Frankfurt University Library

Inside the library

The Frankfurt University Library (German: Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, or Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg) is the library for the Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany.

Overview

It originated in the 15th century as a town library. After the founding of the university (1914) it became the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (StUB). 2005 the StUB and the Senckenbergische Bibliothek united. Today the Frankfurt University Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Germany.

The Frankfurt University Library is a member of the Collection of German Prints, the virtual German national library, covering the years 1801 till 1870.

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Coordinates: 50°07′13″N 8°39′11″E / 50.12028°N 8.65306°E / 50.12028; 8.65306

Goethe University Frankfurt
Colleges	Goethe Business School Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management Institute for Law and Finance Otto Stern School for Integrated Doctoral Education
Facilities	AfE-Turm (former) Botanischer Garten der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt University Library
Related	Center for Financial Studies Frankfurt School Institute for Social Research

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