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Collections from the Early Modern Period

Collections from the Early Modern Period

The Gotha Research Library’s collections from the early modern period are represented by two large universal collections, the Ducal Palace Library and the Ducal Gymnasium Library. In addition, there are the important private libraries of the ducal family from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The collections are prototypical of the culture of the nobility between the Baroque and Enlightenment periods.


The collection on the history and reception of the Reformation in the early modern period forms the core of the early modern holdings. It contains numerous important works by the most important reformers of the 16th century, but also by prominent Catholic authors. There are also collections pertinent to educational history found in the estates of important educational theorists and practitioners and in the collections of the ducal gymnasium in Gotha. Among the extensive sources on the natural sciences, works on astronomy, alchemy, and botany stand out.

Cultural History of Protestantism

Cultural History of Protestantism

Die Forschungsbibliothek Gotha bewahrt unter ihren herausragenden handschriftlichen Beständen vier Kernsammlungen zum Luthertum des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts: Die Reformationshandschriften aus dem 16.…

Georg Forster’s Discovery of the South Seas

Georg Forster’s Discovery of the South Seas

Since 1780, the Gotha Research Library has preserved significant material from the naturalist, writer, illustrator, and Enlightenment thinker Georg Forster (1754-1794). They were created during and…

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Private Libraries of the Enlightenment

Private Libraries of the Enlightenment

The courts of Gotha and the electorate of Mainz in Erfurt under Karl Theodor von Dalberg (died 1817) played an important role in the reception and dissemination of Enlightenment ideas in the 18th century. ...

Political Sermons

Political Sermons

The portal formally and contextually unlocks the extensive collection of sermons from the Gotha Research Library, making them digitally accessible.

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For further reading

  • Edited by Kathrin Paasch: Bücher bewegen. 375 Jahre Forschungsbibliothek Gotha (= Publications of the Gotha Research Library, Vol. 57), Gotha 2022.
  • Authored by Kathrin Paasch: Die Forschungsbibliothek Gotha und ihre Schätze, Heidelberg 2017.

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University of Erfurt | Gotha Research Library
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