The history of the city is multifaceted and dates back to Roman times. There are numerous ways to discover it. A visit to the Wiesbaden city archives provides an insight into the city's documents, while the digital city encyclopaedia contains over 1,700 articles on everything worth knowing about Wiesbaden's history. In addition, memorials and places of remembrance are dedicated to the victims of National Socialism. In addition, the "Places of Historicism" shed light on Wiesbaden's time as a "world spa town".