Library tour in Leipzig
Guided tour
begin 16.06.2024, 11:00
end 16.06.2024, 12:30
location Leipzig
Visit the German National Library – the memory of the nation!
Take an informative tour of our premises in Leipzig to find out why the German National Library was given this name and what make it different from other libraries.
Join us to explore the listed library building that also houses the German Music Archive. Let us show you our old and new reading rooms and the music foyer.
One of the highlights of the tour is the Great Meeting Room (Großes Sitzungszimmer) with the fully preserved Library of the Reich (Reichsbibliothek) dating from 1848/49. This collection encompasses 4,600 volumes. Representatives of the German Book Trade donated it to the National Assembly in Frankfurt and recommended the establishment of a Library of the Reich. The National Assembly failed. Find out what happened to the collection during our guided tour.
Information and contact
Meeting point: Foyer of the historic building, German National Library in Leipzig
Costs: Free admission
Duration: 90 minutes
Booking: Registration not required.
Cloakroom info: Please leave your coats, jackets and umbrellas in the cloakroom.
Accessibility: The guided tour is equipped for the disabled.
Contact: k.kubitzky@dnb.de
Address and getting here
German National Library
Deutscher Platz 1
04103 Leipzig
Getting here
We advise you to use public transport.
1 / By public transport
By rail
From the main railway station, take S-Bahn S1 in the direction of Riesa, S2 in the direction of Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz, S3 in the direction of Stötteritz or S5/S5X in the direction of Zwickau. Journey time approx. 7 minutes, get off at “Leipzig MDR”. Exit onto Semmelweisstraße, then turn right and continue for 400 m to the intersection at Straße des 18. Oktober.
Alternatively, take tram line 16 from platform 2 in front of the main railway station (in the direction of Lößnig) and get off at “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 11 minutes.
By air
From Leipzig/Halle airport, take S-Bahn S5/S5X in the direction of Zwickau. Journey time approx. 30 minutes, get off at “Leipzig MDR”. Exit onto Semmelweisstraße, then turn right and continue for 400 m to the intersection at Straße des 18. Oktober.
2 / By car
Approaching from the north
Take the A9 to the Schkeuditzer Kreuz intersection, continue on the A14 towards Dresden and take the Leipzig-Mitte (city centre) exit; continue on the B2 towards Leipzig city centre as far as the intersection at Prager Straße/Semmelweisstraße (follow the signs for “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”).
Approaching from the south and east
Take the A9 or A14, change to the A38 and continue to the Leipzig-Süd exit; change to the B2 and continue to the Südvorstadt exit; turn right into Kurt-Eisner-Straße and continue to the German National Library.
3 / Accessibility
The German National Library in Leipzig has disabled parking spaces right in front of the building. The entrance for disabled visitors is signposted. The reading rooms and cafeteria are accessible by lift.
Last changes:
10.11.2023
