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Hamburg
Get to know the profile of the Stabi in its role as the regional library of Hamburg. You will receive comprehensive information about our Hamburg services.
The central location of the Hamburg collection is the Hamburg Reading Room with over 13,000 volumes of literature on regional studies and regional history relating to Hamburg and the whole of northern Germany. Research advice is available together with current brochures on Hamburg-related subjects.
In its role as state library, the Stabi has received deposit copies from the publishers of all works printed in Hamburg since 1696, in accordance with Germany's Legal Deposit Act. Recently this also includes recording media and electronic publications – a complete history of Hamburg's publications.
The online sources of information on Hamburg's history and regional studies are rich and varied, and are provided by many institutions of the Hanseatic City. "HamburgWissen Digital" presents them all under one umbrella, in an annotated, thematically arranged catalogue of links. The portal provides orientation when researching literature and factual databases, full texts, maps, picture material, biographies, statistics and documentation. The service is being enhanced on a continuous basis. In addition to the meta search, with which many of the resources can be searched together in an easy way, “HamburgWissen Digital” also offers various other features: The “Hamburger Archivführer” (Hamburg archives handbook) and the “Hamburger Bibliotheksführer” (Hamburg library handbook) guide the user through Hamburg's archive and library landscape and provide detailed information about the individual institutions and what they offer. The events calendar provides information about all kinds of events relating to Hamburg.
The Hamburg bibliography documents all the literature, whether printed or electronic, relating to Hamburg and Hamburg personalities. It includes books, journals and series, maps and atlases, papers and journal articles.
The Hamburg link collection comprises around 850 important internet sources on Hamburg relating both to the past and present day, on all topics and spheres of life. Here you will find institutions from politics, academia, society and culture, as well as subject-related websites.
A historical stroll to the Alster or to the harbour, portrait galleries, biographies of famous Hamburg residents like Wolfgang Borchert, Klopstock, Jungius or Hasse; all the Bergedorf blogs; lots of news – browse through our big Hamburg showcase!