Library of the Archdiocese of Wrocław (Poland)

Heidelberg Materials’ concrete rebuilds historic library

The New Library of the Archdiocese of Wrocław was built in Ostrów Tumski, the oldest part of Wrocław, at Katedralny Square. The construction of the building began in February 2014 and ended in the fourth quarter of 2016. The exterior of the library is a perfect representation of the historic theological college (a boarding house for seminarians), which was built at the beginning of the 18th century and completely destroyed at the end of World War II.

In addition to warehouses, lecturing rooms and rentals, the new building will also include multimedia studios, computing servers (the Archdiocese plans to digitise its collections), conference rooms and specialist studios designed specifically for the restoration and storage of historical books. Thousands of volumes of the Archdiocese were created in the Middle Ages. Many of them, such as nineteenth-century magazines, will be made available in the new building for the first time. The library will also be open to the public. The building of the library together with the cellars and attic has 6 floors with a total area of more than 4,500 square meters.

For the construction of the new Library of the Archdiocese Heidelberg Materials supplied 2,000 m³ of concrete.