As one of the largest German state archives, the Landeshauptarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt stores around 50 linear kilometres of shelves of documents, official books, files, drawings, maps and cracks as well as electronic and other data carriers from eleven centuries of German history at five locations. The archives of the Landeshauptarchiv can be inspected for scientific purposes, for local history issues, for research into one's own family or to clarify legal issues. The archive is open to any person who has a legitimate interest in inspecting archival materials.