University and State Library Darmstadt

University and State Library Darmstadt
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
ULB Darmstadt in 2015
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49°52′36″N 8°39′27″E / 49.87653°N 8.65763°E / 49.87653; 8.65763
LocationMagdalenenstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
Established1567, 2000 integration TU Darmstadt
Branches2
Collection
Size4.7 million publications (2021)
Legal depositYes, southern Hesse area and the Giessen region.[1][2]
Other information
DirectorThomas Stäcker
Employees103.66 FTE (2021)
Public transit accessTram, bus: Schloss
Websitewww.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/die_bibliothek/index.en.jsp Edit this at Wikidata

The University and State Library Darmstadt (German: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (ULB)) supplies literature and information for members of the Technische Universität Darmstadt and the population of Darmstadt and southern Hesse.[3] Purposes of the institution include education, research and teaching.[3] As of 2021, the library has a stock of 4,756,277 publications with an annual circulation of 354,200; ULB has 220,000 visitors and employs a staff of 103.66 FTE.[4][5] The ULB offers at three locations learning rooms and spaces for over 1000 people.[6] As of 2023, the City Centre library opened 24 hours per day.[7][8] Director is Thomas Stäcker.[9] ULB Darmstadt is member of the Hessisches BibliotheksInformationssystem [de] (hebis) (Hessian library information system).[10]

History

Basis of the library was the book collection of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1567, the year the landgrave moved to Darmstadt.[11][12] In 1595, the collection comprised c. 750 works.[13] The Darmstädter Hofbibliothek had been located in the Residential Palace Darmstadt (Schloss).[11] Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt acquired the library of the Hanau Privy Councilor Johann Michael Moscherosch (1601–1669) with c. 2300 books, which was placed in the Glockenbau (bell building), part of the Schloss.[13] The first librarian Johann Balthasar Moscherosch [de] took office in 1692.[13] Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753–1830), with his passion for collecting, promoted the library (1789: 16,000 volumes).[13][14] During secularization in 1803, libraries of the Benedictines in Seligenstadt, the Dominicans in Wimpfen, the Capuchins in Bensheim and Dieburg and the Carmelites in Hirschhorn were brought to Darmstadt.[13] Substantial was the 1805 addition of the Cologne Baron von Hüpsch [de] (1750–1805) collection.[13] In 1834, under Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, the library moved to the new Baroque part (De-la-Fosse-Bau) of the Schloss.[15] It was the ninth largest library of the German empire in 1902, grown to 564,000 volumes in 1914 and named Hessische Landesbibliothek in 1920.[13] In the Brandnacht (fire night) on 11 to 12 September 1944 the library in the Schloss was partly destroyed and the majority of the books were burned.[11] In 1948, the institution was merged with the former Technische Hochschule library to the Hessische Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek.[14]

After integration into the Technische Universität Darmstadt in 2000, it received its new name in 2004.[14] In 2012, ULB Darmstadt moved to a new building.[16]

Collections

  • Healing Peter's Mother-in-law, from an 11th-century manuscript from the Abbes Hitda von Meschede
    Healing Peter's Mother-in-law, from an 11th-century manuscript from the Abbes Hitda von Meschede
  • Text of Gero Codex
    Text of Gero Codex
  • The first page of the score of Christoph Graupner's cantata Herr du machst dein Werk lebendig (GWV 1113/18)
    The first page of the score of Christoph Graupner's cantata Herr du machst dein Werk lebendig (GWV 1113/18)

Main building

  • City Centre (Stadtmitte), Magdalenenstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt (ISIL DE-17)[24]

The building was opened on 12 November 2012 and was built by the architecture firm Bär, Stadelmann, Stöcker Architekten BDA.[16][11]

Branches

Sources:[24]

  • Lichtwiese, Franziska-Braun-Straße 10, 64287 Darmstadt (ISIL DE-17-2) (opened 27 May 2013)[25]
  • Residential Palace Darmstadt (Schloss), Residenzschloss 1, 64289 Darmstadt (focus on humanities)[11]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Bürgerservice Hessenrecht". Bürgerservice Hessenrecht (in German). Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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  16. ^ a b Hein, Rainer (31 January 2011). "TU Darmstadt: 78 Kilometer Regalböden". FAZ.NET (in German). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Hüpsch Collection". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Keyserling, Hermann Graf: Nachlass". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt (in German). Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Hitda-Codex". Darmstadt Stadtlexikon (in German). Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Lochner-Gebetbuch". Darmstadt Stadtlexikon (in German). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  21. ^ "Gero-Codex". Darmstadt Stadtlexikon (in German). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  22. ^ Holy Roman Empire; Staub, Kurt Hans; Fechner, Jörg-Ulrich; Holy Roman Empire. Emperor; Holy Roman Empire. Reichshofkanzlei; Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek Darmstadt (1982). Die Goldene Bulle Kaiser Karls IV. von 1356 : Faksimile der Ausfertigung für den Kurfürsten von Köln (in German). [Darmstadt]: TH Darmstadt. ISBN 3-88607-026-3. OCLC 14215417.
  23. ^ "Music Collection". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  24. ^ a b "Locations". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  25. ^ Svenshon, Helge (2013). "Das neue Hörsaal- und Medienzentrum der Technischen Universität Darmstadt auf dem Campus Lichtwiese" (PDF). Abitech. 33 (3). Walter de Gruyter GmbH: 122–132. doi:10.1515/abitech-2013-0020. ISSN 2191-4664. S2CID 110060984. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

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