The University Library of Tübingen (; ''UB Tübingen'') is the main library of the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

, one of the biggest and most renowned universities in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

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. The people who worked for the ''University Library of Tübingen'' include

Hermann Kurz Hermann Kurz (30 November 1813 – 10 October 1873) was a German poet and novelist. He was born at Reutlingen. Having studied at the theological seminary at Maulbronn and at the University of Tübingen, he became assistant pastor at Ehningen. H ...

Adelbert von Keller Adelbert von Keller (5 July 1812 – 13 March 1883) was a German philologist. Biography He was born at Pleidelsheim, and educated at the University of Tübingen, where, after study at Paris, he became Privatdozent and assistant librarian (1835). ...

Robert von Mohl Robert von Mohl (17 August 1799 – 4 November 1875) was a German jurist. He was the father of diplomat Ottmar von Mohl and salonnière Anna von Helmholtz, and brother of Hugo von Mohl, Moritz Mohl and Julius von Mohl. From 1824 to 1845 he wa ...

and

Rudolf von Roth Rudolf von Roth (born Walter Rudolph Roth, 3 April 1821 – 23 June 1895) was a German Indologist, founder of the Vedic philology. His chief work is a monumental Sanskrit dictionary, compiled in collaboration with Otto von Böhtlingk. Biography ...

. After the foundation of the university in 1477, the library was located at the so-called ''Sapienzhaus'', later it was moved to the ''Alte Aula'', the former main building of the university, then to Hohentübingen Castle (all of those in the

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(''Altstadt'') of

Tübingen Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...

). The oldest building of the library at its current location (officially part of the town's architectural

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) was completed in 1912; the architect was

Paul Bonatz Paul Bonatz (6 December 1877 – 20 December 1956) was a German architect, member of the Stuttgart School and professor at the technical university in that city during part of World War II, and from 1954 until his death. He worked in many styl ...

. Large buildings were adjacently added in 1963 (the current main building), 1989 (''Alte Waschhalle'', renovated, formerly "old laundry hall" of the university) and 2003 (''Ammerbau''). The main library is located centrally in the university quarter of Tübingen, east of the old town, on ''Wilhelmstraße'', near most of the university buildings of the

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and the

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faculties. A second location of the library is on the outskirts of Tübingen, at ''Morgenstelle'', where the faculties of

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and the

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are located. In 1776 the library housed 15,000 items; by 1822, this number had increased to 60,000, by 1912 to 514,000 and by 1963 to 1.204 million. Today, the overall inventory is approximately 3.4 million items. In 2008, the budget was just over 9 million

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, the number of staff was 128. Around 340,000 people, more than three times the population of the town of Tübingen, were registered as users (as usage is not only limited to enrolled students of the university (approx. 28,000), but anyone with an address in Baden-Württemberg can freely use it).

Notable items in collection

Theosophy of Tübingen The Theosophy of Tübingen is a manuscript of an epitome of the last four books of an earlier, lost Byzantine work of eleven books called simply ''Theosophy'' or ''On True Belief'' (). The original work contained seven books on the right way to keep ...

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University of Tübingen Library buildings completed in 1963 Library buildings completed in 1989 Library buildings completed in 2003 Libraries in Tübingen