Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • Study & Teaching
    • Beginning your Studies
      • Prospective Students
      • Degree Programmes
      • Application
      • Fit4TU
      • Why Braunschweig?
    • During your Studies
      • Freshers' Hub
      • Term Dates
      • Courses
      • Information for Freshmen
      • Practical Information
      • Beratungsnavi
      • Additional Qualifications
      • Financing and Costs
      • Special Circumstances
      • Notes on the coronavirus
      • Health and Well-being
      • Campus life
    • At the End of your Studies
      • Discontinuation and Credentials Certification
      • After graduation
      • Alumni
    • For Teaching Staff
      • Strategy, Offers and Information
      • Learning Management System Stud.IP
      • Teaching and Media Education
    • Contact
      • Study Service Centre
      • Academic Advice Service
      • Student Office
  • Research
    • Research Profile
      • Core Research Areas
      • Clusters of Excellence
      • Research Projects
      • Research Centres
      • Professors‘ Research Profiles
    • Early Stage Researchers
      • Promotion of early career scientists
      • PhD-Students
      • Postdocs
      • Junior research group leaders
      • Junior Professorship and Tenure-Track
      • Habilitation
      • Service Offers for Scientists
    • Research Data & Transparency
      • Transparency in Research
      • Research Data
      • Open Access Strategy
      • Digital Research Announcement
    • Research Funding
      • Research Funding Network
      • Research funding
    • Contact
      • Research Services
      • Academy for Graduates
  • International
    • International Students
      • Why Braunschweig?
      • Degree seeking students
      • Exchange Studies
      • TU Braunschweig Summer School
      • Refugees
      • International Student Support
    • Going Abroad
      • Internships abroad
      • Teaching and research abroad
      • Working abroad
    • International Scientists
      • International Postdocs and Professors
      • International PhD Scholars
      • Service for host institutes
    • Language and intercultural competence training
      • Learning German
      • Learning Foreign Languages
      • Intercultural Communication
    • International Profile
      • Internationalisation
      • International Cooperation
    • International House
      • About us
      • Contact & Office Hours
      • News and Events
      • Newsletter, Podcast & Videos
      • Job Advertisements
  • TU Braunschweig
    • Our Profile
      • Aims & Values
      • Regulations and Guidelines
      • Alliances & Partners
      • The University Development Initiative 2030
      • Facts & Figures
      • Our History
    • Career
      • Working at TU Braunschweig
      • Vacancies
    • Economy & Business
      • Entrepreneurship
    • General Public
      • Access to the University Library
    • Media Services
      • Communications and Press Service
      • Services for media
      • Film and photo permits
      • Advices for scientists
      • Topics and stories
    • Contact
      • General Contact
      • Getting here
  • Organisation
    • Presidency & Administration
      • Executive Board
      • Designated Offices
      • Administration
      • Committees
    • Faculties
      • Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Fakultät
      • Faculty of Life Sciences
      • Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
      • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
      • Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics
      • Faculty of Humanities and Education
    • Institutes
      • Institutes from A to Z
    • Facilities
      • University Library
      • Gauß-IT-Zentrum
      • Professional and Personnel Development
      • International House
      • Sports center
      • Facilities from A to Z
    • Equal Opportunity Office
      • Equal Opportunity Office
      • Family
      • Diversity for Students
  • Search
  • Quicklinks
    • People Search
    • Webmail
    • cloud.TU Braunschweig
    • Messenger
    • Cafeteria
    • Courses
    • Stud.IP
    • Library Catalogue
    • IT Self-Service
    • Information Portal (employees)
    • Link Collection
    • DE
    • EN
Menu
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • Organisation
  • Facilities
  • University Library
  • Search
  • Special Collections
  • Children's book collection
Logo der Universitätsbibliothek zum Jubiläumsjahr
  • Special Collections
    • Children's book collection
    • Special Collection Company Histories

Children's book collection

Development of the collection

The children's and youth's book collection of Braunschweig University Library was established after the Second World War at the former Kant-Hochschule (since 1947 Pädagogische Hochschule) in Braunschweig.

At the beginning of 1946 Kant-Hochschule received the Reichsjugendbücherei from Berlin, which had been moved to Braunschweig during the war. The most valuable part of this library was the children's and youth's book collection of Karl Hobrecker from Westphalia and his wife Margarete. The exact size of the remaining Hobrecker collection is not known; only 4301 volumes can be traced back to Hobrecker's collection.

1728 volumes are from the Reichsjugendbücherei and other organizations. Building on these collections, the Pädagogische Hochschule expanded the collection during its period of independence until 1971. When the libraries of the Technical University and the Pädagogischer Hochschule merged in 1971, the collection became the property of University Library Braunschweig. Here it is continuously expanded, with a considerable part of the acquisitions being donated to the library. Over the years, several collections from different collectors have been added.

In the 1980s the library received about 950 English children's books from London, mostly from the years 1850-1950; another part consisted of modern pop-up books.

A significant addition was the donation of Oberstudienrat Walter Nieder from Braunschweig between 1990 and 2000, who brought about 800 volumes into the collection. It contains numerous journals for children and young people from the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Der Neue Deutsche Jugendfreund, Töchter-Album, Herzblättchens Zeitvertreib, Der Jugendgarten and Auerbachs Deutscher Kinderkalender.

In 1999, the children's book authors and illustrators Margret and Rolf Rettich, who live near Braunschweig, donated one copy each of their publications with new editions and numerous translations to the library. A total of 518 volumes of the Rettich couple have been donated to the library so far.

In the same year, the publishing and book archives of Vieweg publishing house, which had its headquarters in Braunschweig from the 18th to the 20th century, were handed over to the library. As well as letters from Hans-Christian Andersen, Sophie Frömmichen, Marie v. Houwald-Thielau, Johann Peter Hundeiker, Gustav Sues and Amalie Winter, about 100 children's books from the publishing house came into the collection.

At the end of 2003, the collection was enriched by 59 titles by the Austrian children's book illustrator Ernst Kutzer. In 2007, the University Library received a large donation of more than 200 volumes from the renowned Berlin children's book publisher. The heirs of the author Barbara Bartos-Höppner donated her work to the children's book collection in 2012.

Today the collection comprises over 28,000 volumes.

Cataloguing and indexing

The entire collection of children's books can be researched in the catalogue of the University Library or in the GBV Catalogue.

The collection was catalogued between 1978 and 1982 with the financial support of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). A printed catalogue was published in 1985:

Die Sammlung Hobrecker der Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig. Katalog der Kinder- und Jugerndliteratur 1565-1945. Bearb. Von Peter Düsterdieck unter Mitarb. von Ingrid Bernin-Israel [u.a.] 2 Bände, München: Saur 1985.

How to use

The books of the children's book collection can not be borrowed. They can only be read in the special reading room within University library. Exceptions are possible in special cases.

More than 900 volumes have been digitalised and can be read and downloaded free of charge from the Digitale Bibliothek Braunschweig.

Microfilms with selected children's books are also available for use.

All books can be ordered via the catalogue of the University Library or via the GBV Catalogue.

 

Contact

Stefan Wulle
+49 531 391 - 5003
s.wulle(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Conservation of the collection

Since 1995, the State of Lower Saxony has been financing projects to film older book collections from the period between 1850 and 1920 that were threatened with decay. With these funds, Braunschweig University Library was able to film 1,115 volumes of the collection until 2006. In each case 2 films were made. One film is archived, the second film can be used, so that the filmed books are permanently withdrawn from use.

The digitalisation of the books also helps to preserve the collections. Selected volumes are scanned, edited and archived. These titles are listed in the catalogue of the University Library and can be viewed at Digitale Bibliothek Braunschweig.

 

In 2006, the University Library began the mass deacidification of children's books in a pilot project with funds from the State of Lower Saxony. The process had already proven to be successful in the deacidification of pharmaceutical collections.

Literature

  • Aus der Kinderbuchsammlung von Karl und Margarete Hobrecker. Eine Ausstellung der Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig.
    (Mit Beiträgen von Josef Daum [u.a.]). Braunschweig: Universitätsbibliothek, 1986. 116 S.
  • Brüggemann, Theodor: Walter Benjamin und andere Kinderbuchsammler (Karl Hobrecker, ...). In: Brüggemann, Theodor: Keinen Groschen für einen Orbis Pictus. Ausgewählte Studien zur Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur vom 16. bis 20. Jahrhundert. Hrsg. u. eingel. von Reinhard Stach. Osnabrück: Wenner 2001, S. 18-37.
  • Düsterdieck, Peter: Die Sammlung Hobrecker. In: Die Schiefertafel, Jg. 3, 1980, S. 30-35.
  • Düsterdieck, Peter: Zur Geschichte der Sammlung Hobrecker. In: Aus der Kinderbuchsammlung von Karl u. Margarete Hobrecker. Braunschweig 1986, S. 24-26.
  • Düsterdieck, Peter: Die Kinder- und Jugendbuchsammlung der Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig. In: Volkacher Bote Nr. 72, 2001, S. 1-4.
  • Düsterdieck, Peter: Kinder- und Jugendbuchsammlung der Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig. In: Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Ein Lexikon. Hrsg. Von Kurt Franz [u.a.], T. 4, 13. Erg.-Lfg., Okt. 2001. 12 S.
  • Ewers, Hans Heino: Einige Bemerkungen zur Beschäftigung mit alten Kinderbüchern. In: Aus der Kinderbuchsammlung von Karl u. Margarete Hobrecker. Braunschweig 1986, S. 49-52.
  • Mahn, Michael: Bibliographie Karl Hobrecker. In: Aus der Kinderbuchsammlung von Karl u. Margarete Hobrecker. Braunschweig 1986, S. 27-48.
  • Mahn, Michael: Karl Hobrecker (1876-1949). In: Aus der Kinderbuchsammlung von Karl u. Margarete Hobrecker. Braunschweig 1986, S. 21-23.
  • Mahn, Michael: Karl Hobrecker – ein deutscher Sammler. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kinder- und Jugendbuchforschung. Herzberg: Bautz 1987. 203 S., 3 Mikrofiches. (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Buchwesens in Deutschland. 12.) [Zugl. Diss. Phil. Bremen 1986.]
  • Müller, Helmut: Hobrecker, Karl. In: Lexikon der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Band 1, 1975, S. 546-548 und 2. Aufl., 1977 , S. 546-548.

Links

  • Kinder- und Jugendbuchabteilung der Staastbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz
    http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/die-staatsbibliothek/abteilungen/kinder-und-jugendbuecher/
  • Institut für Jugendbuchforschung der Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
    https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/50701264
  • Internationale Jugendbibliothek München
    http://www.ijb.de/home.html
  • Bilderbuchmuseum der Stadt Troisdorf
    http://www.troisdorf.de/bilderbuchmuseum/
  • Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder- und Jugendmedien
    http://www.sikjm.ch/
  • Brüder Grimm-Gesellschaft Kassel
    http://www.grimms.de/
  • Arbeitsstelle für Leseforschung und Kinder- und Jugendmedien, Universität Köln
    http://www.aleki.uni-koeln.de
  • Struwwelpeter-Museum, Frankfurt am Main
    http://www.struwwelpeter-museum.de/
  • Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V.
    http://www.akademie-kjl.de/pages/impressum.html
Photo credits on this page

Follow us

Instagram Icon
Twitter Icon
Icon UBlog

One click ahead

Information about DEAL
UB from A-Z
Next citavi courses
Register
Login

Opening Hours of the Library

Monday- Friday: 07:00 - 24:00 o`clock
Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00 o`clock
Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00 o`clock

For questions and advice you can reach us from 09:00 to 19:00 (Monday to Friday) by phone on +49 (0) 531 391-5018, online by mail with ub-info(at)tu-braunschweig.de or via our social media channels Blog, Twitter and Instagram.

Address

Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
Universitätsplatz 1
38106 Braunschweig
P.O. Box: 3329 
38023 Braunschweig
E-Mail us


How to find us

© Technische Universität Braunschweig
Imprint Privacy Accessibility

TU Braunschweig uses the software Matomo for anonymised web analysis. The data serve to optimise the web offer.
You can find more information in our data protection declaration.