Bavarian State Library (Munich) | listed building / architectural heritage

Germany / Bayern / Munich / Ludwigstraße, 16
 library, listed building / architectural heritage
Bavarian State Library (German: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) is the national library of Bavaria. It is the second-largest German library and the second-largest library for periodicals in Europe.

The library was founded 1558 by Duke Albrecht V. The main building in the Ludwigstraße was constructed 1832-43. During the Second World War, the building was almost completely destroyed by air bombardments. 500,000 books were lost.

Today the collection consists of
Books: 8.8 million (2005)
Manuscripts: 89,000 (2005)
Periodicals: 46,000 (2005)
Incunabula: 19,900 (the world's largest holding)

Official website: www.bsb-muenchen.de/index.php?L=3
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_State_Library
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Coordinates:   48°8'50"N   11°34'50"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago