| around 1500 |
Beginnings of the castle library of the margraves of Baden at Pforzheim. Transfer to Durlach in 1565.
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| 17th and 18th century |
The book collection is divided after the division of the house of Baden;
the holdings are kept at different sites.
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| 1715 |
Foundation of Karlsruhe; the holdings are gradually returned.
The castle of Karlsruhe seen from the north (around 1770). At the left hand the library building can be appreciated. [1]
From 1765 to 1872 the "court library of the margraves of Baden" was accommodated in an Eastern annex of the residence of Karlsruhe.
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| 1770 |
First statutes for the use of the "court library of the margraves of Baden".
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| 1803 |
Growth of the library collection when the holdings of the monasteries of Baden are integrated as a consequence of secularization.
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| 1872 |
The Library is incorporated into the state administration and is subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior. Its name is changed into Court and State Library of the Grand Duke of Baden.
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| 1873 |
Transfer of the Library into the Grand Duke's "collection building" (Friedrichsplatz, Karlsruhe). Modernization of the library administration.
Friedrichsplatz: the collection building seen from the front. [1]
From 1873 to 1942 the Library was accommodated in the "building for the united collections of the Grand Duke ", Friedrichsplatz, at Karlsruhe.
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| 1918 |
The Library's name is changed into "Badische Landesbibliothek".
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| 1942 |
The complete holdings of the Library (360.000 volumes), except the most valuable manuscripts, are destroyed by fire after an air raid.
The Library is accommodated in the building of the General State Archives.
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| 1964 |
A new building is completed (Am Nymphengarten, Karlsruhe).
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| 1982 |
The holdings pass the one million line.
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| 1987/91 |
Transfer, in two phases, into a new building (Erbprinzenstraße, Karlsruhe).
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| 1994 |
Acquisition of manuscripts and incunabula from the court library of the princes of Fürstenberg at Donaueschingen.
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| 1995 |
Acquisition of the castle library of Baden-Baden with approximately 40.000 volumes.
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| 1999 |
Acquisition of music motes and texts from the court library of the princes of Fürstenberg at Donaueschingen.
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| 2001 |
The manuscript C of the Nibelungen song is received as a loan.
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[1]
from:
Weber, Ulrich: Unterkünfte der Badischen Landesbibliothek in vergangenen Zeiten. -
In: Bibliotheksbau heute : überarbeitete und ergänzte Fassung der Vortragsfolge vom
Januar und Februar 1980 aus Anlaß des Wettbewerbs für den Neubau der Badischen
Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe / hrsg. von Rolf Fuhlrott. - Frankfurt a. M. : Klostermann, 1981. - 107 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.; (dt.)
(Zeitschrift fuer Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie : Sonderheft ; 33)
ISBN 3-465-01467-7
blb-karlsruhe.de