Franciscan Library (Brandenburg an der Havel)

The Franciscan Library in Brandenburg an der Havel is a collection of books that was created for edification and instruction within the Franciscan Monastery of St. Johannis in Brandenburg an der Havel .

After the Reformation, the collection was kept in the St. Gotthard Church and loaned to the Prussian State Library in 1923 . During the years of the Second World War, the 300 early publications, which were compiled in 190 volumes, were relocated to Fürstenstein Castle , later to the Grüssau Abbey in Silesia and were confiscated by the Polish authorities in the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow .

literature

Gustav Fig : The former Franciscan library in Brandenburg a. H. A contribution to the history of the book trade in the Brandenburg region in the Middle Ages . In: Central Journal for Libraries . 39th year, 11th u. 12. Issue 1922, pp. 475-499
Georg Jagdhuhn and Anneliese Schmitt: an allegedly lost medieval monastery library rediscovered. The Franciscan library of the St. Gotthard Church in Brandenburg on the Havel Origin - Destiny - Existence . In: Historischer Verein Brandenburg (Havel) eV, 8th annual report 1998/1999. Brandenburg an der Havel 1999, pp. 81-102