Die Leidenschaft des Sammelns

In the summer of 1989, the Austrian Academy of Sciences had an opportunity to take possession of a very important private library. Already while still alive Erich Woldan had provided for the fact that his library which shows one of the most extensive private collections in "Geographica" in Central Europe should go as a whole after his death to the Austrian academy of the sciences where it was made an inventory, finally, and was made to the public accessible. Today the collection named after him Woldan per year is used by more than 250 international scientists, but also by skilled private individuals and makes available constantly exhibits for national and international exhibitions. In the present double tape 24 authors argue with the most different access manners with one or several objects of the collection Woldan and give therefore a view on their variety and quality.