List of libraries in Germany
This is a list of libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany. There is a much more extensive list available on the German Wikipedia. There are about 6,313 public libraries in Germany.[1]
The German National Library (DNB), Leipzig
National Libraries
- Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), Berlin
- Collection of German Prints (Sammlung Deutscher Drucke), Berlin
- German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek), Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig
- German National Library of Economics (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Kiel and Hamburg
- German National Library of Medicine (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin), Cologne
- German National Library of Science and Technology (Technische Informationsbibliothek), Hanover
- Prussian Heritage Image Archive (Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz), Berlin
- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Library, Hamburg
State and regional libraries
- Baden State Library (Badische Landesbibliothek), Karlsruhe
- Bamberg State Library (Staatsbibliothek Bamberg), Bamberg
- Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek), Munich
- Berlin Central and Regional Library, the library for the city and state of Berlin
- Göttingen State and University Library (Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen), Göttingen
- Saxon State Library (Sächsische Landesbibliothek), Dresden
- Württemberg State Library (Württembergische Landesbibliothek), Stuttgart
City libraries
- Braunschweig Public Library (Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig), Braunschweig
- Cologne Public Library (StadtBibliothek Köln), Cologne
- Stuttgart Public Library (Stadtbücherei Stuttgart), Stuttgart
Specialized libraries
- American Memorial Library (Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek), Berlin
- Berlin Art Library (Kunstbibliothek Berlin), part of the Berlin State Museums
- Deutsche Fotothek, a picture library in Dresden, Saxony
- Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Thuringia
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek, Hanover
- German Esperanto Library, Aalen, Baden-Württemberg
- German Central Library for the Blind (Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde), Leipzig
- Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony
- Library of Friedrich Nietzsche (Nietzsche-Archiv), Weimar, Thuringia
- Lippe State Library, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar, Wetzlar, Hesse
- Philatelic Library Hamburg (Philatelistische Bibliothek), Hamburg
- Virtual Library of Musicology (Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Musikwissenschaft), Munich, Bavaria
- West German Library for the Blind (Westdeutsche Blindenhörbücherei), Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Zeno.org, a German digital library
University libraries
- Augsburg University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg), Augsburg
- Bamberg University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg), Bamberg
- Bonn University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Bonn), Bonn
- Braunschweig University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig), Braunschweig
- Düsseldorf University and State Library (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf), Düsseldorf
- Frankfurt University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt
- Freiburg University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg), Freiburg
- Greifswald University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Greifswald), Greifswald
- Heidelberg University Library(Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg), Heidelberg
- Hamburg University Library (Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Hamburg), Hamburg
- Hanover University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Hannover), Hannover
- KIT Library (Universitätsbibliothek Karlsruhe), Karlsruhe
- Kassel University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Kassel), Kassel
- Leipzig University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig), Leipzig
- Ludwigshafen University Library (Hochschulbibliothek Ludwigshafen), Ludwigshafen
- Mannheim University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim), Mannheim
- Philological Library (Philologische Bibliothek) of the Free University of Berlin
- Potsdam University Library(Universitätsbibliothek Potsdam), Potsdam
- PsyDok, a digital Psychology library supported by Saarland University, Saarland
- Stuttgart University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart), Stuttgart
- Tübingen University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen), Tübingen
- Ulm University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Ulm), Ulm
- Wuppertal University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal), Wuppertal
German libraries abroad
Former libraries in Germany
- Bibliotheca Palatina, the most important library of the German Renaissance, Heidelberg
- Berlin Singakademie Library, looted in 1945 and as of 2000 temporarily housed at the Berlin State Library
- Königsberg Public Library in Königsberg, East Prussia
- Königsberg State and University Library in Königsberg, East Prussia
Library associations
- International Association of Technological University Libraries, Düsseldorf
- Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare (est. 1900)
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See also
Further reading
- Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie (in German), Vittorio Klostermann, ISSN 0044-2380 1954-
- Claudia Lux (2016). "Germany". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (4th ed.). US. ISBN 9781466552593.
- "'Oldest library in Germany' unearthed by Cologne archaeologist", BBC News, UK, 2 August 2018
External links
- Bibliotheken in Deutschland (in German)
- List of Libraries in Germany
- Dossier Goethe-Institut "Deutsche Bibliotheken im Porträt" (in German)
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