Heidelberg University Library
Heidelberg University Library, Academic library at Heidelberg University, Germany
The University Library Heidelberg stands as a four-wing red sandstone structure designed by Josef Durm, featuring Renaissance and Art Nouveau architectural elements.
Founded in 1386 with the University of Heidelberg, the library started from a chest of documents purchased by Rector Marsilius von Inghen in 1388.
The library maintains 6,900 manuscripts, 1,800 incunabula, and 110,600 autographs, including the Codex Manesse containing Middle High German poetry.
The facility provides 1,100 reading spaces in the main building and 320 workspaces in the Neuenheimer Feld branch, with computer stations for research.
During the Thirty Years War, 3,700 manuscripts and 13,000 pamphlets transferred to the Vatican, with 847 German manuscripts returning to Heidelberg in 1816.
Location: Heidelberg
Inception: 1901
Architects: Josef Durm
Architectural style: eclectic architecture, historicism, Renaissance, Art Nouveau architecture
Part of: list of papyrus collections, Heidelberg University
Address: Plöck 107-109 69117
Email: ub@ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Website: https://ub.uni-heidelberg.de/Englisch/Welcome.html
GPS coordinates: 49.40970,8.70583
Latest update: May 26, 2025 19:13
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