Duchess Anna Amalia Library

library, Weimar, Germany

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The Duchess Anna Amalia Library is located in Weimar, Germany. It is a significant cultural institution, holding approximately one million volumes. The library's collection includes a substantial number of works related to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and a Bible that once belonged to Martin Luther.1

Tragically, a fire in 2004 resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of volumes, including rare first editions of works by Friedrich Schiller and William Shakespeare. In 1996, the library, along with other classical sites in Weimar dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, was designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO.1

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The Duchess Anna Amalia Library holds some 1 million volumes, including a large collection devoted to Goethe and a Bible that belonged to Martin Luther; a fire in 2004 destroyed tens of thousands of volumes, including first editions of the works of Schiller and William Shakespeare.
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The Duchess Anna Amalia Library holds some 1 million volumes, including a large collection devoted to Goethe and a Bible that belonged to Martin Luther; a fire in 2004 destroyed tens of thousands of volumes, including first editions of the works of Schiller and William Shakespeare.
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