Library of the Livonian Knighthood

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The knight's house in Riga today

The Library of the Livonian Knighthood was a library in Riga that had existed since May 1853 .

history

The basis of the library was a part of the book collection of the pastor of St. Johann in Riga called Hermann Trey (d. 1849). This part was originally created by the pastor of St. Petri Liborius Bergmann (1754-1823) and was sold to Trey by his heirs.

The collection contains Livonica in the broadest sense of the word. The part relating to patriotic history, geography and legal studies in the broadest sense was housed in the Livonian Knight's House, the other books relating to Livonia were given to the Society for History and Archeology of the Baltic Sea Provinces for safekeeping. The library existed until 1918.

From the library rules:

"2. The knightly library is absolutely open to all members of the nobility and all scholars with the approval of the resident district councilor. "

See also

  • Riga City Library (Bibliotheca Rigensis, in the cloister of the Riga Cathedral)
  • Library of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Directory of the library of the Livonian knighthood , Vorerinnerung, III f.
  2. ↑ Valsts arhivu Speciala biblioteka: Special library of archives in Latvia
  3. ↑ Directory of the library

literature

  • Directory of the library of the Livonian knighthood. Leipzig 1872 ( digitized )
  • Klaus Garber: Treasure houses of the spirit: old libraries and book collections in the Baltic States. 2007 ( partial online view )
  • Bernhard Fabian (Ed.), Cornelius Hasselblatt (Editing): Handbook of German historical book stocks in Europe. An overview of collections in selected libraries . Vol. 7, Part 2: Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania . Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 1998 ( partial online view )

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Coordinates: 56 ° 57 ′ 4.1 ″  N , 24 ° 6 ′ 15.9 ″  E