The Boetticher collection
The Boetticher collection is a collection of books left to the Institute in 1952 in a donation by General a. D. Friedrich von Boetticher, the heir to the library of the genealogist and doctor from Bautzen, Walter von Boetticher (1853-1945). The collection of 230 bibliographical items (including numerous titles in several volumes) does not represent the complete original library of Walter von Boetticher. However, it includes rather self-contained stock on the history and cultural history of Upper Lusatia, without, however, taking into account Sorbian or Sorbian-language aspects. Works on the history of Upper Lusatia, including legal, church and art history, form the core of the collection. Written works from the 19th century are dominant; rare books from the 18th century are more strongly represented than literature from the 20th century. One rarity is the complete Lausitzische Magazin (25 volumes since 1768) and the Neue Lausitzische Magazin (from 1822 to 1941).