Annual reports and publications

Young people are reading fewer books and spending more time on social media. During lockdown, when it was difficult for the Zentralbibliothek to make its books available to the public, we came up with an idea: why not take literature to where young people spend their time every day? Instagram, for instance? For more information and instructions for our Insta novels, go here.

Ricarda Huch: Der Letzte Sommer

This epistolary novel tells of the fate of a governor’s family in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Yegor van Rasimkara closes universities and condemns rebellious students to death. After receiving death threats himself, he takes his family away to the countryside to spend the summer in safety. While he believes the student Lju is protecting him, in reality Lju is involved in a plot to assassinate Yegor Rasimkara. The German writer, philosopher and historian Ricarda Huch has a very particular relationship with the Zentralbibliothek Zürich, having worked for a time in what was then the city library.

Franz Hohler: Die Rückeroberung

“One day, as I was sitting at my writing desk looking out of the window, I saw that an eagle had landed on the TV aerial of the house opposite. I should mention that I live in Zurich...” Die Rückeroberung – the reconquest – started last autumn. The short story by Zurich writer Franz Hohler is a vivid illustration of what happens when nature regains control of the city.

• Der bibliophile Reformator – Rudolf Gwalthers Privatbibliothek, Bibliotheca Bibliographica Aureliana 255
  Urs Leu and Sandra Weidmann, Baden-Baden 2020. ISBN 978-3-87320-755-4 
• Gottfried Kellers feuriger Freund. Johann Ulrich Müller – Romanfigur, Baumeister und Kartograf der USA
  Monica Seidler-Hux, Zurich 2020. ISBN 978-3-03919-522-0 .
• Kosmos in der Kammer – Eine Ausstellung in der Schatzkammer der Zentralbibliothek Zürich, 23. August bis 7. Dezember 2019 (Begleitpublikation)
  Jost Schmid, Ylva Gasser, René Schurte (eds), Murten 2019. ISSN 1422-3392.
• Der St. Galler Globus – Ein kosmographisches Modell des Tilemann Stella
  Jost A. Schmid-Lanter, Basel/St. Gallen 2019. ISBN 978-3-7965-4066-0 (Schwabe Verlag) / ISBN 978-3-905906-37-0 (Verlag am Klosterhof)
• Jeder Mensch ist bildnerisch begabt – Johannes Itten und die Kunst
  Christoph Wagner, Begleitpublikation zur Ausstellung. Zurich 2018. ISBN 978-3-299-00038-8
• Buchdruck und Reformation in der Schweiz
  Anlässlich des Reformationsjahres herausgegebener Sammelband von Urs Leu und Christian Scheidegger. Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-290-18218-2
• Bibliotheken der Schweiz: Innovation durch Kooperation
  Festschrift für Susanna Bliggenstorfer anlässlich ihres Rücktrittes als Direktorin der Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Edited by Alice Keller and Susanne Uhl. Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-055182-2, 978-3-11-055379-6 (ePub), 978-3-11-055187-7 (PDF)
• Wissen im Zentrum
  100 Jahre Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Adrian Knoepfli, Mario König, Verena Rothenbühler, Rea Brändle, Markus Brühlmeier, Zurich 2017. ISBN 978-3-0340-1376-5.
• Hundert Zürcher Ansichten
  Bruno Weber, Zurich 2017. ISBN 978-3-85881-540-8
• Glanzlichter
  Meisterwerke aus der Graphischen Sammlung und dem Fotoarchiv der Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Zurich 1915. ISBN 978-3-85881-491-3
• Spur im Treibsand. Oskar Kokoschka neu gesehen. Briefe und Bilder.
  Begleitpublikation zur Ausstellung. Regine Bonnefoit, Ruth Häusler (eds): Petersberg 2010. ISBN 978-3-86568-524-7

The Bibliography lists publications with content relating to the history and culture of the city and canton of Zurich, with a particular focus on localities and individuals. It was published as part of the pocket book of Zurich from 1878 to 2004 and as a standalone annual publication from 2005 to 2011. Today it consists of an online catalogue containing the entire Zurich Bibliography, which is regularly updated. It is curated by Roberto Alliegro, Deputy Head of the Turicensia Department.

• Alexander Schaichet. The first chamber orchestra in Switzerland, Solo Musica SM 368 (2 CD box set) (New Year's item of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich 2022) 
• The musical world of Hans Georg Nägeli: Els Biesemans (fortepiano) plays works by Hans Georg Nägeli, Muzio Clementi and Ludwig van Beethoven, Solo Musica SM 414 (New Year's piece of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich 2023)
• Notre amour: Isabel Gehweiler (cello) and Fiona Hengartner (piano) play works by Ernest Bloch, Gabriel Fauré, César Franck, Germaine Tailleferre, Cécile Chaminade and Paul Juon, Solo Musica SM 449 (New Year's piece of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich 2024)

  
  

  This CD series is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Czesław Marek Foundation, administered by the Zentralbibliothek Zürich.

More Than a Library

Zentralbibliothek Zürich anniversary film by Anka Schmid, 2017

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