Darmstadt, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
Owner Id00022903
TypeCorporate body
Biographical dates - Period of existence1567
Other InformationThe basis of the Darmstadt library is the book collection of Landgrave George I (1547-1596), who brought this after the division of Hesse when he took office (1567) from Kassel to Darmstadt. Therefore, the year 1567 is accepted as the founding date of the Darmstädter Hofbibliothek.
In 1568, the first book purchases by the Landgrave to expand this collection are documented. About the composition of the library of George I. give two still received catalogs with entries from the years 1586 - 1595 information. This collection was systematically and systematically increased.
Georg II (1605 - 1661) ordered in the first years of his reign for the first time the delivery of deposit copies from the Landgraviate to the Court Library. After the death of Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg (1604) inheritance disputes had arisen between Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Kassel around the Marburg region, which could be settled only with the end of the 30-year war: The Marburg region remained at Kassel, the Giessener near Darmstadt. For this reason, it still belongs to the mandatory area of ULB Darmstadt.
In 1685, the court library in the three rooms of the upper storey in the bell building of the Residenzschloss was closed for the first time. Her first librarian became Johann Balthasar Moscherosch in 1692. The reorganization and cataloging of the collection took place in the years 1717/18 by Johann Philipp Jung.
The largest growth and its glory days experienced the library under Landgrave Ludwig X. and later the first Grand Duke Ludewig I of Hesse and the Rhine (1753 - 1830). Ludewig campaigned for the proliferation of library holdings through the targeted acquisition of private libraries. In addition, in the period of his reign, the secularization of 1803, through which a number of monastic libraries reached the court library.
These collections were extensively supplemented by the collection of the Cologne baron Johann Wilhelm Adam Hüpsch (1750 - 1805). After the death of the notorious collector this fund fell as legacy Ludewig. It contained more than 4,000 printed works that Hüpsch had acquired from monastic possessions.
In 1817, the court library opened to the public.
Activity
Start (year)1567
MARC Area Codee-gx
PlaceDarmstadt (Geonames Id: 2938913)
Profession / Type of InstitutionUniversity
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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