Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library

State Library of Lower Saxony (Germany), located in Hanover
Organization library Q1539517
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Summary

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library is a library[1]. It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Common Library Network[3], Hanoverian online library system[4], Kalliope[5], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[6]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hanover[7]
  • Country: Germany[8]
  • Instance of: academic library[9], state library of Germany[10]
  • Named after: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz[11]
  • Location: Hanover[12]
  • Postal code: 30169[13]
  • Commons category: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek[14]
  • Inception: 1665[15]
  • Coordinate location: 52.36525, 9.73115[16]
  • Official website: https://www.gwlb.de/[17]
  • Email address: mailto:information@gwlb.de[18]
  • Phone number: +49-511-12670[19]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[20]
  • Collection or exhibition size: 1,600,000[21]
  • Short name: Hannover GWLB[22]
  • Wi-Fi access: gratis[23]
  • Fax number: +49-511-1267202[24]
  • API endpoint URL: http://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/oai2/[25], http://sru.k10plus.de/opac-de-35[26]
  • Street address: Waterloostraße 8[27], Waterloostr. 8, 30169 Hannover[28]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://www.gwlb.de/datenschutz[29]
  • Online catalog URL: http://opac.tib.eu/DB=3/LNG=DU/[30], https://opac.tib.eu/DB=3/LNG=EN/[31], https://disco.gwlb.de/search?q[32]
  • Accessibility statement URL: https://www.gwlb.de/barrierefreiheit[33]
  • Impressum URL: https://www.gwlb.de/impressum[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. sigel.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . gwlb.de. Retrieved . gwlb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gwlb.de. Retrieved . gwlb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 31 October 2019. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . gwlb.de. Retrieved . gwlb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey. Retrieved . docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ld.zdb-services.de. ld.zdb-services.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Common Library Network, Hanoverian online library system, Kalliope +1
    P14815 → gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-bibliothek-niedersaechsische-landesbibliothek
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q79234
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  3. 12w ago · Nortix08 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Hanover
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  4. 18w ago · Awinkler3 · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geonames id → 11353041
    Located on street → Q100272868
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
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