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| Hamburger Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hamburger Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek |
| Native name | Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky |
| Established | 1479 (incorporated collections), reconstituted 1919 |
| Location | Hamburg, Germany |
| Collection size | ca. 5 million media |
| Director | (varies) |
Hamburger Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek is the central academic and public research library in Hamburg, serving as both a state library and a university library. It supports scholarship across disciplines and preserves historic holdings that connect to figures and institutions in European intellectual history. The library network interfaces with national and international partners to provide access to rare manuscripts, periodicals, and digital resources.
The library's origins intersect with the histories of Reformation, Holy Roman Empire, Hanoverian monarchy, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, University of Hamburg, Carl von Ossietzky, and municipal reforms of the 19th and 20th centuries. Early collections reflect acquisitions from noble houses such as the House of Habsburg and the House of Saxony as well as ecclesiastical libraries tied to St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg and St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg. During the Napoleonic era the library experienced disruptions related to the French occupation of Hamburg (1806–1814), while the 19th century brought connections to the Zollverein and to cultural patrons like Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Gottfried Semper. World War I and World War II prompted evacuations and restorations with involvement from figures linked to Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, and postwar reconstruction aligned with Allied occupation of Germany policies. Post-1945 reorganization corresponded with the founding of the University of Hamburg (1919), dialogues with the German Research Foundation, and alliances with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Collections encompass printed books, manuscripts, maps, music holdings, newspapers, and special collections associated with personalities like Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Alexander von Humboldt, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Rudolf Virchow, Ernst Cassirer, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht, Hannah Arendt, Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Antoni Gaudí, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolò Paganini, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Gustav Mahler, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Heinrich Schliemann, Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, John Maynard Keynes, Adam Smith, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Rudolf Carnap, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Montesquieu, Molière, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Giacomo Casanova, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Amerigo Vespucci, James Cook, and collections tied to institutions such as the Hanseatic League, European Union, NATO, and United Nations. Special collections include incunabula, cartographic materials related to Mercator, and music manuscripts connected to the Hamburg State Opera.
Physical sites reflect municipal planning and architectural movements associated with architects influenced by Gottfried Semper, Heinrich Tessenow, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Erich Mendelsohn, and postwar planners engaged with Hans Scharoun. Main reading rooms and storage facilities relate to urban settings near landmarks like Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Binnenalster, Jungfernstieg, and the Hamburg Rathaus. Conservation workshops coordinate with museums and archives including the Kunsthalle Hamburg, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Archäologisches Museum Hamburg, Helms Museum, Deichtorhallen, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea research centers.
Services support students and researchers affiliated with University of Hamburg, scholars connected to the Max Planck Society, members of the German Archaeological Institute, and visiting academics from Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Cambridge, Sorbonne University, University of Bologna, University of Leiden, University of Vienna, University of Zurich, Princeton University, Columbia University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tokyo University, Peking University, and regional partners like TU Hamburg. Offerings include interlibrary loan with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, document delivery with the European Research Council, specialized reference for projects funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and user training for doctoral candidates working with archives from the Bundesarchiv.
Digitization initiatives cooperate with the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Europeana, Google Books, and national consortia involving the German National Library, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, and the Leibniz Association. Research projects examine provenance tied to restitution processes after World War II, linked to databases used by the Commission for Looted Art in Europe and legal frameworks including the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art. Collaborative grants have been secured from the European Commission, Horizon 2020, and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to study metadata standards, linked data initiatives with Getty Research Institute, text mining with teams associated with Stanford NLP Group, and digital humanities partnerships with King's College London.
Public programming engages with cultural institutions and personalities such as curators from the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, directors from the Hamburg State Opera, authors like Ingeborg Bachmann, Siegfried Lenz, and Juergen Habermas-related symposia, as well as exhibitions coordinated with the German Historical Museum. Events range from lecture series with guests from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, panel discussions involving representatives of the Bundestag and the European Parliament, to concerts featuring ensembles linked to the Elbphilharmonie, readings by Nobel laureates associated with the Nobel Prize in Literature, and pedagogy workshops for school partnerships with the Kulturbüro Hamburg.
Governance reflects partnerships among the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the University of Hamburg, funding bodies such as the German Research Foundation, and oversight connected to the Ministry of Science and Culture (Germany). Administrative structures collaborate with national networks including the German Library Association, regional library consortia, and international organizations like the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and the Conference of European National Librarians. Staffing includes specialists trained in conservation accredited by institutions associated with the International Council on Archives and management practices informed by standards from the ISO and legal frameworks of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Category:Libraries in Hamburg