German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) MCP Server
German archive finding aids (DDB); civil and church registers of BW, NRW, RLP and Hesse.
To add German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) to Claude, run the install command below or copy the ready-made config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code further down. Restart your client after adding it and its tools show up in your next conversation. It declares 7 environment variables, listed below.
Install
uvx german-archives-mcp@0.3.0Environment variables
GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIRSet in your MCP configGERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUTSet in your MCP configGERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVALSet in your MCP configGERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACTSet in your MCP configGERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIRSet in your MCP configGERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYSSet in your MCP configGERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MBSet in your MCP configSet only if the maker requires them; this listing does not flag any of them as required.
Install with your client
claude mcp add german-archives-ddb-bw-nrw-rhineland-palatinate-and-hesse-registers --env GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR=<YOUR_GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR> --env GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT> --env GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL=<YOUR_GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL> --env GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACT=<YOUR_GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACT> --env GERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR=<YOUR_GERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR> --env GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS=<YOUR_GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS> --env GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB=<YOUR_GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB> -- uvx german-archives-mcp@0.3.0
Run this in a terminal to add the server to Claude Code.
What this does
German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.
Requirements
This server declares the following environment variables. Set only the ones the maker requires for your setup; this listing does not flag any of them as required:
GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACT GERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB
Set these via the env object in your MCP config (see claude_desktop_config.json snippet above).
Frequently asked questions
How do I install German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers)?
Run the Claude Code command in the install section to add German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) to Claude Code, or copy the ready-made config for your client from the install section on this page. Restart your client afterwards and the tools appear in your next conversation.
Which clients work with German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers)?
This page carries setup and config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Any other MCP client that accepts a standard server config can connect to German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) as well.
Does German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) need an API key?
This listing does not flag an API key as required. The server can use these environment variables: GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR, GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT, GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL, GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACT, GERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR, GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS, GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB; the maker's docs say which of them your setup needs. They go in the env block of your MCP config.
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