Government agency of Switzerland memory institution
Heritage designation
class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
Director
Philippe Künzler
Website
www.bar.admin.ch
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The Swiss Federal Archives (German: Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv, French: Archives fédérales suisses, Italian: Archivio federale svizzero, Romansh: Archiv federal svizzer) are the national archives of Switzerland. Additionally, the cantons have official archives of their own. The building and its collections are a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1]
In 2018 the archives held over 66,000 linear meters of printed documents and 20.7 terabytes of digital documents. The archives have a permanent staff of 57.8 full-time equivalent and a budget of 19.2 million CHF.[2] The archives are governed by the Federal Act on Archiving.[3]
The Federal Archives were created in 1798 following the creation of the Helvetic Republic. Under the republic, the archives moved whenever the seat of government moved. With the creation of the Federal State in 1848 the archives became part of the Federal Chancellery and found a home in Bern in the town hall. The first federal archivist was Johann Jakob Meyer, who was appointed in 1849. In the second half of the 19th century, the archives moved to the western wing of the Parliament building. In 1868 the second chief archivist, Jakob Kaiser, was appointed. Over the following years he persuaded Parliament to purchase land across the Aare river in the Kirchenfeld district and build the current archive building.[4] The building was built in 1896-99 by Theodor Gohl in the Renaissance Revival style.[5]
In 1914 the archives are officially designated as the Bundesarchiv or Federal Archives. In the same year its first typewriter was installed. On 9 May 1944 the Federal Council approved the first regulations making all records in the archive which are at least 50 years old available to the public without restriction. In 1963 the first microfilm reader was installed, followed by a copier in 1965. On 15 July 1966, new regulations regarding the archives retained the 50 year limit, but made exceptions for academic research. In 1973 the 50 year limit was shortened to 35 years and in 1998 it was again reduced to 30 years.[4]
^"Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^"Facts and Figures". bar.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Archives. 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^Federal Act on Archiving, original version 1998-06-26.
^ ab"The history of the Federal Archives". bar.admin.ch. Swiss Federal Archives. 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^"Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv". api3.geo.admin.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
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