Zentralbibliothek Zürich

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Zähringerplatz 6
8001 Zürich

Tel: +41 44 268 31 00

Fax: +41 44 268 32 90

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Monday - Friday

08:00 - 22:00
Saturday

09:00 - 19:00
Sunday (reading room only)

09:00 - 19:00

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You can borrow more than 6 million media free of charge from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Welcome to a world of knowledge!

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8001 Zürich

Tel: +41 44 268 31 00

Fax: +41 44 268 32 90

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Bildungsbürger vs. Games

02.06.2023 18:00 - 19:30
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Zürich by Wick – die wunderliche Nachrichtensammlung eines Zürcher Chorherrn

03.06.2023 11:00 - 11:45
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Exkursion: Auf den Spuren von Hans Witzig und Carl Biedermann in Wil/ZH.

03.06.2023 10:30 - 12:30
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So überwinden Sie Ihren Game-Analphabetismus

03.06.2023 14:00 - 16:00
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Library Science Talks - Mariëlle Prevoo (Maastrich University)

06.06.2023 17:15 - 18:45
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Motivschatz – Anleitung – Gestalten. Hans Witzig im Kontext historischer Zeichenvorlagen

08.06.2023 18:00 - 19:00
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Exhibitions

Vom Schlaraffenland zum Totentanz

Der Zürcher Illustrator und Zeichenlehrer Hans Witzig.

Schatzkammer der Zentralbibliothek Zürich & Themenraum Turicensia

17.03.2023 - 17.06.2023

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Borrowing from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich

You can get access to more than 6 million media from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Welcome to a world of knowledge!

Courier and interlibrary loan services

If you are looking for specific literature that you have been unable to find in the Zentralbibliothek Zürich, you can order documents via courier, pos...

Requesting items from our holdings

If you are interested in a book or a volume of a periodical that is in our closed stacks or one of our external stores, or want copies from books or m...

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History, philosophy, religion, culture

For decades, history and philosophy in Germany have been wrestling with the importance of National Socialism and the extermination of the Jews in the public consciousness. Information on this and countless other topics can be found in our large collection of historical and philosophical specialist literature.

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From Zurich

Der öffentliche Nahverkehr in Zürich – Streiflichter aus drei Jahrhunderten

Die Stadt Zürich ist Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts im Aufbruch. Symbolisch dafür steht die damals gebaute Bahnhofstrasse, die den Eisenbahn- mit dem Schi...

The Russian Library Zurich (RBC): History and Stories

From 1927 to 1983, there was an association in Zurich dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of Slavic literature. The Russian Library Zurich (R...