Greifswald University Library
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Greifswald University Library is the official library of the University of Greifswald, situated in Greifswald
, Germany
. Its earliest days go back to the founding of the university in the year 1456, and it became Germany's first centralised university library in the year 1604.
Today, it has three branches, namely the Alte Bibliothek (Old Library) in the city centre, and two other library buildings across town. The central university library is completed by various specialised libraries of the university's departments.
The old library building was designed by Martin Gropius
(1824–1880) and is located near the cathedral, the university main building, and the lecture hall.
A new site was completed in 2001 for the natural sciences and medicine library. The new library features 498 open places with internet access as well as 24 single rooms and four group rooms which are available for cost-free rent. The area within the building amounts to 13,890 square meters.
As part of a DFG
-funded programme, the university library collects all books about all aspects of the Baltic States
for all German libraries.
Greifswald
Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Its earliest days go back to the founding of the university in the year 1456, and it became Germany's first centralised university library in the year 1604.
Today, it has three branches, namely the Alte Bibliothek (Old Library) in the city centre, and two other library buildings across town. The central university library is completed by various specialised libraries of the university's departments.
History
Martin Gropius
Martin Carl Philipp Gropius was a German architect.- Life :Gropius studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin and after graduation worked as a private architect...
(1824–1880) and is located near the cathedral, the university main building, and the lecture hall.
A new site was completed in 2001 for the natural sciences and medicine library. The new library features 498 open places with internet access as well as 24 single rooms and four group rooms which are available for cost-free rent. The area within the building amounts to 13,890 square meters.
As part of a DFG
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
-funded programme, the university library collects all books about all aspects of the Baltic States
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
for all German libraries.
External links
- Greifswald University Library
- vifanord Virtual Library of Northern European and Baltic Studies
- University of Greifswald