Bautzen
Sorbisches Institut e. V. / Serbski institut z.t.

Bahnhofstr. 6
02625 Bautzen
+49 3591 4972-0
+49 3591 4972-14

Cottbus
Zweigstelle für niedersorbische Forschungen
Sorbisches Institut e. V. / Serbski institut z.t.
August-Bebel-Straße 82
03046 Cottbus
+49 355 48576-482
+49 355 48576-494

Abteilung für Regionalentwicklung und Minderheitenschutz
Sorbisches Institut e. V. / Serbski institut z.t.
Schloßkirchplatz 2
03046 Cottbus
+49 355 486448-0

Sorbian Central Library

Founded 1949. Main function: Collecting all literature in the Sorbian languages, about Sorbs and about Upper and Lower Lusatia. The library is also the scientific library of the Sorbian Institute and due to exchange agreements with libraries abroad has a valuable collection of books and magazines in Slavic languages and relating to Slavic studies.
The library was founded from the remains of the Maćica Serbska library and expanded by purchases and gifts from the private libraries of Ota Wićaz (Otto Lehmann), Pawoł Nedo (Paul Nedo), Měrćin Nowak-Njechorński (Martin Nowak-Neumann) und Jan Meškank (Jan Meschgang). Since it was founded in 1958, the publisher Domowina-Verlag has regularly provided the Sorbian Central Library with deposit copies.
Library data: 110 000 media, of which 27 000 magazine volumes; stand-alone publications: 13 000 in Sorbian languages, 25 000 in Slavic languages.

In the Virtual reading hall you will find all the offers of the Sorbian Central Library and the holdings of the Sorbian Cultural Archive at a glance.

Opening times

Monday – Wednesday 9 am – 4 pm
Thursday 9 am – 6 pm
Friday closed.

Maundy Thursday, March 28th 2024, the library and archive will only be open until 4 p.m. We wish our readers a blessed Easter!
Due to construction work in the stacks from April 8th to May 6th, 2024, users of the library and archive must expect, that not all books, newspapers, magazines and archive materials, that are to be borrowed or viewed in the reading room, will be available. Please inquire before your visit, if the objects can be presented.

Contact: biblioteka-archiw@serbski-institut.de
Telefon: +493591/4972-15 (Information reading room)


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