Academy Holdings

A large portion of the Academy’s book holdings has already been catalogued in the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) – currently around 30,000 volumes – and the task is ongoing. The following special holdings, collections, and bequest collections are listed in the Academy Catalogue:

  • Nachlass Prof. Karl Stackmann [bequest of Prof Karl Stackmann]
  • Nachlass Prof. Wilfried Barner [bequest of Prof Wilfried Barner]
  • Deutsches (Grimmsches) Wörterbuch [German (Grimm’s) Dictionary]
  • Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch [Middle High German Dictionary]
  • Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch [Early New High German Dictionary]
  • Deutsche Inschriften [German Inscriptions]
  • Papsturkunden [Papal Charters]
  • Edition Lichtenberg [Lichtenberg Edition]
  • Germania Sacra
  • Enzyklopädie des Märchens [Encyclopaedia of the Folktale]


The OPAC is also integrated into the Göttingen University Catalogue (Göttinger Universitätskatalog, GUK). In addition to the material listed above, the following holdings are catalogued in the OPAC:

  • Koptisches Altes Testament [Coptic Old Testament]
  • Qumran-Wörterbuch [Qumran Dictionary]
  • Patristik: Dionysius-Areopagita [Patristics: Dionysius the Areopagite]
  • Septuaginta-Unternehmen [Septuagint Project]
  • Nachlass Wilhelm Crönert [bequest of Wilhelm Crönert]


The SUB Göttingen maintains an overview of the locations of the Academy libraries. Please find information on individual sub-libraries here: