St. Gallen SC
Stiftsbibliothek
foto: R Gerth
2013
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The Abbey Library of Saint Gall was founded by Saint Othmar, the founder of the Abbey of St. Gall.
The library collection is the oldest in Switzerland, and is one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries and 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500). The library holds almost 160,000 volumes.
The library books are available for public use, but the books printed before 1900 must be read in the Reading Room.
In 1983 the library together with the Abbey of St. Gall were made an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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