Philologicum (University Library LMU Munich)
| Philologicum library of the LMU Munich university library | |
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 West side entrance (Schellingstrasse)
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| founding | 2019 |
| Duration | approx. 430,000 media (as of November 2019) |
| Library type | University library |
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Munich 
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| ISIL | DE-19 |
| operator | Free State of Bavaria |
| management | Klaus-Rainer Brintzinger (UB overall), Benjamin Rücker (Philologicum) |
| Website | www.ub.uni-muenchen.de |
The Philologicum is the specialist library for linguistics and literary studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . It is part of the university library of the LMU Munich and was opened on September 30, 2019 after a four-year construction period. The library is located at Ludwigstrasse 25. Its holdings include around 430,000 media in over 80 languages (as of 2019).
The following holdings are integrated into the specialist library:
- Specialist library for German and comparative literature
- Library of English Philology
- Library of the America Institute
- Library of Romance and Italian Philology
- Library of Classical Philology / Comparative and Indo-European Linguistics / Albanology
- Library of Latin Philology of the Middle Ages
- Library of Slavic Philology
- Library of Finno-Ugric / Ural Studies
- Library of Nordic Philology
- Philological inventory of the Central Textbook Collection
History of the building
Built by Friedrich von Gärtner from 1833 to 1835 under the Bavarian King Ludwig I , the building initially served as an institution for the blind. From the 1970s until it was converted into a specialist library, the Philologicum, it housed the institutes for Romance and Italian Philology, including the associated library, as well as theater studies with a library and studio stage. The building is part of one of the most important streets in Munich and is included in the list of individual monuments. In 2014, the Bregenz architecture firm Fink Thurner and Cukrowicz Nachbaur won the international architectural competition among more than 40 participants. The winning design inserted a new library core into the gutted historical building, whose listed façades were renovated.
Historic facade facing Ludwigstrasse (east side)
Art in architecture: graphic design in the stairwell
Reading room with optimal daylight through the roof windows
House within the house: west facade of the newly installed "library core"
Entrance area
bookshelves
Reading and workplaces
Group study room
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philologicum Library - LMU University Library - LMU Munich. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Philologicum library opened on September 30, 2019 - LMU University Library - LMU Munich. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
- ^ [1] History of the Philologicum building
- ↑ Description of the conversion to the Philologicum with numerous illustrations (pdf, 1.8 MB)
Web links
- Opening report in the SZ from September 18, 2019
- Library usage information
- Press review on the construction of the library