Bibliothekspavillion
The Bibliothekspavillon stands in Hanover’s Berggarten, where its French-classical form introduces the historic garden. Its long, plastered body has two-storey corner pavilions and a slightly projecting central section. Above that square centre, a cylindrical floor rises beneath a shallow dome with twelve arched windows.
Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves designed the building early in his career, and construction took place between 1817 and 1820. The original purpose was a gardener’s residence, while the central rotunda later sheltered the Royal Garden Library. Johann Christoph Wendland’s library and herbarium formed the foundation of that collection, housed here from 1852 to 1936.
The pavilion aligns with the Orangerie and Gallery in the Great Garden, creating a sightline towards Herrenhäuser Allee’s northern end. Its elevated rotunda works as a belvedere and offers garden visitors shelter from changing weather. Parts of the library returned to Hanover in 2007, while the building now serves the Herrenhäuser Gärten administration.
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