Württembergische Landesbibliothek
| State Library of Württemberg | |
|---|---|
| Württembergische Landesbibliothek | |
Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart | |
| 48°46′38″N 9°11′06″E / 48.77722°N 9.18500°E | |
| Location | Germany |
| Type | Academic library, regional library |
| Established | 1765 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 6,024,598 (2017), 6,235,048 item (2022) |
| Other information | |
| Director | Rupert Schaab |
| Employees | 129 (2020) |
| Website | www |
The State Library of Württemberg (German: Württembergische Landesbibliothek or WLB) is a large library in Stuttgart, Germany, which traces its history back to the ducal public library of Württemberg founded in 1765. It holds about 4 million volumes and is the fourth-largest library in the state of Baden-Württemberg (after the university libraries of Freiburg, Heidelberg and Tübingen). The WLB owns an important collection of medieval manuscripts, as well as one of the largest Bible collections in the world.
The WLB is one of two state libraries of Baden-Württemberg, the other being the Badische Landesbibliothek (BLB) at Karlsruhe. One of the library's main purposes is to archive written literature from and about the Regierungsbezirk (state subdivision) Tübingen and Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart (i.e. roughly the former land of Württemberg). The library is entitled to a legal deposit of every work published in Baden-Württemberg before 1964.
The WLB has also been part of the Stuttgart University library system since 1967. As an academic library, it is responsible for the humanities sections of the University of Stuttgart, as well as for the Stuttgart College of Music and the Stuttgart Academy of Arts.