18-464: Hessian State Library may refer to: Wiesbaden State Library Hessian State and University Library Darmstadt [ Wikidata ] , renamed in 2004 to University and State Library Darmstadt Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hessian State Library . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-459: A fundamental reorganization and exemplary re-cataloguing led to an upswing, as a result of which the library was able to move into the newly constructed building in Rheinstraße in 1913, where it is still located today. After 1918, the relative impoverishment of the city also made itself felt in the state library. In 1938, the regional association for the administrative district of Wiesbaden in
54-823: A province of the Free State of Prussia until 1944. Hesse-Nassau was created as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 by combining the previously independent Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), the Duchy of Nassau , the Free City of Frankfurt , areas gained from the Kingdom of Bavaria , and areas gained from the Grand Duchy of Hesse (including part of the former Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg from Hesse-Darmstadt). These regions were combined to form
72-574: Is funded by the State of Hesse and located in Wiesbaden and Rüsselsheim . With collections currently comprising over one million items, it is one of Germany's medium-sized libraries. The major special collection is on the former state of Nassau , in which the library has its roots. As of 1 January 2011 it became part of RheinMain University of Applied Sciences . It is a central service facility of
90-467: The House of Nassau and its successor states. It also owns 325 manuscripts, 444 incunabula, 6079 autographs and 286 other rare works, such as those from Eberbach Abbey , Schönau Abbey or the government libraries of former Nassau territories (e.g. Sayn-Hachenburg ). The library of Herborn Academy , a stronghold of German Reformed Christianity , deserves special mention, as most of it came to Wiesbaden when
108-547: The Nazi government de facto abolished all states, so the provinces held little meaning. Nevertheless, effective 1 July 1944, Hesse-Nassau was split into the provinces of Kurhessen (capital in Kassel) and Nassau (capital in Wiesbaden ). On 19 September 1945, after the end of World War II , these two provinces were re-merged and combined with most of the neighbouring People's State of Hesse to form Greater Hesse , which became
126-772: The 12th century, as well as several medieval manuscripts from Schönau Abbey to Dresden (Girozentrale Sachsen) for security reasons. These works have been lost since they were confiscated by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany in December 1945. Only the Wiesbaden Codex returned to the Library in 1948. The State Library was the only academic library in Hesse to survive the air raids of
144-621: The Erbprinzenpalais in Wilhelmstraße . After Nassau became Prussian in 1866, the library was given the name Königliche Bibliothek Wiesbaden (Royal Library Wiesbaden), it moved from the center to the periphery and experienced a period of crisis with a considerable decline in new acquisitions. It was not until 1900 (when the library was transferred to municipal ownership and renamed "Nassau State Library", with Erich Liesegang (1860-1931) and Gottfried Zedler as key librarians), that
162-515: The Hessische Fachstelle für Öffentliche Bibliotheken, which offers advice and services for municipal/public libraries, has also been assigned to the library. 50°04′40″N 08°14′15″E / 50.07778°N 8.23750°E / 50.07778; 8.23750 Province of Hesse-Nassau The Province of Hesse-Nassau ( German : Provinz Hessen-Nassau ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1868 to 1918, then
180-558: The Hohe Schule was dissolved in 1817. Special tasks The library collects, regional literature, in particular on the former Nassau region (special collection "Nassovica") on the of the regional legal deposit law for Wiesbaden , Hochtaunus , Lahn-Dill-Kreis , Limburg-Weilburg , Main-Kinzig-Kreis , Main-Taunus , and Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis . The collected items can be researched in Hessian Bibliography . Since 2004,
198-540: The Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau became the library's sponsor, which meant that the administrative business was effectively taken over by Nazi functionaries in the service of Provincial governor Wilhelm Traupel . During the Second World War, the library relocated numerous valuable holdings (including the Wiesbaden Codex and the illuminated Scivias Codex of Hildegard of Bingen , both from
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#1732782328552216-614: The RheinMain University of Applied Sciences and provides literature for the population of the city and region. The university library was established in 1971 with the founding of "Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences". It took over the book collections of the Baugewerkschule in Idstein , which had been built up since 1869 and initially remained there. In the early years, there were only library rooms attached to
234-616: The faculties until 1982, when the libraries of several faculties were brought together in a new building on Kurt-Schumacher-Ring. Further locations were added in 1992 in Bleichstraße (today an extension to Bertramstraße) and in 2003 in the library on the Unter den Eichen campus. The library goes back to the administrative government library in Usingen Castle initiated by Charlotte Amalie von Nassau-Usingen in 1730, which moved to
252-553: The former Old Castle on the market square in Wiesbaden in 1744. In the course of German secularization from 1803, it was greatly expanded by considerable additions from monastery libraries. It has been open to the public since 1813 and, as the Duchy of Nassau 's public library, was granted the right to deposit copies - this year is therefore regarded as the actual founding year of the State Library. In 1821, it moved into
270-609: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hessian_State_Library&oldid=1161123374 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Pages using interlanguage link with the wikidata parameter Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wiesbaden State Library RheinMain University and State Library (German: Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek RheinMain ), formerly Nassau State Library and Hessian State Library ,
288-671: The modern state of Hesse in 1946. Parts of Nassau were also moved into the Rhineland-Palatinate . The Oberpräsident ('High Commissioner') was the chief administrator of a Prussian province, appointed by the King on the advice of the Prussian Minister for the Interior . The Oberpräsident administered the province with the assistance of a Prussian government-appointed provincial council. The flag of Hesse-Nassau
306-603: The province Hesse-Nassau in 1868 with its capital in Kassel and redivided into two administrative regions: Kassel and Wiesbaden . The largest part of the province surrounded the province of Upper Hesse in the Grand Duchy of Hesse ( People's State of Hesse from 1918). On 1 April 1929, the Free State of Waldeck became a part of Hesse-Nassau after a popular vote, becoming part of the Kassel administrative region. In 1935,
324-563: The war years completely unscathed. In 1953, the new federal state of Hesse took over its sponsorship. As a result, the building was renamed the Hessian State Library in 1963. The library currently has just over 1,000,000 volumes in its holdings, of which 150.000 date from before 1900. The most important special collection is the Nassovica collection with around 70,000 volumes relating to the former Duchy of Nassau and/or
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