National Széchényi Library

Hungarian national library
Organization national_library Q1063819
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Summary

National Széchényi Library is a national library[1]. It draws 515 Wikipedia views per month (national library category, ranking #26 of 175).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Conference of European National Librarians[3], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[4], Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association[5], International Internet Preservation Consortium[6], NAPLE[7]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Budapest[8]
  • Country: Hungary[9]
  • Instance of: library building[10], budget management department[11]
  • Founder: Ferenc Széchényi[12]
  • Named after: Ferenc Széchényi[13]
  • Headquarters location: Buda Castle[14]
  • Location: Budapest[15]
  • Commons category: National Széchényi Library[16]
  • Inception: November 25, 1802[17]
  • Official website: http://www.oszk.hu[18]
  • Described at URL: http://viaf.org/viaf/partnerpages/NSZL.html[19], https://itf.njszt.hu/intezmeny/oszk/[20]
  • Director / manager: Dávid Rózsa[21]
  • Has characteristic: web accessibility[22]
  • Commons Institution page: National Széchényi Library[23]
  • Main Wikidata property: P951[24]
  • Native label: Országos Széchényi Könyvtár[25]
  • IPv6 routing prefix: 2001:738:4060::/48[26]
  • API endpoint URL: https://idp.oszk.hu/saml/saml2/idp/metadata.php[27]
  • Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of National Széchényi Library[28]

Why It Matters

National Széchényi Library has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . viaf.org. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Hungarian National Namespace. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Dolgos · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → http://viaf.org/viaf/partnerpages/NSZL.html, https://itf.njszt.hu/intezmeny/oszk/
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Described at url: https://itf.njszt.hu/intezmeny/oszk/, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1792246916329"
  2. 12d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
    P14900 → hu-002742
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14900: hu-002742, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/327259318|Országos Széchényi Könyvtár (#327259318)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8575|E"
  3. 5w ago · Evel Prior · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → national library, library building, budget management department
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: budget management department"
  4. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Otto Stolz
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q79032, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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