Herzog August Bibliothek

Herzog August Bibliothek (germ. Die Herzog-August-Bibliothek, „HAB“) in Wolfenbüttel, (Niedersachsen), known also as "„Herzog August Bibliothek“", and "„Bibliotheca Augusta“", it has an international importance for its collection from Middle Ages and Early modern Europe. The library subordinated for the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture. The HAB cooperates with the international college of scientifics.

History

The library was founded by Julius von Herzog (1528 - 1589) for Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1572. In 17th century it was biggest library in the North of Alps, and was called eight Wonder of the World.

In 2006 the library housed c. 900.000 books, 350.000 of them from 15th to 18th century. [Ein Überblick über die Projekte und Themenportale: http://www.hab.de/bibliothek/wdb/projekte.htm.]

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References

Further readings

* Andrea Kastens (Hrsg.): "Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel." Westermann, Braunschweig 1978, ISSN|0341-8634
* Leo G. Linder: "Die Herzog-August-Bibliothek und Wolfenbüttel." Braunschweig 1997, ISBN 3-07-509702-0

External links

* [http://www.hab.de Offizielle Website der Herzog-August-Bibliothek] de icon
* [http://www.ag-sdd.de Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sammlung Deutscher Drucke] de icon
* [http://www.museum-hitzacker.de/51/Herzog_August.html Bücherrad im Museum "Das Alte Zollhaus" in Hitzacker] de icon
* [http://www.goettingen.city-map.de/city/db/010902012300.html Geschichte] de icon