I would like to request a document, what do I need to do?
Access to archival documents for official or scientific purposes is only possible upon request. Access is granted to anyone pursuant to the Act No. 395/2002 Coll. as amended. You can apply in several ways:
in person at City Hall’s filing department, Primaciálne námestie,
in person at City Archive, Marková 1,
by post to the postal address of City Archive, Magistrát hlavného mesta SR Bratislavy, Primaciálne nám. 1, 814 99 Bratislava,
In your application, please provide your full name, contact details (if requested additional details such as date of birth, address, etc.). Please, also state which documents you require and what is the purpose of the enquiry.
Application examples
Jozef Novák, DOB 01.01.1950, requests a confirmation of the period of study at the XY Primary School in order to apply for social benefit (pension);
Mária Nováková from the XY institution requests for documents from the personal fund of J. N. Batka for personal research, in order to prepare a scientific publication on the history of music science in Slovakia (science and research);
Ján Kováč, property owner/ tenant’s representative/ from housing cooperative XY, requests project documentation for the property number XY for the purposes of reconstruction/administrative proceedings/official purposes (administrative agenda); etc.