Team and Contact
Address
The building Dock 4 in the street Unteren Karlsstraße 4
Our address
documenta archiv
Untere Karlsstraße 4
D- 34117 Kassel
Billing address
documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH
documenta archiv
Friedrichsplatz 18
D-34117 Kassel
Telephone
+49 561 70 72 73 100
Fax
+49 561 70 72 73 9
e-mail
archiv[at]documenta.de
Web Site
www.documenta-archiv.de
Disclaimer
The documenta archiv is part of the documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, a non-profit organization financed by the City of Kassel and the State of Hesse.
Bank Account
Kasseler Sparkasse
IBAN: DE70 5205 0353 0000 060082
SWIFT: HELADEF1KAS
Opening Hours
Reading Room
Tuesday to Friday
from 9.00 am til 4.00 pm
with appointment via lesesaal[at]documenta.de only
The documenta archiv is subject to the general pandemic containment orders of the city of Kassel. Please bring a negative PCR test or a certificate about a full vaccination or recovery to your research in the reading room. Thank you very much!
The documenta archiv will be closed from November 4-5, 2021 due to internal training.
Records and Papers / Media Archive
Please send us a detailed written request to:
Records and papers
aktenarchiv[at]documenta.de
media collections
medienarchiv[at]documenta.de
Team
Dr. Birgitta Coers
Director
+49 561 70727-3103
archivdirektion[at]documenta.de
Martin Groh
Scientific Research
+49 561 70727-3107
wissenschaft[at]documenta.de
Sigrid Heisel-Hennchen
Personal Assistant to the Director and Administration
+49 561 70727-3100
archivdirektion[at]documenta.de
Saskia Mattern
Head of Records and Papers
& Media Archive
+49 561 70727-3102
aktenarchiv[at]documenta.de
Natalie Schmidt
Records and Papers Service
& Reading Room
+49 561 70727-3112
lesesaal[at]documenta.de
Berlind Schneider
Records and Papers
+49 561 70727-3105
aktenarchiv[at]documenta.de
Arlett Sauermann (formerly Seidel)
Paper Conservation
+49 561 70727-3114
+49 561 70727-3116
restaurierung[at]documenta.de
Alexandra Winterhoff
Director Student Assistant
+49 561 70727-3101
archiv[at]documenta.de
Dr. Harald Kimpel
Associated Scholar
Directions
The documenta archiv is situated at the Untere Karlsstraße 4, Kassel within the building of the Kulturhaus Dock4. This former school is a listed building. A step free access is at the court yard side of the building.
With public transport:
Take trams 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, RT1, RT4 up to Friedrichsplatz. Walk across Friedrichplatz towards the Museum Fridericianum. Turn left into Untere Karlsstraße which is the road before the museum. The first building on the right hand side is the Kulturhaus Dock4.
By car:
Coming either from the highway A7 or A44 via junction A49 towards Kassel. Take junction “Auestadion / City Center” follow the road signs towards the center of the city. Turn left after the theater (Staatstheater) into the road Oberste Gasse. After a 100 meters turn left into a small road Seidenes Strümpfchen, at the end of the road turn left again and you have arrived in Untere Karlsstraße.
Parking options
There is a car park at Friedrichsplatz, with an entry at Frankfurter Straße towards the Fridericianum. After the Cine-Star use the left hand drive to reach the underground car park. Another entry is situated between the Staatstheater and the documenta hall, reachable via Du-Ry-Straße, take Brüderstraße or Steinweg.