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The Burgerbibliothek of Berne (german: Burgerbibliothek Bern) is a public library located at Münstergasse 63 in
Berne Bern () or Berne; in other Swiss languages, gsw, Bärn ; frp, Bèrna ; it, Berna ; rm, Berna is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city" (in german: Bundesstadt, link=no, french: ville fédérale ...
, Switzerland. The origins of this institution can be traced back to the
Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
. Until 1951 it belonged jointly to the city and the
University of Bern The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It is a compreh ...
, and was supported by the
Canton of Berne The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...
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 Diebold Schilling the Elder (c. 1445 – 1485) was the author of several of the Swiss illustrated chronicles, the ''Berner Schilling'' of 1483, the ''Spiezer Schilling'' (1480s), and the ''Zürcher Schilling'' of 1484. He worked in Lucerne as a c ...
, '' 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: * Eduard Bähler *
Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg (27 June 1771 – 21 November 1844) was a Swiss educationalist 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 granddaug ...
*
Jeremias Gotthelf Albert Bitzius (4 October 179722 October 1854) was a Swiss novelist; best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf. Biography Bitzius was born at Murten, where his father was pastor. The Bitzius family had once belonged to the Bernese patrici ...
* Johann Rudolf Gruner * Kurt Guggisberg (part of inheritance) * Albrecht von Haller * Karl Howald * Ernst Kreidolf * Rudolf Münger * Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli *
Gottlieb Samuel Studer Gottlieb Samuel Studer (5 August 1804, Langnau im Emmental – 22 December 1890, Vienna) was a Swiss mountaineer, notary public and draughtsman. Studer was the son of Sigmund Gottlieb Studer. After the death of his father, the Studer family mo ...
* Rudolf von Tavel


See also

* Fragmenta Bernensia * Bern Riddles


Further reading

*''Die Burgerbibliothek Bern. Archiv, Bibliothek, Dokumentationsstelle.'' Stämpfli, Bern 2002, (Festschrift zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum).


External links


Homepage Burgerbibliothek

Burgerbibliothek of Bern

Manuscripts hold at the Burgerbibliothek
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