Polling monastery library

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The former Polling monastery library was once the second largest library in Bavaria, after the Munich court library. [1] It belonged to the Polling Abbey which was dissolved during secularisation in Bavaria. Around 1631, its number of books was still relatively small and mainly from the area of theology. [2] The greatest growth rates of books were during the era of provost Franz Töpsl during the Age of Enlightenment. Before provost Töpsel, 20,000 volumes were shelved in the library. [3] A large proportion of the books of 80,000 volumes were given to today's Bavarian State Library and the Ingolstadt University Library. In these books were included 653 manuscripts and 1394 incunabula. [3]

The impressive library hall is now used for concerts and events. The library was built from 1776 to 1778. [2] The master builder of the library was Matthias Bader, the ceiling fresco was painted by Johann Baader, and the stucco was by Thassilo Zopf. [4] After secularisation, around 1814, the Streicher family bought the building, who used the large hall as storage. [5] During the Second World War about 800 paintings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections were stored here, some of them very valuable. [6] In November 1971, members of the Rotary Club of Weilheim founded a club to renovate the library hall and make it available to the public. [7] Since 1975, the hall has been regularly used for classical concerts. Several hundred concerts have already been held here.

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References

  1. ↑ Ladislaus Buzas: Polling und die Universitätsbibliothek Ingolstadt - Landshut - München. In: Fridolin Dreßler, Ladislaus Buzas, Hermann Wiese: Zur Geschichte der Pollinger Bibliothek, p. 26
  2. 1 2 Fridolin Dreßler, Ladislaus Buzas, Hermann Wiese: Zur Geschichte der Pollinger Bibliothek, p. 11
  3. 1 2 Max Biller: Pollinger Heimat-Lexikon, p. 135
  4. ↑ Gemeinde Polling: Bibliothekssaal, retrieved: 28 January 2015
  5. ↑ Max Biller: Pollinger Heimat-Lexikon, p. 137
  6. ↑ Max Biller: Pollinger Heimat-Lexikon, pp 137–138
  7. ↑ Max Biller: Pollinger Heimat-Lexikon, pp 139–140

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