Archiwum Krajowe w Opawie, jego historia, zbiory i polonika
The National Archives in Opava, its history, collections and polonica

Summary/Abstract: The National archives in Opava is one of the oldest institutions of this type in the Czech Republic. Due to the constantly increasing archival resources, Opava has become the central historical archive for the Moravian-Silesian and Olomouc administrative regions these lands. In this institution there are collections and records, land, city, national, judicial, political, occupation, church, school, unions, organizations and social associations. one should also pay attention to the fact of the rich resource concerning the role and importance of the Polish diaspora in Opavian-Moravian Silesia. The Opava archive is also actively responding to the needs of contemporary researchers, as in 2007 it began working on digitization and making the resource available on its websites. Thus, entering into the Polish-Czech intellectual, scientific and cultural dialogue.

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