Equipment

Our library, located in the “Parkettsaal” of the Geobotany section, covers relevant literature on ecosystems and their vegetation around the globe. Since 1987, the Institute of Geobotany, now section in the Institute of Earth System Sciences, administers the scientific estate of Prof. Dr. Reinhold Tüxen as a separate collection. As an independent foundation library, one of the central archives for research on peatland is the Schneider Library. Further components of the library are the scientific bequests of Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Peveling (lichenological library) and Prof. Dr. Paul Seibert (mainly South America). The library is available as a non-lending library to all interested persons after prior registration in the office of our Geobotany section.