Place of interest

Hannover City Library

The city library was the first library tower in Europe.

The library was built between 1929 and 1931 according to plans by City Architect Karl Elkart. Since there was not much space available, the library was built vertically rather than horizontally. This resulted in Europe’s first ten-story library tower. The building was constructed in the Brick Expressionist style. The library houses approximately 965,000 media items. For more information about the City Library, please visit the library’s website.

Tourist highlights

Sights

Discover Hannover’s sights, rich in history and full of things to do.

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Place of interest

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library

Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites under one roof.

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View of a two-storey building with many windows.

Superlative

Technical information library

The world's largest specialist library for technology and natural sciences.

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