Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek

LC control no.	nr 00019962
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Stolberg Library Gräfliche Stolbergische Bibliothek zu Wernigerode Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerödische Bibliothek Fürstliche Bibliothek zu Wernigerode Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek Gräflich Stolbergische Bibliothek zu Wernigerode Stolbergische Bibliothek zu Wernigerode
Located	Wernigerode (Germany) Hirzenhain (Germany)
Address	bibliothek@stolberg-wernigerode.com
Special note	The counts [Grafen] of Stolberg-Wernigerode were raised to princely [Fürstlich] rank in 1890. Cf. Stolberg-Wernigerode entry in Wikipedia, September 17, 2019.
Found in	Allgemeiner Porträt-Katalog, 1931: p. vi (... Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodeschen Bibliothek in Wernigerode) LC database, Nov. 2, 2001 (hdg.: Wernigerode. Fürstlich Stolberg Wernigerödische Bibliothek; usage: Stolberg Library) Sachsenspiegel. German & Latin. Sachsenspiegel, Auffs newe vbersehen, 1582 DLC copy ink property stamp on t.p. (Gräfl. Stolbergische Bibliothek z. Wernigerode) OCLC, 20 Apr. 2009 (hdg.: Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerödische Bibliothek; Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek; usage: ... Fürstlichen Bibliothek zu Wernigerode; ... Fürstlichen Bibliothek in Wernigerode; ... Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerodeschen Bibliothek zu Wernigerode) German Wikipedia, version dated January 4, 2009, consulted September 17, 2019 (article title: "Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek"; also "Stolbergische Bibliothek in Wernigerode"; it was an important private library of a noble family; founded by Graf Wolf Ernst zu Stolberg (1546-1606); declared a public library on January 15, 1746 (open to those with a scholarly interest 2 days a week); the Grafenhaus (counts) was raised to princely rank (Fürstenstand) in 1890; sales of important holdings began in 1926, and the library closed officially in 1929, after which further holdings were sold; reopened after the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 and closed after the outbreak of World War II in 1939; remaining holdings stayed in Wernigerode until 1946, when most of the printed volumes were transported to Russia as spoils of war; manuscripts located in Halle since 1948) Die Gräflich Stolbergische Bibliothek zu Wernigerode, 1866. German Wikipedia, September 17, 2019 (article title: "Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek"; reference from Stolbergische Bibliothek Wernigerode; an important private library of a noble family; since July 2019, 80 years after its closing in wartime, it is again accessible to the public in its new location, Hirzenhain in Hesse) Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek website, September 17, 2019 (Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerodesche Bibliothek; for centuries one of the most important private libraries in Germany; reopened to the public in 2019, 80 years after closing in 1939; founded in the 2nd half of the 16th century in Wernigerode, made accessible to the public in the 18th century; nearly a quarter of the holdings were sold in the 1920s and 1930s, leaving ca. 92,000 volumes when the library closed in 1939; after the war, physical dissolution of the library resulted from expropriation, removal by the Red Army trophy commission, theft, vandalism, the transfer of holdings to other East German libraries, etc.; since reunification of Germany, Philipp Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode has been engaged in reviving the library, with holdings acquired or reacquired through the Indemnification and Compensation Act of 1994 and other sources; presently has ca. 35,000 titles; address: Hofgut Luisenlust, D- 63697 Hirzenhain; email: bibliothek@stolberg-wernigerode.com) <https://www.stolberg-wernigerode.de/bibliothek>