Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart


The Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart (formerly Stadtbücherei Stuttgart) is the public library of the city of Stuttgart. It is organized as a department of the city's cultural office and comprises the central library, 17 city district libraries, and two bookmobiles.[1] In 2013, it received the national award as Library of the Year. [2]

Wilhelm Palais (2008)
Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz
Stadbibliothek Stuttgart
CountryGermany
TypePublic library
Established1901
LocationStuttgart
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From 1965 to 2011, the central library was located in the Wilhelmspalais, built 1834 - 1840 by Giovanni Salucci as the residence of the Württemberg king. In 2011, it was moved to the newly built Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz.


City Library of the Mailänder Platz

The new library of Stuttgart is a monolithic cube which gathers all the ancient libraries in one building. This building is the outcome from an international competition won by Eun Young Yi in 1999. It’s integrated in the Masterplan from Stuttgart 21 and it became a new landmark for the city and the Europaviertel. The construction of the library started in 2010 and was completed on 24 October 2011. It costs amounted to about 80 millions euros including 4 millions for the interior spaces. The library welcomes almost 2 millions of visitors each year.

  1. "Official website (German)". Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. "Website of the German Library Council (German)". Retrieved 12 June 2018.

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