Blankenburger
Item
Country
DE
Name of institution (English)
Herzog August Library
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
deu
Contact information: postal address
Lessingplatz 1, D-38304 Wolfenbüttel
Contact information: phone number
0049 053318080
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
ed.bah@tfnuksua
Reference number
Blank.
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Blankenburger
Title (official language of the state)
Blankenburger
Language of title
deu
Creator / accumulator
Ludwig Rudolf
Date note
9th century/18th century
Language(s)
deu
dut
fra
lat
Extent
346 manuscripts
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Blankenburger collection comprises 308 manuscripts, covering a broad range of subjects. It includes, for instance, history and family books, as well as French and Oriental manuscripts. The collection includes a handwritten letter from Cornelius Ullefeld, a Swedish intellectual, to Baruch de Castro (1597-1684), a Portuguese Jewish physician living in Hamburg (HAB MS. 17 Blankenburg, fol. 384). See a transcription of this letter in Brown and Bertolín Cebrián (2000).
Archival history
This collection is composed of manuscripts from the library of Duke Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671-1735), assembled at his castle in Blankenburg/Harz and transferred to the ducal archive in Wolfenbüttel (now Herzog August Bibliothek) in 1752/1753.
Administrative / Biographical history
Ludwig Rudolf (1671-1735) was the youngest son of Duke Anton Ulrich (1633–1714). He received the county of Blankenburg in 1690. The county rose to a principality in 1707 and Ludwig Rudolf ruled it independently from 1714 onwards. In 1731, after the death of his childless brother, August Wilhelm, Ludwig Rudolf took over the government of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, reuniting it with Wolfenbüttel after a short separation.
Ludwig Rudolf and his wife Christine Luise (1671-1747) pursued an exceptionally intensive cultural policy. The couple was prominent in setting up extensive libraries and promoting theatres and operas, thus establishing Blankenburg as a cultural hub, which on occasion noticeably competed with the ducal court in Wolfenbüttel.
Ludwig Rudolf and his wife Christine Luise (1671-1747) pursued an exceptionally intensive cultural policy. The couple was prominent in setting up extensive libraries and promoting theatres and operas, thus establishing Blankenburg as a cultural hub, which on occasion noticeably competed with the ducal court in Wolfenbüttel.
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System of arrangement
The items are organised under the general rules of library management.
Access, restrictions
Extensive documentation is available online:
Links to finding aids
Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2022
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