The so-called address book is the most important historical reference work about people, streets and institutions. The first volume was published by Friedrich Wilhelm Koscky for the year 1846 with the title "Wohnungs-Anzeiger für Frankfurt a. O. und Adreß-Kalender [...]". The entire household population can be researched with their residential address. Authorities, doctors' offices, schools, churches and institutions are listed as well as businesses, guilds and associations. For each request, the right contact could be looked up.
Because the address books served equally as a calendar of events and events were announced or documented as a chronicle, they are for the city history a frequently used source. The last volume was published for the year 1940/41 by the former Königliche Hofbuchdruckerei Trowitzsch & Sohn. The Stadtarchiv Frankfurt (Oder) has published the digitized microfiches of the 48 address books in the Archive Portal-D of the German Digital Library.
Archive director Dr. Denny Becker: "The archive staff uses the address books for day-to-day archival work: where did the great-grandparents live? Which department processed building applications? Which city councillors were elected or what does the street name "Halbe Stadt" stand for? All these questions can be answered with the address books. We are pleased that our most important research tool for the Prussian period is now available to all interested parties and would like to thank our colleagues at the German Digital Library for their excellent cooperation."
Digital views of the address books
The Stadtarchiv Frankfurt (Oder) has published the digitized microfiches of the 48 address books in the Archive Portal-D of the German Digital Library: To the Archive Portal