Hildesheim Cathedral Library

Hildesheim Cathedral Library
founding	815
place	Hildesheim
ISIL	DE-Hil6
Website	dombibliothek-hildesheim.de

Page from the most precious piece in the cathedral library, the Albani Psalter

The Hildesheim Cathedral Library is a scientific library sponsored by the Hildesheim diocese . As the cathedral library , it has existed without interruption since the diocese was founded in 815. This makes it the oldest library in Northern Germany and, with over 120,000 volumes, some of which are of irreplaceable historical value.

The holdings are made up of several individual collections. While the original property of the cathedral church with its cathedral school was decimated several times by fires, came from the secularization mass of monasteries, from the former Jesuit college (now Gymnasium Josephinum ) and from parish and private collections - including the library of the chief forester pastor Martin Bever ( Beverina ) in 1681 and in 1908 the library of St. Godehard's Basilica - extensive and valuable holdings were added, which are continuously supplemented by bequests, donations and purchases.

In addition to the Albani Psalter , the Hildesheim Orational with miniatures from the Reichenau School of Painting is an important work in the holdings of the Hildesheim Cathedral Library .

Since 1997, the cathedral library has been housed in a new building on the cathedral courtyard , built according to modern conservation principles , which also offers comfortable reading rooms and public lending facilities.

literature

• The manuscripts of the cathedral library in Hildesheim . Part 1. Described by Marlis Stähli, Helmar Härtel et al. (Medieval manuscripts in Lower Saxony, Volume 8–9) Wiesbaden 1991–1993
• Bernhard Gallistl: School, books and learning at Hildesheim Cathedral, in: Ego sum Hildensemensis. Exhibition catalog Hildesheim 2000, pp. 213–238.
• For heavenly wages and earthly wisdom - medieval book treasures from Hildesheim , ed. by Monika Müller, exhibition catalog Wolfenbüttel 2010

Web links

Commons : Cathedral Library Hildesheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• www.dombibliothek-hildesheim.de Official website
• Hildesheim Cathedral Library in the handbook of historical book collections in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• Brief presentation of the Beverinische Stipendien- und Bibliothek-Stiftung in Hildesheim, in: Neues vaterländisches Archiv, 1827, p. 172.

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 59.9 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 51 ″  E