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| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library | |
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| 52°21′56″N 9°43′50″E / 52.36559150487382°N 9.730671324678472°E | |
| Location | Hannover, Germany |
| Established | 1665[1] |
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| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, multimedia and manuscripts |
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| Website | www |
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library (German: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek — "GWLB"), is situated in Hannover[2] and stands among Germany's most prominent regional and scientific libraries. It's one of the trifecta of state libraries in Lower Saxony, accompanied by the State Library of Oldenburg and the Herzog August Library located in Wolfenbüttel. This name was adopted on January 1, 2005. Before that, it had several monikers, including the "Royal Public Library" from 1720, the "(formerly) Royal and Provincial Library", and the "Lower Saxony State Library" which spanned from 1947 to 2004. The library's dedication to scientific endeavors is evident in its operations, holding multiple databases and functioning as a pivotal research institution for European cultural history. As a designated state library in Lower Saxony, it is the repository for a comprehensive collection of printed materials, ranging from periodicals to broadsheets, all emanating from the region. Its extensive collection includes 375 incunabula, 12,500 works from the 16th century, 62,500 from the 17th century, 65,000 from the 18th century, and 134,000 from the 19th century. The collection also possesses 30,000 individual card sheets. While it houses over 4,500 manuscripts, it's noteworthy that one title might represent comprehensive manuscript collections from diverse backgrounds, hence the actual count can vary. Remarkably, the Leibniz collection by itself spans an impressive 400,000 pages.
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- ^ Otto Heinrich May: Zur Geschichte der Vormals Königlichen und Provinzial-Bibliothek in Hannover. Reprint from Sechzig Jahre Hannoversche Provinzialverwaltung. Hannover 1928, S. 3.
- ^ "Directions & Opening Times". www.gwlb.de.