Ehinger library
The former Ehingen library from Ehingen in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg has been in the Hungarian Institute of the University of Regensburg since June 2017 and belongs to the library of the university. .
history
The special collection, which was originally privately owned , was institutionalized on January 31, 2009 when the non-profit association “Ehingen Library - Hungarian Literature in German Language / Ehingeni Könyvtár Magyar irodalom német nyelven” was founded.
Since its transfer from Ehingen to the headquarters of the Hungarian Institute in Munich (UIM) in Regensburg in June 2017, the EB has been named "Special Collection of Hungarian Literature in German Language" (ULDS) as part of the UIM library from the Hungaricum - Hungarian Institute of the University Regensburg (HUI).
It includes Hungarian literature in German . The special collection, originally privately owned, was expanded through the establishment of the non-profit association “Ehinger Library - Hungarian Literature in German Language / Ehingeni Könyvtár. Magyar irodalom német nyelven ”institutionalized on January 31, 2009.
collection
The library now comprises around 2500 books by around 550 authors, plus magazines on and about Hungarian literature .
The entire inventory is divided into different subject areas:
- Classics, also rediscovered and newly laid
- Historical ( Second World War , Holocaust , expulsion of the Hungarian Germans , Hungarian uprising 1956 , exile , turnaround )
- contemporary literature
- Anthologies : poetry , prose
- Non-fiction books from history, politics, art
Publications of the Ehingen library
- Gudrun Brzoska, writers with Hungarian roots . With a foreword by Imre Török , Herne: Schäfer, 2010, 382 pages. ISBN 978-3-933337-78-8 (Ehinger library "Hungarian literature in German language").
- Gudrun Brzoska / Zsuzsanna Klára Varga-Nagy, Aunt Ilona's secret photo album. Budapest 1956 and 2016. With bilingual contributions / Ilona néni titkos fotóalbuma. Budapest 1956 és 2016. Kétnyelvű kiadás. Bad Buchau: Federsee-Verlag, 2016. 88 pages, approx. 120 photos. ISBN 978-3-925171-83-3 .
The tasks of the Ehingen library also include the literary processing and evaluation of the works and their authors, but also the organization of literary events and the presentation of literature in the form of public exhibitions. The promotion of German-Hungarian cultural relations - especially in the literary field - is the primary goal.
The project already started in Ehingen to give scholarship holders the opportunity to work in the library for their own research for a few weeks will be continued in Regensburg. The Ehingen library will be incorporated into the University Library of Regensburg as a special collection of the hungarian library of the UIM and will be accessible in the Regensburg catalog.