Burgerbibliothek of Berne
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The Burgerbibliothek of Berne is a public library
located at Münstergasse 63 in Berne
, Switzerland.
The origins of this institution can be traced back to the Reformation
.
Until 1951 it belonged jointly to the city and the university and was supported by the Canton of Berne
, and by the Community of Burghers of Berne.
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 Berne and about 1 000 precious codices, some of them from the late antiquity.
The library includes collections inherited from the following collectors:
Public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...
located at Münstergasse 63 in Berne
Berne
The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland, and, with a population of , the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, has a population of 349,000. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000...
, Switzerland.
The origins of this institution can be traced back to the Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
.
Until 1951 it belonged jointly to the city and the university and was supported by the Canton of Berne
Canton of Berne
The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...
, and by the Community of Burghers of Berne.
The collection of the library includes the illustrated late mediaeval historical chronicle Berner Chronik
Berner Schilling
The Berner Schilling is a chronicle of Diebold Schilling the Elder of Berne , covering the history of the Old Swiss Confederacy up to the Burgundian Wars....
written by Diebold Schilling the Elder
Diebold Schilling the Elder
Diebold Schilling the Elder was the author of several of the Swiss illustrated chronicles, the "Berner Schilling of 1483, the "Spiezer Schilling" , and the "Zürcher Schilling" of 1484....
, Liber ad honorem Augusti
Liber ad honorem Augusti
The Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis is an illustrated narrative epic in Latin elegiac couplets, written in Palermo in 1196 by Peter of Eboli...
. It contains about 30 000 pictorial documents about Berne 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 FellenbergPhilipp Emanuel von FellenbergPhilipp Emanuel von Fellenberg was a Swiss educationist 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 granddaughter of the Dutch admiral Van Tromp...
- Jeremias GotthelfJeremias GotthelfAlbert Bitzius , Swiss novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf, was born at Murten, where his father was pastor.In 1804 the home was moved to Utzenstorf, a village in the Bernese Emmental...
- Johann Rudolf Gruner
- Kurt Guggisberg (part of inheritance)
- Albrecht von HallerAlbrecht von HallerAlbrecht von Haller was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.-Early life:He was born of an old Swiss family at Bern. Prevented by long-continued ill-health from taking part in boyish sports, he had the more opportunity for the development of his precocious mind...
- Karl Howald
- Ernst KreidolfErnst KreidolfErnst Kreidolf was a Swiss painter.-References:*This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia....
- Rudolf MüngerRudolf MüngerRudolf Münger was a Swiss painter.-References:*This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia....
- Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli
- Gottlieb Samuel StuderGottlieb Samuel StuderGottlieb Samuel Studer was a Swiss mountaineer, Notary public and draughtsman.Studer was the son of Sigmund Gottlieb Studer...
Further reading
- Die Burgerbibliothek Bern. Archiv, Bibliothek, Dokumentationsstelle. Stämpfli, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-7272-1220-9 (Festschrift zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum).