Luxembourgish Collection
Luxembourgish Collection
The Luxembourgish Collection consists of all printed or online publications edited and produced in Luxembourg after 1800, entered by legal deposit and acquired in addition to legal deposit. The collection also includes works published abroad by citizens of Luxembourg, or which are connected with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or the former Duchy of Luxembourg. Posters and postcards, the Luxembourgish music collection, and publications, which date from before 1800 or which are rare or particularly valuable, form part of the special collections.
Online resources
The National Library offers its readers an ever-growing number of digital documents.
Borrowing and viewing
The Luxembourgish Collection is referenced in the a-z.lu portal. In the Reading Room, documents of the Luxembourgish Collection can be identified thanks to a “LU” mark on their label. Generally speaking, there are always two copies: one for on-site viewing, one for home loans.
Moreover, a large selection of Luxembourgish periodicals is available in the Reading Room. The majority of them are only available for on-site viewing. On the ground floor, you will find national newspapers as well as news bulletins from Luxembourgish communes and associations.
Documents in the spotlight
Our staff members have written thematic studies on various documents from our collections.
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“...dem wahren Kino in Luxemburg den Weg bereiten.”
Anfänge einer luxemburgischen Filmkultur in Evy Friedrichs Magazin „Le Film Luxembourgeois“ (1927-1934)Knapp dreißig Jahre nach der Geburtsstunde des Kinos steckt die Filmkultur in Luxemburg noch in den Kinderschuhen. Eine Gruppe junger Cineasten will dies ändern: 1927 gründen sie die erste Luxemburger Filmzeitschrift „Le Film Luxembourgeois“.
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Tour de Frantz
Zu einer humoristischen Sonderbeilage des „Gukuk“ (1924)Vor hundert Jahren fuhr Nicolas Frantz in seinem zweiten Profijahr und bei seiner ersten Teilnahme an der Tour de France 1924 sogleich aufs Podest. Vor allem die Sportjournalisten hatten zu einem „Frantzfieber“ in Luxemburg beigetragen.
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Le témoignage d’une lettre manuscrite de 1921
Regard nuancé sur un chef militaire controversé de la Grande GuerreEn 1921, le lieutenant-colonel Frederic Louis Huidekoper, stationné temporairement au Luxembourg, écrit une lettre d’admiration à Field Marshal Haig, alors très respecté. Toutefois, après sa mort, Haig sera critiqué pour sa doctrine militaire caduque.
News
Discover the latest news of the Luxembourgish Collection.
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Discover the updated Luxembourg web archive
With an all-new interface, users can now search by keyword rather than needing to enter a specific URL, allowing for a broader and more nuanced exploration of Luxembourg’s archived web space.
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Signing of a license to put out-of-commerce works online
A work is considered out-of-commerce when it is no longer accessible to the public through standard commercial channels, regardless of the format.
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Melusina Press and Rëmelenger Calepin uploaded by the BnL
The BnL has just put two new sets of content online, reflecting the diversity of Luxembourg’s publishing landscape: publications from Melusina Press and Rëmelenger Calepin.
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