Libraries in Leipzig
The city of Leipzig is home to numerous libraries and archives .
The first book collections go back to the monks of the monasteries St. Thomas (Augustinians), St. Georg (Benedictines), St. Paulus (Dominicans) and Zum Heiligen Geist (Franciscans). In addition, the University of Leipzig kept some collections accessible to professors. After the Reformation and the associated dissolution of the monasteries, the Leipzig University Library (Bibliotheca Albertina) was founded in 1539 , the largest library in Saxony. In the 19th century it became the most extensive university library in Germany.
The legacy of Huldrich Groß led to the founding of the council library (Bibliotheca senatus lipsiensis) in 1711 , which later became the Leipzig City Library . Most of the library's holdings were destroyed during the air raids on Leipzig in 1943. Today the Leipzig Music Library , part of the city library, is one of the largest specialist libraries in the Federal Republic. Reading and lending libraries, which were used by the bourgeoisie, were established in the 18th century. In 1828 Anton Philipp Reclam bought a lending library, the Literary Museum , and founded the Reclam publishing house . In the same century, workers' libraries were created under the direction of August Bebel . In addition, were in Leipzig Library of the German Society , the Comenius Library , the Central Geographical Library , Frauenbibliothek monaliesa , the Environmental Library Leipzig and the German Central Library for the Blind was founded.
In 1912, the best-known of the Leipzig libraries, the Deutsche Bücherei , established by the Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhandels ( Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhandels) , has been a location of the German National Library since 2006 .
Cultural institutes
- Library of the Polish Institute in Leipzig
- Library of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Leipzig
- Information Resource Center (IRC) of the American Consulate General Leipzig
- Media library of the Institut français de Leipzig
- Québec Archives of the Québec Study Center - Center d'Études Québécoises (CEQUIL) of the University of Leipzig
Educational institutions
- Library of the Leipzig University of Cooperative Education
- Library of the Leipzig Graduate School of Management
- Library of the Henriette Goldschmidt School Leipzig - Vocational school center for social affairs in Leipzig
- Library of the University of Graphics and Book Art Leipzig
- Library of the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig
- Library of the University of Telecommunications in Leipzig
- Library of the HTWK Leipzig
Authorities and public administration
- Library of the Federal Armed Forces of the Military District Command III - Leipzig branch
- Library of the Office for Statistics and Elections of the City of Leipzig
- Library of the Leipzig District Court
- Library of the Labor Court in Leipzig
- Library of the Federal Administrative Court
- Library of the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Central Germany
- Library of the prison in Leipzig with hospital
- Library of the Leipzig Regional Court
- Library of the Social Court in Leipzig
- Library of the State Archives Leipzig
- Library of the Administrative Court in Leipzig
- Administrative library of the City of Leipzig in the New Town Hall , operated by the Leipzig City Libraries
Concerning the city of Leipzig
- Archive Pro Leipzig
- Library of the Leipzig City History Museum
- Documentation, information and press archive of the Leipziger Volkszeitung
- Regional library of the Leipzig City Library
- Leipzig City Archives
- Leipzig University Archives
Literature and language
- Library of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Library of the Museum of Ethnology
- German Museum of Books and Writing of the German National Library
- Leipzig Poetry Library of the Society for Contemporary Poetry in the Leipzig City Library
- Louise Otto Peters Archive
- Communication and media studies at the Leipzig University Library
- Branch of the German Literature Institute Leipzig of the Leipzig University Library
History and auxiliary historical sciences
- Anne Frank Shoah Library in the German National Library
- Archive Citizens Movement Leipzig
- Library of German homeland magazines
- Library of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Saxony
- Library of the Humanities Center for the History and Culture of East Central Europe (GWZO) at the University of Leipzig
- Library of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in the Grassimuseum
- Library of the Leipzig School Museum - workshop for school history
- Library of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Leipzig
- Library of the Museum of Ethnology
- German Museum of Books and Writing in the German National Library
- Information center of the Contemporary History Forum Leipzig
- Institute for Art and Universal History of the Karl Lamprecht Society
- Karl Sudhoff Institute for the History of Medicine and the Natural Sciences of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig
- Reich Library from 1848 in the German National Library
- Collection of exile literature 1933–1945 of the German National Library
- Classical Archeology Branch of the Leipzig University Library
Politics, law, social affairs and sociology
- Archive Citizens Movement Leipzig
- Library of the Leipzig District Court
- Library of the Labor Court in Leipzig
- Library of the Federal Administrative Court
- Library of the European Documentation Center of the University of Leipzig (EDZ)
- Library of the project Colorful Gardens Leipzig by Brückenschlag
- Library of One World
- Europe Direct information network of the Europa-Haus Leipzig
- Library of FAIRbund
- Women's and Gender Library MONALiesA
- Info shop Leipzig
- Law branch of the Leipzig University Library
Educational science and pedagogy
- Hearing and speech impaired
- Media education center of the school administration office of the city of Leipzig
- Library of Section 51 of the Saxon Education Agency (SBA) - Leipzig regional office
- Library of the Leipzig School Museum - workshop for school history
- Leipzig School Librarianship (SBAL)
- School library of the state high school for sport
- School library of the Evangelical School Center Leipzig
- Branch of Educational Science of the Leipzig University Library
Church, Philosophy and Religion
- Archive and library of the Evangelical Lutheran Missionswerk Leipzig
- Library of the Diaspora Work of the Evangelical Church in Germany - Gustav-Adolf-Werk (dissolved)
- Library of the Dominican Monastery of St. Albert
- Library of the Institute for Pastoral Care and Community Practice
- Max Stirner Archive Leipzig
- Branch of Oriental Studies of the Leipzig University Library
- Theology branch of the Leipzig University Library
Art, music, dance and theater
The art history reference library of the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig is one of the largest museum libraries in Germany with 100,000 volumes. The Leipzig Bach Archive has the world's largest Bach collection.
- Library in Hall 14 - art space for contemporary art
- Library of the University of Graphics and Book Art Leipzig
- Library of the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy" Leipzig
- Library of the Contemporary Art Gallery
- Library of the Bach Archive
- Library of the Museum of Applied Arts
- Historical library of the St. Thomas' Choir
- Institute for Art and Universal History of the Karl Lamprecht Society
- Art history library of the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
- Theater studies secondary location of the Leipzig University Library
- Dance Archive Leipzig
- Art branch of the Leipzig University Library
- Music branch of the Leipzig University Library
Health, medicine and psychology
- Library of the Aids-Hilfe Leipzig
- Library of the House of Life Leipzig
- Library of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Library of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Library of the Hearing and Speech Impaired Leipzig of the Samuel Heinicke School Leipzig
- Max Stirner Archive Leipzig
- Specialized library of the State Research Institute for Health and Veterinary Affairs Saxony - Leipzig location
- Specialist and patient library of the St. Georg Clinic
- Specialist and patient library of the Park Hospital Leipzig-Südost
- Specialist and patient library of the St. Elisabeth Hospital in Leipzig
- Karl Sudhoff Institute for the History of Medicine and the Natural Sciences of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig
- Medical library of the Heart Center Leipzig
- Central Medical Library of the Leipzig University Library
- Biosciences branch of the Leipzig University Library
- Psychology branch of the Leipzig University Library,
- Veterinary medicine branch of the Leipzig University Library
Natural sciences
- Library of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig
- Library of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
- Library of the Natural History Museum Leipzig
- Karl Sudhoff Institute for the History of Medicine and the Natural Sciences of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig
- Biosciences branch of the Leipzig University Library
- Chemistry branch of the Leipzig University Library
- Computer science branch (interim) of the Leipzig University Library
- Mathematics branch (interim) of the Leipzig University Library
- Physics branch of the Leipzig University Library
Earth science, agriculture, nature and environmental protection
The Leipzig Environmental Library is one of the largest public environmental libraries in Germany.
- Library of the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy - Leipzig branch
- Library of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation - Leipzig branch
- Library of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ)
- Library of the Natural History Museum Leipzig
- Specialist library of the gastrosophies of the Susanna Eger School - vocational school center of the city of Leipzig
- Central Geographic Library (GZB) and Archive for Geography at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography
- Environmental Library Leipzig
- Geography branch of the Leipzig University Library
- Geosciences branch of the Leipzig University Library
economy
- Library of the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Library of the Saxon Economic Archives
- Economics branch of the Leipzig University Library
Sports
The Sports Museum Leipzig has approximately 4,000 publications on one of the biggest sports history collections in Germany.
- Library of the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Library of the Sports Museum Leipzig
- Sports science branch of the Leipzig University Library
Individual evidence
- ^ University of Leipzig: The development of the Leipzig libraries. (PDF file; 299 kB)