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	Duchess Anna Amalia Library - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany houses a major collection of German literature and historical documents.
		The Duchess Anna Amalia Library is named for the Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who arranged in 1766 for the courtly (hoefische) book collection to be moved into the library.
		The Duchess, seeking a tutor for her son Duke Carl August, hired Christoph Martin Wieland, an important poet and noted translator of William Shakespeare.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Duchess_Anna_Amalia_Library (529 words)

	Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach
		Anna Amalia Duchess of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (October 24, 1739–April 10, 1807) was an influential cultural force in Weimar, Germany in the 18th century.
		The daughter of Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, she was born at Wolfenbüttel and married Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar in 1756.
		Anna Amalia was also a notable composer; among her significant works is a Singspiel called Erwin und Elmire (1776), basing her musical on a text by Goethe.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/an/anna_amalia__duchess_of_saxony_weimar_eisenach.html (247 words)

	Weimar Fire
		The Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, central Germany, home to some of the country's most precious volumes including the world's largest collection of Faust by the national playwright, Goethe, was engulfed by flames which destroyed large parts of the building including the roof.
		Investigators at the scene of the charred remains of the library, housed in the former palace residence of the 18th century Duchess Anna Amalia, were examining claims that the fire was started in the attic by an electrical fault.
		The duchess, an ardent patron of the arts, succeeded in putting Weimar on the map in the late 18th century, along with her son Duke Carl August, who was educated by Martin Wieland, the first translator of Shakespeare into German.
	www.adelaideinstitute.org /Germany/germany024.htm (1092 words)

	Germany Info: Culture & Life
		Since large parts of Weimar’s Anna Amalia Library were damaged in a devastating fire on September 2, there have been numerous inquiries from the United States about the Library’s condition and ways to support its reconstruction.
		The Duchess Anna Amalia Library, the cradle of the Weimar classical period and a universal treasury with its unique ensemble of library, artworks and architecture, was the victim of a fire on the evening of September 2, 2004.
		The historic original building of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library as well as a large part of the approximately 120,000 volumes comprising the historical collection were destroyed or severely damaged.
	www.germany-info.org /relaunch/culture/new/cul_anna_amelia_fund_9_2004.html?PHPSESSID=5a78913ebc4123f526b2757495450d0c (597 words)

	noticias - Emergency aid for Weimar's Duchess Anna Amalia Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Minister of State for Cultural Affairs Christina Weiss went to the library the morning after the fire to be briefed on the extent of the damage and to announce the government's willingness to provide up to four 4 million euros in emergency aid.
		Duchess Anna Amalia gave the library its own building, the "Green Mansion", the core element of which is an oval rococo room filled with books, maps, busts, and paintings.
		From 1797 to 1832 the library was under the administrative supervision of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
	www.noticias.info /Archivo/2004/200409/20040909/20040909_32482.shtm (418 words)

	Hilfe für Anna Amalia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The fire of 2 September 2004 was a grave setback for the Library.
		The Herzogin Anna Amalia Library was seriously damaged in the largest library fire in Germany since the Second World War.
		In the future, the Herzogin Anna Amalia Library will once again be able to fulfil its function of being a living monument to European literary history and an active library.
	www.anna-amalia-library.com /aktu.html (850 words)

	Duchess Anna Amalia Library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The dowager Duchess had the building converted into a library in 1761.
		The Duchess, seeking a tutor for her son Duke Carl August, hired Christoph Martin Wieland, an important poet and noted translator of William Shakespeare.
		From an architectural standpoint, the library is world famous for its oval Rococo hall featuring a portrait of Grand Duke Carl August.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duchess_Anna_Amalia_Library (573 words)

	several reports about the Anna-Amalia library fire (30,000 irreplaceable books destroyed)
		Flames pour from the library leaving a smouldering ruin Cultural experts were surveying the extent of the disaster last night after it emerged that some literary treasures had been rescued due largely to the bravery and quick-wittedness of library staff.
		Weimar, 250 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Berlin, was put on Europe's cultural map by Anna Amalia and her son, Duke Carl August, starting in the mid-18th century.
		Among the literary treasures lost at the Anna-Amalia Library in the eastern city of Weimar were thousands of works from the 16th to 18th centuries belonging to the collection of the first Weimar librarian, Daniel Schurzfleisch, and the sheet music archive of the library's patron, Anna Amalia (1739-1807), the duchess of Saxony-Weimar.
	palimpsest.stanford.edu /byform/mailing-lists/exlibris/2004/09/msg00031.html (1722 words)

	Hilfe für Anna Amalia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Libraries in the Consortium of European Research Libraries have been deeply saddened by the recent fire in the historic Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, and the loss of part of the Library’s important historical collections.
		At their Annual General Meeting held in Edinburgh on 13 November 2004, members of the Consortium of European Research Libraries resolved to assist, and to convey their strong support to the Director of the Library, Dr Michael Knoche, and his colleagues.
		Dr Knoche has confirmed that the most important priorities for the Library at present are: (1) the restoration of the building; (2) the preservation of the books that have been damaged where this is possible; and (3) the replacement of the books that have been completely lost, where possible.
	www.anna-amalia-bibliothek.de /en/news.html (295 words)

	German researchers say they've found the oldest manuscripts of J.S. Bach
		Researchers found the documents in the archives of the Duchess Anna Amalia library in Weimar, where a previously unknown aria by Bach was discovered last year.
		The library, housed in a 16th century palace, was badly damaged by a fire in September 2004.
		Schubart succeeded Bach as organist at the court of Weimar in 1717, and the newly discovered documents were passed to the library as part of Schubart's estate, the foundation said.
	www.startribune.com /1646/v-print/story/647152.html (401 words)

	Previously unknown Bach work discovered - Boston.com
		Experts say the work for soprano and string or keyboard accompaniment, composed for a German duke's birthday, is the first new music from the renowned composer to surface in 30 years.
		Wolff said the work, written when Bach was 28, was among documents taken from the Duchess Anna Amalia library in Weimar for restoration before September's devastating fire.
		The 16th-century rococo palace that houses the library reopened in February.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/08/31/previously_unknown_bach_work_discovered?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News (656 words)

	Fire in library destroys irreplaceable books \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the fire, which broke out in a top floor after the library closed and raged for some two hours before 330 firefighters brought it under control.
		Among the volumes destroyed were a collection of 18th-century musical works donated by Duchess Anna Amalia and the renowned book collection of the first librarian, Daniel Schurzfleisch, who brought them to the library on 35 horse-drawn carts in 1722, library director Michael Knoche said.
		In the 1700s, Anna Amalia converted the palace into a library and made it open to the public.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040904/news_1n4library.html (329 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Weimar
		The library belongs to UNESCO world heritage, and is one of the oldest public libraries in Europe.
		The Library in Flames in 2004, Associated Press The Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany houses a major collection of German literature and historical documents.
		Faust (Latin Faustus) is the protagonist of a popular German tale of a pact with the Devil, assumed to be based on the figure of the German magician and alchemist Dr. Johann Georg Faust (approximately 1480â€“1540).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Weimar (3626 words)

	Thousands of irreplaceable books lost or damaged in German historical library fire - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Among the volumes destroyed were a collection of 18th-century musical works donated by Duchess Anna Amalia and the renowned book collection gathered by the first librarian, Daniel Schurzfleisch, who brought them to the library on 35 horse-drawn carts in 1722, said library director Michael Knoche.
		The library holds about one million volumes at several places in Weimar, though the palace is the main location.
		Weimar, 250 kilometres (150 miles) southwest of Berlin, was put on Europe's cultural map by Anna Amalia and her son, Duke Carl August, starting in the mid-18th century.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20040903T210000-0500_65670_OBS_THOUSANDS_OF_IRREPLACEABLE_BOOKS_LOST_OR_DAMAGED_IN_GERMAN_HISTORICAL_LIBRARY_FIRE.asp (457 words)

	Fire at famed Weimar library destroys 30,000 priceless volumes, German News, Germany, Expatica
		The Dowager Duchess Anna Amalia and her son, Duke Carl August, put Weimar on Europe's cultural map in the late 18th Century.
		Seeking a tutor for her son, the duchess hired Christoph Martin Wieland, a well-known poet and translator of Shakespeare's works.
		Anna Amalia also created a library in a 16th century rococo-style palace, with Wieland's Shakespeare volumes comprising the core of the collection.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=11389 (247 words)

	Goethe-Institut Library Portal Germany - Cooperations in other areas - Preservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After all, the Anna Amalia Library boasts an inventory of one million volumes on its shelves, and luckily only a fraction of these were stored in the "Grünes Schlösschen" (Green Castle), which fell victim to the flames.
		Today the library belongs to the Weimar Classics Foundation, and the focus of the collection is German literature from the Enlightenment to Late Romanticism (1750 to 1850).
		Most of the library’s stock was previously distributed between four sites around the town, but has now been relocated to a new underground store next to the historical main building.
	www.goethe.de /wis/bib/prj/bib/koo/kob/best/en169151.htm (858 words)

	Famed Weimar library to rise from ashes, officials vow , German News, Germany, Expatica
		WEIMAR - Authorities in Germany said the famed Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar would be rebuilt to its original rococo splendour following last week's devastating fire that destroyed 30,000 priceless volumes dating back to the Renaissance.
		Seeking a tutor for her son, the duchess hired Christoph Martin Wieland, a poet and translator of Shakespeare's works.
		Anna Amalia also created her library in a 16th century rococo- style palace, with Wieland's Shakespeare volumes comprising the core of the collection.
	www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=11522 (391 words)

	Library Goes up in Flames, Destroying Literary Legacy \| Culture & Lifestyle \| Deutsche Welle \| 03.09.2004
		Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Firefighters battle the flames at the historical Anna Amalia Library in Weimar on Sept. 2, 2004.
		German Library director Elisabeth Niggemann pointed out that like the floods in Saxony two years ago, the fire underscores how crucial it is that archives and libraries take preventative action against potential disasters.
		In the labyrinth-like archives of the country's libraries, millions of books are slowly crumbling to dust.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,1594,1441_A_1317151_1_A,00.html (720 words)

	Anna Amalia Library goes up in flames \| CESLIT
		The library, built in 1691, holds around one million books, including many rare first-editions.
		The library also housed the largest collection of "Faust" by Germany's most revered writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, who lived in Weimar for a large part of his life.
		The library specializes in German literature between 1750 and 1850.
	www.centomag.org /ceslit/node/186 (89 words)

	The Casper Star-Tribune: Printable Version
		Firemen examine the roof truss of the historical Duchess Anna Amalia library in Weimar, eastern Germany, on Friday Sept.
		Some 25,000 books were destroyed and another 40,000 damaged by water and smoke from the fire Thursday night in Weimar's Duchess Anna Amalia Library, housed in a 16th-centry rococo-style palace, said Ulrike Bestgen, an expert with the Weimar Classics Foundation.
		It was Anna Amalia who converted the palace into a library and made it open to the public.
	www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2004/09/03/news/world/f431ad72ce94a58787256f04007c85b8.prt (406 words)

	Weimar offers delights for the brain (printable version)
		It was the Dowager Duchess Anna Amalia and her son, Duke Carl August, who put Weimar on Europe’s cultural map in the late 18th century.
		Anna Amalia also created a library in a 16th century rococo-style palace.
		The building, called the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, is now home to some 850,000 volumes.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=75838 (821 words)

	Weimar's Last Chance \| Culture & Lifestyle \| Deutsche Welle \| 17.07.2005
		The devastating fire that gutted the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar last September destroyed a jewel in the town's cultural crown.
		How much damage a fire at Weimar's Anna Amalia library did to Germany's cultural legacy will only be clear after a team of bookbinders in Leipzig get done with their work -- and that could take years.
		A fire at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar damaged a unique collection of German literary works.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,1647327,00.html (991 words)

	Allianz - Schulte-Noelle: Anna Amalia fire an unbelievable tragedy
		The library was just about to relocate the entire stock of books to subterranean archives under Weimar’s Palace Square created especially for that purpose.
		Through our commitment to the Anna Amalia Library we want to show the important role literature, philosophy and the fine arts play in the development of an intellectual European spirit, even during a time when political unification was beyond consideration.
		Schulte-Noelle: The Anna Amalia Library is a symbol for enlightenment and freedom of thought in times of feudalism and regionalism.
	www.allianz.com /azcom/dp/cda/0,,551471-44,00.html?entry=Vx (704 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Weimar, April 10, 1807), was German princess and by marriage duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach; also, she was regent of the states of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach from 1758 to 1775 and important influential cultural force in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar and the Holy Roman Empire.
		Anna Amalia was also a notable composer; among her significant works is a Singspiel called Erwin und Elmire (1776), based on a text by Goethe.
		The duchess was honoured in Goethe's work under the title Zum Andenken der FÃ¼rstin Anna-Amalia.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Anna_Amalia,_Duchess_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (255 words)

	[CPProt.net] Anna Amalia Bibliothek erhält 7500 Romane
		Anna Amalia Bibliothek erhält 7500 Romane erstellt 18.02.05, 17:52h, aktualisiert 18.02.05, 18:41h Weimar/dpa.
		The "literary library Siegfried Unseld" receives its location in the Buecherkubus of the new study center of the research library.
		In the kubus - modern counterpart to the Renaissance hall in the principal firm of the library - also the novels of the world literature continuously collected since Goethe's times are to be located according to donation.
	te.verweg.com /pipermail/cpprot/2005-February/000745.html (575 words)

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