werk und die Familie Schmauser 1943-1945.

With a collage by Dirk Schmauser, Aachen 2019
[From the sources of the city archive, vol. 3]

192 pages, four-color, paperback; 28 historical photos and 65 originally illustrated and transcribed letters

20 Euro - available at the city archive
ISBN 978-3-00-063200-6