Library

The Middle High German Dictionary is a key resource for medieval German studies.

The Academy’s book collections are distributed across various subject libraries at multiple locations. Many of the Academy’s research projects maintain their own reference libraries within their respective offices. In addition, the Academy holds resources not (or no longer) tied to any individual project. These include deposit copies of Academy publications, collections from completed projects, and bequeathed materials. 


Some of the book holdings spanning multiple projects and research initiatives are centrally located in the library room at Geiststraße 10, while others are housed in the main office building at Theaterstraße 7. Certain collections are also stored at the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB). To coordinate these diverse resources, the Academy established a Library Committee in 2018. 

Access to the reference collections is available by prior arrangement. Please contact the library at adwbib@adwgoe.de. 

Holdings

Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1808.

The SUB Göttingen maintains an overview of the locations of the Academy libraries. 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]

 

Archive and Publication Exchange

If you have questions about the archive (adw.archiv@gwdg.de) or services of publication exchange (schriftentausch.adw@gwdg.de), please contact the email addresses provided. These responsibilities are not handled by the library.