Braunschweig City Library

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Braunschweig City Library
Braunschweig Brunswick Castle new building 22 April 2007.JPG
City library in Braunschweig Castle

founding 1861
Duration approx. 550,000 media units
Library type Regional library
place Braunschweig
ISIL DE-56 (Braunschweig City Library)
management Anette Haucap-Naß
Website http://www.braunschweig.de/stadtbibliothek

The Braunschweig City Library was founded in 1861 and, with a stock of around 550,000 volumes and an area of ​​7,800 m 2, is one of the largest municipal libraries in Lower Saxony . Since June 2007 your new location has been the reconstructed Braunschweig Castle . The former public library and the music library belong to the new organizational unit .

history

Origins

The foundation of the city library is the library of the Spiritual Ministry, founded in 1570 near the Martinikirche , in which the medieval book collection of Gerwin of Hameln (1415–1496) with the new location Brüdernkirche was merged in 1753 , as well as the extensive private library of Brunswick city councilor Johann Camman (1584–1496) 1649).

Founding of the “Municipal Collections” in 1861

In the course of the 1000th anniversary of the city in 1861, the "City Collections", consisting of the City Archives , City Library and City Museum , were founded by the City Council of Braunschweig . The task of the city library was initially to collect works in collaboration with the Brunsvicensien city archive and the works written by Brunswick or published in the state of Brunswick. The collection area was soon expanded to include General German State and Legal History, German Provincial and Urban History, National Economics and Statistics, historical auxiliary sciences and Low German language and literature , as a municipal administrative report from 1880 shows. The first full-time archivist and library director was the historian Ludwig Hänselmann , who headed the “municipal collections” until his death in 1904 (municipal museum until 1898). The location of the collections was the Neustadtrathaus in 1863 , which was opened on May 1, 1865 after extensive restoration.

New building on Steintorwall in 1910

In spring 1910 the city library and city archive moved into the building created by Max Osterloh at Steintorwall 15; the opening took place on May 17, 1910. During the Second World War , the city library and city archive were closed in August 1944. The building suffered minor bomb damage. The city library had practically no war losses. On October 1, 1945, the lending facility of the city library was reopened. The city archive, on the other hand, was initially closed as the bombed-out municipal utilities used large parts of the building until 1949. On June 12, 1950, the renovated reading room of the city archive and the city library was reopened. Due to a lack of coal, the city archives, the city library, the city museum and 36 schools were temporarily closed on February 20, 1956. On January 1, 1981, the previous administrative unit of the City Archives and City Library was abolished, the latter being combined with the public library under the name "City Libraries". The city archive was given the status of an independent institution and moved to the outbuilding at Löwenwall 18 B in 1985. The electronic recording of the book inventory was introduced in 1996. In 1996 the book holdings of the city archive and the city museum were transferred to the city library.

The “Public Library” 1907–2007

The public library, which is now integrated into the city library, dates back to 1907, when the “Association of the People's Reading Hall” was founded. The facility opened in early 1910 in the Chamber of Commerce building, Cookshop 3. The public library and the reading room found their new location in 1928 in the "House of Spiritual Work", which was designed by Herman Flesche . In 1941, the city of Braunschweig took over the sponsorship after the Nazis came to power after reprisals against the previous sponsoring association. After the end of the Second World War, the library was reopened on July 25, 1945. Of the previous 30,000 volumes, around 20,000 were lost due to the war. In 1995 the music library was opened in the building of the former Brunsviga canning factory , today a culture and communication center , in Karlstrasse. The holdings of the public library (approx. 120,000 books and other media) and the music library were moved to the new location in Braunschweig's residential palace in June 2007.

New location "Braunschweiger Schloss" since 2007

The new location of the city library and the city archive has been the reconstructed Braunschweig Castle since June 23, 2007, largely a shopping center operated by ECE , Am Schlossplatz 2. There are also two branches of the city library at Heidberg and Weststadt .

Stocks

The oldest holdings include 195 medieval manuscripts , 426 incunabula from the period before 1500, 5264 prints from the 16th century, 12,531 prints from the 17th century and 7193 prints from the 18th century. Significant individual collections that have been taken over are listed below.

Camman's library

Johann Camman the Elder J. (1584-1649)

From the private collection of the Braunschweig lawyer Johann Camman the Elder. J. (1584-1649) 9557 titles in 3732 volumes are preserved. The city library owns 5,264 prints from the 16th century, the majority of which come from the Camman's library.

Ministry of Spiritual Library

The reformer Martin Chemnitz (1522–1586) suggested the establishment of the library of the Ministry of Spirituality in 1570. The collection mainly contained Lutheran writings that could be used by the city churches. On the instructions of Duke Charles I , the holdings of the Braunschweig parish libraries and the remains of the medieval Andreana were transferred to it in 1753 . The existing holdings include 8,675 titles in 3,584 volumes.

Wilhelm Raabe's private library

In 1940 the city of Braunschweig acquired the private library of the writer Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), the 1825 volumes of which have been placed in one place. A Wilhelm Raabe research center was set up for scientific purposes .

Wilhelm Bracke Library

The former private library of the social democratic politician Wilhelm Bracke (1842–1880), which was initially set up in the public library, was taken over by the city library in 1933 with a partial inventory of 1143 volumes and was thus saved from being dissolved by the National Socialists. As early as 1925, the city library had acquired 300 volumes of early social democratic literature from Bracke's estate.

Library of the Braunschweig Chess Club

In 2008 the chess club Braunschweig Gliesmarode from 1869 handed over its extensive and valuable chess library to the city library as a deposit .

Library manager

Long-standing directors of the city library and the city archive were Ludwig Hänselmann (1861–1904), Heinrich Mack (1904–1934), Werner Spieß (1935–1956), Richard Moderhack (1956–1970) and Ottokar Israel (1970–1979). After the administrative unit with the city archive was dissolved, Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (since 1980) and Luitgard Camerer headed the city library. Anette Haucap-Naß has been the head of the city library since 1999 .

Exhibitions

Numerous special exhibitions have been presented in the past (selection):

  • November 15, 1957 Opening of the exhibition " Ricarda Huch in memory, died November 17, 1947"
  • July 20, 1962 Opening of the exhibition " Hans Sommer for his 125th birthday"
  • March 22, 1971 Opening of an exhibition about the former Lord Mayor of Brunswick Ernst Böhme (1892–1968)
  • September 7th to December 31st, 2006 Exhibition for the 175th birthday of Wilhelm Raabe in the city library, city archive and city museum

literature

Web links

Commons : Braunschweig City Library  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anniversary tournament : 150 years of the Braunschweiger Chess Club on de.chessbase.com.

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 46.5 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 37.8 ″  E