State libraries of Germany

This is a list of the state libraries (German: Landesbibliothek) for each of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany. These libraries hold the right for legal deposit for the publications in their respective state.

Landesbibliothek[]

Image	Library Name	German State	City
	Badische Landesbibliothek [de]	Baden-Württemberg	Karlsruhe
	Württembergische Landesbibliothek	Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart
	Bavarian State Library	Bavaria	Munich
	Berlin Central and Regional Library	Berlin	Berlin
	[de]	Brandenburg	Potsdam
	[de]	Bremen	Bremen
	[de]	Hamburg	Hamburg
	Hessian State Library	Hesse	Wiesbaden
	Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt [de]	Hesse	Darmstadt
	Göttingen State and University Library	Lower Saxony	Göttingen
	[de]	Hesse	Kassel
	[de]	Lower Saxony	Oldenburg
	[de]	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Schwerin
	University Library of Bonn [de]	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bonn
	Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf [de]	North Rhine-Westphalia	Düsseldorf
	[de]	North Rhine-Westphalia	Dortmund
	[de]	North Rhine-Westphalia	Münster
	[de]	Rhineland-Palatinate	Speyer
	[de]	Rhineland-Palatinate	Koblenz
	[de]	Saarland	Saarbrücken
	Saxon State Library	Saxony	Dresden
	[de]	Saxony-Anhalt	Halle (Saale)
	[de]	Schleswig-Holstein	Eutin
	[de]	Schleswig-Holstein	Kiel
	[de]	Thuringia	Jena

Staatsbibliothek[]

The historic National Libraries of the former Kingdoms, now States of Germany (Länder), are called Staatsbibliothek (state libraries). Among the libraries named Staatsbibliothek are:^[1]

• the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek or BSB) in Munich, one of the world's largest libraries and the former library of the Kingdom of Bavaria
• the Bamberg State Library (Staatsbibliothek Bamberg), a library in Bamberg, Bavaria
• the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), the largest academic library in the German language and former library of the Kingdom of Prussia
• the Göttingen State and University Library (Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen) is among other things the Staatsbibliothek of Lower Saxony
• the Saxon State Library (Sächsische Landesbibliothek − Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden) is among other things the Staatsbibliothek of Saxony and the former Royal Library of the Dukes of Saxony

Stadtbibliothek[]

Stadtbibliothek ("City Library") refers to a major city library. All major cities in German-speaking countries have these and some also have legal deposit requirements. Large Stadtbibliothek include:

• Berlin City Library (Stadtbibliothek Berlin), with legal deposit for the city of Berlin.
• Cologne Public Library (Stadtbibliothek Koln), is among the biggest and most important public libraries in Germany.
• Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig, in Braunschweig
• Stadtbibliothek Bremen, in Bremen
• Stadtbibliothek Mainz, in Mainz
• Stadtbibliothek Hannover, in Hannover
• Wiener Stadtbibliothek, the library in Vienna

See also[]

• List of libraries in Austria
• List of libraries in Germany
• Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek

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