title: Collection of German Prints
text: # Collection of German Prints
  
  The Collection of German Prints (German: Sammlung Deutscher Drucke) or SDD is the virtual German national library. Founded in 1989 by an association of six German libraries it covers the entire German-language literature.
  
  Each library is responsible for a specified period of time:
  
  * 1450–1600: Bavarian State Library (Munich)
  * 1601–1700: Herzog August Library (Wolfenbüttel)
  * 1701–1800: Göttingen State and University Library
  * 1801–1870: Frankfurt University Library
  * 1871–1912: Berlin State Library
  * since 1913: German National Library
  