Archives are the memory of our society. They store and preserve documents of lasting value and make them available for use by all interested parties. TU Dresden has maintained its own archive since 1952, which houses historically valuable documents from research, teaching and the administration going right back to its foundation as a Technische Bildungsanstalt (Technical Educational Institution) in 1828.

On April 22, 2024, the President of the Saxon State Parliament, Dr. Matthias Rößler, visited the University Archives and embarked on a very personal biographical journey. As a graduate of TU Dresden, doctoral student and later research assistant at the "Friedrich List" University of Traffic Science Dresden, he inspected his own student and doctoral files. He was welcomed by the Chancellor of TUD, Jan Gerken, the Director of the University Archives, Dr. Judith Matzke, and Angela Buchwald, who curates the collection. The President of the Landtag of Saxony talked about his time as a student and his research activities. He also gave an insight into student life in the 1970s.

He then took a tour of the archive to learn more about its activities, current projects and its facilities. He gained an impression of the University Archive's rich collection by examining the matriculation register of the Tharandt Forestry Academy, Victor Klemperer's personnel file and the chain of rectors of the University of Traffic Science. With a view to the bicentenary of the university's founding in 2028, he was presented with the current research projects on "TUD Dresden University of Technology under National Socialism" and "TU Dresden in the restructuring of universities in the East Germany after 1989/90".

Contact

Dr. Judith Matzke
University Archives
Tel.: +49 351 463 34452

Website: https://tu-dresden.de/ua