Deutsches Literaturarchiv (Marbach am Neckar, Germany)

The German Literature Archive (German: Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, DLA) was established in 1955, in Marbach am Neckar, the birthplace of German author Friedrich Schiller. It is a literary archive of worldwide importance. Its collections span literary and intellectual works from 1750 to the present and are open to anyone involved in source criticism. The DLA offers nearly 800,000 volumes and over 1,000 journals. Together with the Schiller-Nationalmuseum (National museum for Friedrich Schiller), the Museum of Modern Literature and the Collegienhaus, the residential and communal space for researchers at the DLA, it builds the complete institution Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach. The institution consists of several departments: the Collecting Departments (Manuscripts Department with Cotta Archive, Library, Pictures and Objects) the Museum Department the Directorate and Administration Department