The German National Library will be closed during the Easter holidays (April 2 to 5, 2010).
Opening hours and getting there by public transport or car
German National Library in Leipzig
German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
German Music Archive
German National Library in Leipzig
Deutscher Platz 1
D-04103 Leipzig
Opening hours
Reading rooms, check-out desk, information, catalogues
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m - 6 p.m.
Getting there by public transport or car
Using public transportation
Streetcar (Line 16) from the front of the main railroad
station, Track 2, towards Lößnig; stop at the "Deutsche
Nationalbibliothek" stop. Travel time approximately 15 minutes.
Streetcar (Line 2) from the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz towards
Meusdorf; stop at "Deutsche Nationalbibliothek" stop. Travel
time approximately 7 minutes.
By car
Autobahn to Schkeuditzer Kreuz, Radefeld exit; follow signs to
the city centre ("Innenstadt") and the "Altes Messegelände".
Road construction may cause temporary detours.
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German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
Adickesallee 1
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Opening hours
Reading rooms, check-out desk, information
Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration
Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Getting there by public transport or car
Using public transportation
From the main railroad station (lower level) U5 (underground)
towards Preungesheim to "Deutsche Nationalbibliothek" station.
Travel time approximately 10 minutes.
From the airport (local railroad station) S8 or S9 towards
Hanau or Offenbach Ost to "Konstablerwache". Change to U5
(underground) towards Preungesheim to "Deutsche
Nationalbibliothek" station. Travel time approximately 30
minutes.
The no. 32 bus goes to the stop "Deutsche Nationalbibliothek".
By car
Autobahn A 66 to the end of the Autobahn at Miquelallee;
follow signs for Fulda/Hanau; turn right at the third traffic
light onto Eckenheimer Landstraße towards the city center;
signs point to the entrance to the underground parking area
(liable for costs).
Autobahn A 661 up to the exit Eckenheim. Get into the lane for
Innenstadt (City centre) / Eckenheim and drive straight on up
to the third big junction with traffic lights. Cross this
junction, the building on your right is the library. After
about 100 m turn right into the underground parking area.
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German Music Archive
Gärtnerstr. 25 - 32
D-12207 Berlin
Opening hours
Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
and by appointment
Getting there by public transport or car
By public transportation
From the Central Railway Station (former Lehrter Bahnhof)
Take a westbound S-Bahn (S 5 destination Westkreuz, S 7
destination Potsdam, S 75 destination Spandau, S 9) to the stop
"Zoologischer Garten". Change to U 9 (underground) and get off
at the stop "Rathaus Steglitz". From here take bus no. 186 with
destination Lichterfelde and get of at the stop
"Gärtnerstraße". The bus stop for no. 186 is located at the
junction Grunewaldstraße / Schlossstraße.
Or:
Take an eastbound S-Bahn (S 5 destination Strausberg, S 7
destination Ahrensfelde, S 75 destination Wartenberg, S 9
destination Schönefeld) to the stop "Friedrichstraße". Change
to S 25 (destination Teltow Stadt or Lichterfelde Süd). Get off
either at the stop "Lankwitz" and walk down Bruckner- and
Kaulbachstraße to Gärtnerstraße or get off at the stop
"Lichterfelde Ost" and walk down Jungfernstieg to
Gärtnerstraße.
Or:
Mount a Regional Express train at the Central Railway Station
and get off at the stop "Lichterfelde Ost", walk down
Jungfernstieg to Gärtnerstraße. Please check the time table for
the Regional Express train connection. Those trains are not
running as frequently as the S-Bahn, the underground or the
buses.
Walking time approximately 15 minutes (from either bus, S-Bahn
or train stop).
From Berlin-Tegel airport
Take the airport shuttle bus "TXL" and get off at the stop "
Turmstraße". Change to underground line U 9 destination "
Rathaus Steglitz" and get off at that stop. From here take bus
no. 186 with destination Lichterfelde and get of at the stop
"Gärtnerstraße". The bus stop for no. 186 is located at the
junction Grunewaldstraße / Schlossstraße.
By car
Change from the AVUS (A 115) in Dreilinden onto
highway B 1 in direction Zehlendorf / Steglitz; before reaching
the "Steglitzer Kreisel" (roundabout) turn right at the
high-rise building, then right into Wolfensteindamm and
immediately left into Birkbuschstraße. After crossing the
Teltowkanal, turn right into Siemensstraße and at the next
intersection left into Gärtnerstraße. Parking spaces are
available in sufficient quantity on the premises of the German
Music Archive.
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