Nomen

das Kreisarchiv

district archive, county archive

Alte Dokumente werden im Kreisarchiv aufbewahrt.

Old documents are kept in the district archive.

Er forscht für sein Buch im Kreisarchiv.

He is doing research for his book in the district archive.

in the ((Kreisarchiv)) to research in the (district archive) He is researching in the district archive for his book.

Stadtarchiv (city archive), Staatsarchiv (state archive)

From 'Kreis' (district, circle) and 'Archiv' (archive). Literally 'district archive'.

Imagine a circular building ('Kreis') filled with old files ('Archiv').

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