1831 |
Separation of the City and State of Schaffhausen. |
| 1832 | Bernhard Freuler, painter (1796 – 1858) is elected first registrar and archivist. |
| 1833 | Setup of the municipal archives in the former vestry of the church St. Johann. |
| 1862 | Acquisition of medieval account-books and tax-registers. |
| 1866 | The first repertory of the archive is drawn up by historian Hans Wilhelm Harder. |
| 1884 | The records of the «Bürgergemeinde» are relocated into the mansion Zur Rose. |
| 1913 | The city’s librarian Reverend Dr. Carl August Bächtold (1838 – 1921) is elected part-time archivist. The position had been left vacant for decades and after the retirement of Bächtold in 1918 the job was once again assigned to the chancellory. |
| 1918 | The most ancient documents and records are temporarily deposited in the archives of the State of Schaffhausen. |
| 1923 | The records-center for the files of the municipality is set up in the former wine-cellar of the town-hall. |
| 1956 | The former teacher Ernst Steinemann (1888 – 1972) is elected first archivist of the city of Schaffhausen. |
| 1958 | The city’s records, that were scattered in five different locations are reunited in today’s premises on the ground floor of the building «Grosses Haus». |
| 1970 | Dr. Hans Ulrich Wipf is elected first full-time archivist. |
| 1973 | First extension of the archive and setup of the showcases. Start of regular exhibitions. |
| 1980 | Second extension of the archive in the basement. |
| 1994 | Third extension: installation of a vault for protection of the most valuable documents and records. |
| 1996 | Dr. phil. Peter Scheck succeeds Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wipf. Introduction of electronic data processing. |
| 1999 | Fourth extension: setup of the basement with compact shelving and cartographic archive. |
| 2000 | Start of the archives internet-services. |
| 2006 | Project for conservation and
internet-presentation of the photographic archives of Schaffhausen press
photographers |