University and State Library Darmstadt

University and State Library Darmstadt
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
ULB Darmstadt in 2015
49°52′36″N 8°39′27″E / 49.87653°N 8.65763°E / 49.87653; 8.65763
LocationMagdalenenstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
Established1567 (1567), 2000 integration TU Darmstadt
Branches2 (Schloss, Lichtwiese)
Collection
Size4.7 million publications (2021)
Yes, southern Hesse and the Giessen region.[1][2]
Access and use
Access requirements
Open
Circulation302,200 books (2023)[3]
Population served
Members of the TU Darmstadt and the population of Darmstadt and southern Hesse
Members11,228 (2023, active)[3]
Other information
DirectorThomas Stäcker
Employees103.66 FTE (2021)
Public transit access
Tram, bus: Schloss
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

The University and State Library Darmstadt (German: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (ULB)) supplies literature and information for members of the Technische Universität Darmstadt and the population of Darmstadt and southern Hesse.[4] Its purposes include education, research, and teaching.[4] As of 2021, the library has a stock of 4,756,277 publications with an annual circulation of 302,200; ULB has 220,000 visitors and employs a staff of 103.66 FTE.[5][6] The ULB offers learning rooms and spaces for over 1000 people at three locations.[7] Director is Thomas Stäcker.[8] ULB Darmstadt is member of the Hessisches Bibliotheksinformationssystem (hebis).[9]

History

Hessische Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek book stamp

The library's basis was the book collection of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1567, the year the landgrave moved to Darmstadt.[10][11] In 1595, the collection comprised c. 750 works.[12] The Darmstädter Hofbibliothek was located in the Residential Palace Darmstadt (Schloss).[10] Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt acquired the library of the Hanau Privy Councilor Johann Michael Moscherosch (1601–1669) with c. 2300 books, which was placed in the Glockenbau (bell building), part of the Schloss.[12] The first librarian Johann Balthasar Moscherosch took office in 1692.[12] Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753–1830), with his passion for collecting, promoted the library (1789: 16,000 volumes).[12][13] During secularization in 1803, libraries of the Benedictines in Seligenstadt, the Dominicans in Wimpfen, the Capuchins in Bensheim and Dieburg and the Carmelites in Hirschhorn were brought to Darmstadt.[12] A substantial addition in 1805 was the collection of Cologne's Baron von Hüpsch (1750–1805).[12] In 1834, under Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, the library moved to the new Baroque part (De-la-Fosse-Bau) of the Schloss.[14] It was the ninth largest library of the German empire in 1902, grown to 564,000 volumes in 1914 and named Hessische Landesbibliothek in 1920.[12] In the During the fire night (Brandnacht) on 11 to 12 September 1944 the library in the Schloss was partly destroyed and the majority of the books were burned.[10] In 1948, the institution was merged with the former Technische Hochschule library to the Hessische Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek.[13]

After its integration into the Technische Universität Darmstadt in 2000, it received its new name in 2004.[13] In 2012, ULB Darmstadt moved to a new building.[15]

Collections

  1. 1 2 Documents inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

Main building

  • City Centre (Stadtmitte), Magdalenenstraße 8, 64289 Darmstadt (ISIL DE-17)[23]

The building, designed by the architecture firm Bär, Stadelmann, Stöcker Architekten BDA, opened on 12 November 2012.[15][10]

Branches

Lecture Halls and Library Building at Lichtwiese Campus

Sources:[23]

  • Lichtwiese, Franziska-Braun-Straße 10, 64287 Darmstadt (ISIL DE-17-2) (opened 27 May 2013)[24]
  • Residential Palace Darmstadt (Schloss), Residenzschloss 1, 64289 Darmstadt (focus on humanities)[10]

Map

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Library Schloss (Branch)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Deposit Copies". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bürgerservice Hessenrecht". Bürgerservice Hessenrecht (in German). Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "The Annual Reports". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Über uns". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jahresberichte". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt (in German). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Universitäts- Und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (2022). "Jahresbericht". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt. doi:10.26083/TUPRINTS-00021197. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Library Profile". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Library Management". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – Stadtmitte". hebis (in German). Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (ULB)". Darmstadt Stadtlexikon (in German). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hessische Biografie : Erweiterte Suche : LAGIS Hessen". Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS) (in German). Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland, Österreich und Europa (Fabian-Handbuch): Hessische Landes- Und Hochschulbibliothek (Darmstadt)". Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland, Österreich und Europa (Fabian-Handbuch) (in German). Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 "Geschichte". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt (in German). Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Das Darmstädter Residenzschloss – eine Chronik". TU Darmstadt (in German). 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  15. 1 2 Hein, Rainer (31 January 2011). "TU Darmstadt: 78 Kilometer Regalböden". FAZ.NET (in German). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  16. ↑ "Hüpsch Collection". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  17. ↑ "Keyserling, Hermann Graf: Nachlass". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt (in German). Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Hitda-Codex". Darmstadt Stadtlexikon (in German). Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Lochner-Gebetbuch". Darmstadt Stadtlexikon (in German). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  20. ↑ "Gero-Codex". Darmstadt Stadtlexikon (in German). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  21. ↑ Holy Roman Empire; Staub, Kurt Hans; Fechner, Jörg-Ulrich; Holy Roman Empire. Emperor; Holy Roman Empire. Reichshofkanzlei; Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek Darmstadt (1982). Die Goldene Bulle Kaiser Karls IV. von 1356 : Faksimile der Ausfertigung für den Kurfürsten von Köln (in German). [Darmstadt]: TH Darmstadt. ISBN 3-88607-026-3. OCLC 14215417.
  22. ↑ "Music Collection". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  23. 1 2 "Locations". Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek – TU Darmstadt. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  24. ↑ Svenshon, Helge (2013). "Das neue Hörsaal- und Medienzentrum der Technischen Universität Darmstadt auf dem Campus Lichtwiese" (PDF). ABI-Technik. 33 (3). Walter de Gruyter GmbH: 122–132. doi:10.1515/abitech-2013-0020. ISSN 2191-4664. S2CID 110060984. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

Further reading

  • Gebert, Björn; Göller, Andreas; Hahn, Thomas; Svenshon, Helge; Uhlemann, Silvia; Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (2017). 450 Jahre Wissen – Sammeln – Vermitteln von der Hof- zur Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt : 1567 – 2017 (PDF) (in German). Darmstadt: Justus von Liebig Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87390-402-6. OCLC 1012103953.
  • Svenshon, Helge; Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (2014). Neue Mitte(n) die Bibliotheksneubauten der Technischen Universität Darmstadt (in German). Darmstadt: Justus von Liebig Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87390-351-7. OCLC 892746174.
  • Corsten, Severin (1991). Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland: Hessen, A-L (in German). Vol. 5. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 978-3-487-09579-0.
  • Schmidt, Adolf (18 July 2023). Baron Hüpsch Und Sein Kabinett (in German). Legare Street Press. ISBN 978-1-02-027594-4.
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