German Libraries: A Portrait: Baden-Württemberg

Stuttgart City Library; © Südpol-Redaktionsbüro/T. Köster

The Book Cube. The New City Library in Stuttgart

Architecturally speaking, Stuttgart’s new city library is a real eye-catcher. More importantly it is a striking endorsement in an era of digitization of the physical – as opposed to the virtual – library.More ...
University of Constance Library; © Universität Konstanz

Reading Whenever You Like: The University of Constance Library is the 2010 “Library of the Year”

The University of Constance Library has for years anticipated the wishes of researchers and students. For this it received in October 2010 the highest German library award.More ...
Biberach City Library; © Stadtbücherei Biberach

Books for Water Wings: the Biberach City Library is “Library of the Year 2009”

With innovative spirit and creativity, the city library of Biberach an der Riß has met the changing needs of library users with constantly new offerings.More ...
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"We don't Want to Close our Doors ever again" – the Karlsruhe University Library

The Karlsruhe University Library has been one of the pioneers in the field of electronic services for more than 30 years.More ...
Copyright: G.Bodmer, Stadt Ulm, Zentrales Gebäudemanagement

The Central Library in Ulm – A Glas Pyramid

The Central Library is situated in the middle of Ulm's historic city centre. Placed within a pyramid more than 35 meter high with glass external walls, it invites the whole town to engage in communication and dialogue.More ...
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The Language as it is Spoken: a Library of Spoken German is Kept in Mannheim

The Archive for Spoken German in Mannheim boasts over 15,000 recordings so that future generations can hear how different German sounded in different regions and parts of the earth.More ...
Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Foto: mezzomix (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

The German Literature Archive in Marbach

What is it that draws more than 10,000 scholars of literature to the Swabian town of Marbach am Neckar each year? Marbach is the town where Friedrich Schiller was born, but the real attraction for literary scholars from all around the world is the German Literature Archive.More ...
Universitätsbibliothek, Copyright: Universität Heidelberg/Reinhardt

With HEIDI to the Pharaohs – Die Heidelberg University Library

The library at Germany's oldest university, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, founded in 1386, also has a long history to look back on – and a great deal more to offer than artefacts of historical interest.More ...

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Text and the City

Expand your concept of beauty by reading our new collection of literary extracts inspired by the Ruhr Metropolis in Germany.