The Burgerbibliothek of Berne () is a

public library A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil servic ...

located at Münstergasse 63 in

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

, Switzerland. The origins of this institution can be traced back to the

Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major Theology, theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the p ...

. Until 1951 it belonged jointly to the city and the

University of Bern The University of Bern (, , ) is a public university, public research university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a br ...

, and was supported by the

Canton of Bern The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...

and by the Community of Burghers of Bern. The collection of the library includes the illustrated late mediaeval historical chronicle Berner Chronik written by

Diebold Schilling the Elder Diebold Schilling the Elder (–1439 – 1486) was the author of several of the Swiss illustrated chronicles, the '' Berner Schilling'' of 1483, the '' Zürcher Schilling'' of 1484, and the '' Spiezer Schilling'' (1480s). Biography Schilling wa ...

, '' Liber ad honorem Augusti''. It contains about 30 000 pictorial documents about Bern and about 1 000 precious codices, some of them from the late antiquity. The library includes collections inherited from the following collectors: * Eduard Bähler *

Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg (27 June 1771 – 21 November 1844) was a Swiss educationalist and agronomist. Biography He was born at Bern. His father was of patrician family, and a man of importance in his canton, and his mother was a granddaug ...

Jeremias Gotthelf Albert Bitzius (4 October 179722 October 1854) was a Swiss novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf. Biography Bitzius was born at Murten, where his father was pastor. The Bitzius family had once belonged to the Bernese patric ...

* Johann Rudolf Gruner * Kurt Guggisberg (part of inheritance) *

Albrecht von Haller Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave and Jacob Winslow, he is sometimes r ...

Karl Howald Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoe ...

* Ernst Kreidolf *

Rudolf Münger Rudolf Münger (1862–1929) was a Swiss painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), suppor ...

* Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli *

Gottlieb Samuel Studer Gottlieb Samuel Studer (5 August 1804 in Langnau im Emmental – 22 December 1890 in Vienna) was a Swiss mountaineer, notary public and draughtsman. Studer was the son of Sigmund Gottlieb Studer. After the death of his father, the Studer family ...

* Rudolf von Tavel * Gertrud Züricher

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Homepage Burgerbibliothek

Burgerbibliothek of Bern

Manuscripts hold at the Burgerbibliothek
via http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch. {{Authority control

Buildings and structures in Bern

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