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Hamburg
Get to know the profile of the Stabi in its role as the regional library of Hamburg
The Stabi comprehensively collects, develops and archives the available literature on Hamburg and its surroundings
As Hamburg's regional library, the present-day State Library has always collected all literature published in the city.
Copyright-free digitalised media on Hamburg's history are offered by the State Library on three levels. In addition to four sources that were digitalised in special projects ("Hamburger Adressbücher"; "Briefwechsel Ernst Cassirer"; "Schröder, Hans: Lexikon der hamburgischen Schriftsteller bis zur Gegenwart (1851-1883)"; "Zeitschrift des Vereins für Hamburgische Geschichte"), all other sources from the Stabi's holdings can be searched together or browsed systematically according to collections, document type or subject categories. You will also find digital copies relating to Hamburg which have been digitised by other institutions and research establishments (external digital copies). We have summarised these into collections for you (for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.). For the newspapers, the terms of use may differ in individual cases, due to different licensing conditions.
The Stabi, in its role as the regional library of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, collects, stores and presents all kinds of material relating to the history and regional studies of the city and its surroundings.
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 State Library Hamburg collects over 600 Websites published in Hamburg. The information is presented in German only.
In the "HANS catalogue" you will find references for important holdings segments of the special collections
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!