Bibliothèque Alsatique du Crédit Mutuel

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The Bibliothèque Alsatique du Crédit Mutuel (dt. About the library of Alsatian documents of the Crédit Mutuel ) in Strasbourg is a public library , which is maintained by the French cooperative bank Crédit Mutuel .

founding

The journalist Antoine Gardner (1903–1981) from Guebwiller , who had a great interest in the history of Alsace , established a private library of about 4,000 books in Alsatian , German and French on subjects related to history, geography and the like Customs in Alsace concern. These include classic works from the 18th and 19th centuries such as those by Johann Daniel Schöpflin , André Philippe Grandidier , Johann Gottfried Schweighäuser and Johann Andreas Silbermann .

This collection was bought in 1972 by the Crédit Mutuel bank, which housed it in its Bischenberg training center in Bischoffsheim . This library has been open to the public since the beginning. In 1992 it was housed in the main building of Crédit Mutuel until it was finally moved to its current location in 1997 - Haus Herrenschmidt, 34 rue du Wacken, 67913 Strasbourg.

Duration

Over the years, the collection has been expanded to include new and historical works, so that it now comprises around 41,000 books (as of June 2016), the oldest of which date from the 15th century (6 incunabula ).

The library contains alsatika on the following topics:

  • History and chronicles of the parishes
  • Church history and theology
  • Military history and war diaries
  • Family history (genealogy) and famous people
  • Folk art, tradition and theater, language and dialects
  • Region-specific journals and regional literature
  • Lexicons and encyclopedias
  • Trade, science, archeology, medicine, travel, Crédit Mutuel / Raiffeisenbank

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b For the history, holdings and orientation of the library, see the library website Historique. Origines. Missions, accessed June 27, 2016 (French).
  2. ^ In the online catalog under the names "Silbermann, J. Andreas" and "Silbermann, Jean-André".
  3. ↑ L'histoire des premiers livres. Les contenus des imprimés à partir du 16ème siècle. 4 ° La mise en page. In: sevicom.free.fr, accessed on June 27, 2016 (French).
  4. ↑ Although only represented with secondary literature in the inventory, the library website Le Monde vu par un Rhénan du XVIe siècle deals with the view of the world - and Alsace - in the Cosmographia of the Rhinelander Sebastian Münster ; Retrieved June 27, 2016 (French).