In the list below you will find only the larger and more important of Germany's literary archives.
There are, however, a great many smaller ones as well, for instance the Jean-Paul-Museum in Bayreuth with its 365 autographs or the “Archiv Schreibende ArbeiterInnen” (Archive of writing labourers) in Berlin (3 volunteers, open Thursdays by prior appointment only).
In order to find archives like that it’s best to use the regional portals or the database Kalliope, the links are listed in “Find it”.
Martin Mosebach, notes
© photo: Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach