The Burgerbibliothek of Berne (German: Burgerbibliothek Bern) is a public library located at Münstergasse 63 in Bern, Switzerland.
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| Location | Bern |
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| Coordinates | 46°56′50″N 7°26′54″E / 46.9473°N 7.4483°E |
| Type | memory institution  |
| Heritage designation | class A Swiss cultural property of national significance |
| Member of | Centre de coordination pour l’archivage à long terme de documents électroniques |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Website | www |
The origins of this institution can be traced back to the Reformation. Until 1951 it belonged jointly to the city and the University of Bern, and was supported by the Canton of Bern 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, 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:
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Die Burgerbibliothek Bern. Archiv, Bibliothek, Dokumentationsstelle. Stämpfli, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-7272-1220-9 (Festschrift zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum).