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The Heidelberg University Library and the Vatican Library collaborated on the digitization. A sub-project was the virtual reconstruction of the Lorsch monastic library. The Heidelberg document server heiDOK is an open access platform that offers members of the university the opportunity to publish on the web free of charge.
The Bibliotheca Palatina ("Palatinate library") of Heidelberg was the most important library of the German Renaissance, numbering approximately 5,000 printed books and 3,524 manuscripts. The Bibliotheca was a prominent prize captured during the Thirty Years' War , taken as booty by Maximilian of Bavaria , and given to the Pope in a symbolic and ...
Heidelberg's library, founded in 1421, is the oldest existing public library in Germany. [citation needed] In 1537, the castle located higher up the mountain was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion. The duke's palace was built at the site of the lower castle. [clarification needed] The siege of Heidelberg 1622
The science branch of the University Library is also situated here. Most of the dormitories and the athletic facilities of the university can be found there as well. Several independent research institutes, such as the German Cancer Research Center, Max Planck Society and its Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law have ...
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In 1386, Heidelberg University was founded by Rupert I on instruction of Pope Urban VI who demanded modelling it after the ancient University of Paris.. The Great Schism of 1378 made it possible for Heidelberg, a relatively small city and capital of the Electorate of the Palatinate, to gain its own university. [19]
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Bibliotheca Palatina, the most important library of the German Renaissance, Heidelberg Berlin Singakademie Library , looted in 1945 and as of 2000 temporarily housed at the Berlin State Library Königsberg Public Library in Königsberg , East Prussia