25 July 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Stendal: Simone Habendorf, head of the city archive of the Hanseatic city of Stendal, shows a photo taken before 1940. It shows the town archive of the Hanseatic town of Stendal in the old premises, the wedding room of the town hall. On July 25, 1724, the town archives of the Hanseatic town of Stendal were mentioned in writing for the first time. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa/ZB