University and State Library Darmstadt | |
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Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt | |
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49°52′36″N 8°39′27″E / 49.87653°N 8.65763°E | |
Location | Magdalenenstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany |
Established | 1567, 2000 integration TU Darmstadt |
Branches | 2 |
Collection | |
Size | 4.7 million publications (2021) |
Legal deposit | Yes, southern Hesse area and the Giessen region. [1] [2] |
Other information | |
Director | Thomas Stäcker |
Employees | 103.66 FTE (2021) |
Public transit access | Tram, bus: Schloss |
Website |
www |
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 [update], 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 [update], the City Centre library opened 24 hours per day. [7] [8] Director is Thomas Stäcker. [9] ULB Darmstadt is member of the Hessisches BibliotheksInformationssystem (hebis) (Hessian library information system). [10]
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 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 (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]
The building was opened on 12 November 2012 and was built by the architecture firm Bär, Stadelmann, Stöcker Architekten BDA. [16] [11]
Sources: [24]
University and State Library Darmstadt | |
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Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt | |
| |
49°52′36″N 8°39′27″E / 49.87653°N 8.65763°E | |
Location | Magdalenenstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany |
Established | 1567, 2000 integration TU Darmstadt |
Branches | 2 |
Collection | |
Size | 4.7 million publications (2021) |
Legal deposit | Yes, southern Hesse area and the Giessen region. [1] [2] |
Other information | |
Director | Thomas Stäcker |
Employees | 103.66 FTE (2021) |
Public transit access | Tram, bus: Schloss |
Website |
www |
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 [update], 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 [update], the City Centre library opened 24 hours per day. [7] [8] Director is Thomas Stäcker. [9] ULB Darmstadt is member of the Hessisches BibliotheksInformationssystem (hebis) (Hessian library information system). [10]
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 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 (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]
The building was opened on 12 November 2012 and was built by the architecture firm Bär, Stadelmann, Stöcker Architekten BDA. [16] [11]
Sources: [24]