List of libraries in Germany

The list of German libraries performs a selection of major research libraries and other libraries in Germany (see also library).

In Germany, the federal support of the German National Library, the Library of the German Bundestag, the libraries of the highest federal authorities, the federal courts and numerous federal research centers. The countries have especially academic libraries, such as federal, state and university libraries and libraries of state-owned facilities, such as museums, research and educational institutions. Even entertain communities in rare cases, academic libraries, but usually public libraries. Almost all major cities and the majority of medium-sized cities have libraries, purely by number, the municipalities are the most important library support.

Academic libraries

Listing German academic libraries (especially libraries of national importance, special libraries, state libraries, regional libraries, university libraries and university libraries).

Libraries of national importance

German National Library with offices in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig.
Berlin State Library
The Bavarian State Library in Munich
German National Library of Medicine (ZB Med ) (Cologne)
German National Library of Economics ( ZBW ) (Kiel and Hamburg)
Goettingen State and University Library (SUB )
Technical Information Library (Hanover)
Library of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning ( Hamburg)
Saxon State Library with German photo library and Zimelienzimmer (Dresden)

Special and Research Libraries

Academic libraries of the federal states

Baden-Wurttemberg

Bavaria

State Library

The Bavarian State Library in Munich

University libraries

Augsburg University Library
University Library Bamberg
University Library Bayreuth
Eichstätt University Library - Central Library and branch libraries in Eichstätt
University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg
University Library of Munich ( LMU)
University Library of the Technical University of Munich
University Library of the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
University Library Passau
University Library of Regensburg
Würzburg University Library

Polytechnic libraries

Fachhochschule Amberg library
Fachhochschule Ansbach library
Fachhochschule Aschaffenburg library
Fachhochschule Augsburg Library
Fachhochschule Coburg Library
Fachhochschule Deggendorf library
Polytechnic library courtyard
Bavarian officials polytechnic library courtyard
Fachhochschule Ingolstadt library
Fachhochschule Kempten library
Fachhochschule Landshut Library
University of Applied Sciences Library in Munich
Polytechnic library Nuremberg
Protestant University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg library
Polytechnic library Neu-Ulm
Fachhochschule Regensburg Library
Fachhochschule Rosenheim library
Polytechnic library Schweinfurt
Library of the University of Würzburg -Schweinfurt
Polytechnic library pastures
Polytechnic library Freising- Weihenstephan - Central Library

Regional Public Libraries

State Library ( Provincial Library ) Amberg
State Library ( castle library ) Ansbach
Hofbibliothek Aschaffenburg
State and City Library of Augsburg
Bamberg State Library
State Library of Coburg
Study Library Dillingen
State Library Neuburg an der Donau
State Library of Passau
State Library of Regensburg

Institutional Libraries ( selection)

Abbey Library: Abbey Muensterschwarzach
Old Library of the Abbey Ottobeuren
Bavarian Academy of Sciences Munich
Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Running
Bavarian Music Academy Castle Alteglofsheim
Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt
Episcopal library Passau
Episcopal Central Library of Regensburg
Diocese of Augsburg Historical Library
Bukovina Institute Augsburg
German Alpine Club Munich
Deutsches Museum, Munich
Diocesan Library Würzburg
Dombibliothek Freising
House of the German East Munich
University of Television and Film Munich
Hofbibliothek Thurn und Taxis Regensburg
Institute of German culture and history of Southeast Europe eV Munich
Institute of East and Southeast European Studies Regensburg
Institute for Contemporary History in Munich
International Youth Library in Munich
Landeskirchliches Archives Hannover
Landeskirchliches Archive in Nuremberg
Sudeten German Music Institute Regensburg
Hungarian Institute Munich
Library of the Abbey of Ettal

Parliament and Government Libraries (selection)

Bavarian Landtag
Bavarian Ministry of Labour
Bavarian Ministry of Finance
Bavarian Ministry of the Interior
Bavarian Ministry of Justice
Bavarian Ministry of Culture
Bavarian Ministry of Agriculture
Bavarian Ministry of the Environment
Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs
Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety
Bavarian State Office for Environmental Augsburg

Berlin

Berlin State Library
Central and Regional Library Berlin America Memorial Library
Berlin City Library

Philological Library

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center
Erwin - Schrödinger-Zentrum

Brandenburg

Information, Communication and Media Center ( ICMC ), Cottbus
Urban and Regional Library Cottbus
University Library Frankfurt ( Oder)
Potsdam University Library
Library of churches and cultural history Ziesar
Polytechnic library Brandenburg an der Havel
Fachhochschule Potsdam Library

Bremen

Hamburg

Hesse

University and State Library of Darmstadt in Darmstadt
University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main
University Library Giessen
University Library of Kassel - Kassel University Library - State Library and Murhard library of the city of Kassel ( = Murhardtbibliothek ) in Kassel
Marburg University Library
Hessian State Library Wiesbaden

Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania

State Library of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schwerin
City Library Rostock
City Library Schwerin
University Library of Greifswald
Rostock University Library
Libraries Rostock region

Lower Saxony

Braunschweig University Library
Brunswick Public Library
Polytechnic library Braunschweig / Wolfenbüttel
University Library Clausthal
Media center Diepholz
Johannes a Lasco Library, Emden
Polytechnic library Emden / Leer
Goettingen State and University Library
City Library Göttingen
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxon State Library (Hanover)
TIB Hannover
University Library Hannover
Library of the Church Office of the Evangelical Church in Germany Hannover
Library of the University of Music and Theatre in Hanover
Library of the Medical School of Hannover
Library of the University of Hannover
Hanover Public Library
Former University Library Helmstedt
Dombibliothek Hildesheim
University Library Hildesheim
Polytechnic library Hildesheim / Holzminden
University Library Lüneburg
City Library Nordhorn
State Library of Oldenburg
Oldenburg University Library
Polytechnic library Oldenburg / Ostfriesland / Wilhelmshaven
University Library Osnabrück
Fachhochschule Osnabrück library
Universitätsbiblitothek Vechta
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel

North Rhine -Westphalia

See also libraries in North Rhine -Westphalia

University Library Aachen
Bielefeld University Library
Bochum University Library
Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn
University and State Library in Bonn
Lippe Detmold library
Fachhochschule Dortmund library
City and State Library Dortmund
Dortmund University Library
Duisburg-Essen University Library
University and State Library Dusseldorf

Cologne Libraries ( KölnBib ) municipal library network of ten libraries
University and City Library of Cologne
Shia library of the University of Cologne
Cathedral and Diocesan Library of Cologne

University and Regional Library Münster
Diocesan Library Münster
University Library Paderborn
Siegen University Library
University Library Wuppertal

Rhineland -Palatinate

Landesbibliothekszentrum Rhineland -Palatinate Rheinische Landesmuseum Koblenz library
Bibliotheca Bipontina, Zweibrücken
Palatine Regional Library Speyer

Saarland

Saarland University and State Library
Children and Youth Library Nalbach

Saxony

University Library of the Technical University of Chemnitz
SLUB Dresden - Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden
Leipzig University Library
University Library Freiberg
Libraries in Leipzig

Saxony-Anhalt

Anhalt Regional Library, Dessau
University and State Library Saxony- Anhalt Halle
Bookmark Salbke Magdeburg
City Library Magdeburg
University Library Magdeburg

Schleswig-Holstein

See also libraries in Schleswig -Holstein

Schleswig -Holstein State Library, Kiel
Kiel University Library

Thuringia

Duchess Anna Amalia Library
University and Research Library Erfurt / Gotha
University library Ilmenau
Thuringian University and State Library of Jena
Urban and Regional Library Erfurt
University Library Weimar

Municipal libraries

See: List German city libraries

Existing stock libraries

Libraries abroad

Helsinki: Helsinki German library
Rome: Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute of Art History
Florence: Library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut - Max Planck Institute
Warsaw: Department of the German Historical Institute

Staatsbibliothek German National Library of Science and Technology Deutsche Fotothek Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Waldsassen Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar Landtag of Bavaria Berlin Central and Regional Library Lippe State Library at Detmold Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute of Art History Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz

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