State libraries of Germany explained

This is a list of the state libraries (German: Landesbibliothek) for each of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany. These libraries hold the right for legal deposit for the publications in their respective state.

Landesbibliothek

Image	Library Name	German State	City
	Badische Landesbibliothek	Baden-Württemberg	Karlsruhe
	Württembergische Landesbibliothek	Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart
	Bavarian State Library	Bavaria	Munich
	Berlin Central and Regional Library	Berlin	Berlin
		Brandenburg	Potsdam
		Bremen	Bremen
		Hamburg	Hamburg
	Wiesbaden State Library	Hesse	Wiesbaden
	University and State Library Darmstadt	Hesse	Darmstadt
	Göttingen State and University Library	Lower Saxony	Göttingen
		Hesse	Kassel
		Lower Saxony	Oldenburg
		Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Schwerin
		North Rhine-Westphalia	Bonn
	Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	Düsseldorf
		North Rhine-Westphalia	Dortmund
		North Rhine-Westphalia	Münster
		Rhineland-Palatinate	Speyer
		Rhineland-Palatinate	Koblenz
		Saarland	Saarbrücken
	Saxon State Library	Saxony	Dresden
		Saxony-Anhalt	Halle (Saale)
		Schleswig-Holstein	Eutin
		Schleswig-Holstein	Kiel
		Thuringia	Jena

Staatsbibliothek

The historic National Libraries of the former Kingdoms, now States of Germany (Länder), are called Staatsbibliothek (state libraries). Among the libraries named Staatsbibliothek are:^[1]

• the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek or BSB) in Munich, one of the world's largest libraries and the former library of the Kingdom of Bavaria
• the Bamberg State Library (Staatsbibliothek Bamberg), a library in Bamberg, Bavaria
• the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), the largest academic library in the German language and former library of the Kingdom of Prussia
• the Göttingen State and University Library (Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen) is among other things the Staatsbibliothek of Lower Saxony
• the Saxon State Library (Sächsische Landesbibliothek − Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden) is among other things the Staatsbibliothek of Saxony and the former Royal Library of the Dukes of Saxony

Stadtbibliothek

Stadtbibliothek ("City Library") refers to a major city library. All major cities in German-speaking countries have these and some also have legal deposit requirements. Large Stadtbibliothek include:

• Berlin City Library (Stadtbibliothek Berlin), with legal deposit for the city of Berlin.
• Cologne Public Library (Stadtbibliothek Koln), is among the biggest and most important public libraries in Germany.
• Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig, in Braunschweig
• Stadtbibliothek Bremen, in Bremen
• Stadtbibliothek Mainz, in Mainz
• Stadtbibliothek Hannover, in Hannover
• Wiener Stadtbibliothek, the library in Vienna

See also

• List of libraries in Austria
• List of libraries in Germany
• Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek

Notes and References

1. Bibliotheken mit Pflichtexemplar in Deutschland. DBI, Berlin 1995 (Aufstellung über alle Pflichtexemplarbibliotheken und die historische Aufteilung der Pflichtexemplare in Deutschland)