Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Deutscher Platz 1
04103 Leipzig
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
+49 69 1525 1000
Frank Scholze
Building in Leipzig (1914-1916): Architect Oskar Pusch
First Annex to the building in Leipzig (1934-1936): Architects Oskar Pusch and Karl Julius Baer
Second Annex in Leipzig (1959-1963): Architecct Gerhart Helmer
Third Annex in Leipzig, Book tower (1976-1982): Architect Arnd Schultheiss
Forth Annex in Leipzig (2007-2011): Architect Gabriele Glöckler
Frankfurt am Main:
Building in Frankfurt am Main (1992-1996): Architects Mete Arat, Hans-Dieter Kaiser, Gisela Kaiser
1912
The German National Library is Germany’s central archival library. The GNL collects, documents as well as archives all printed publications and sound recordings issued in Germany since 1913 together with works that were compiled in German or national relation. Books, journals, CDs, records, maps, online publications – the GNL collect them all without exception, without bias and mot importantly, in its original form. The collection is supplemented by the holdings in the German Music Archive, the German Museum of Books and Writing and the German Exile Archive 1933–1945.
Under the motto “Preserving Cultural Heritage, Shaping the Future”, the German National Library presents its Strategic Compass 2035 – a forward-looking document that defines the main guidelines for the coming years.
