Opening hours
Opening hours between Christmas and New Year
From Wednesday, 24 December 2025 up to and including Sunday, 4 January 2026, the library centre and the branches at the Haspel and Freudenberg campuses will be closed. During the closing time, you can return media via the book drop system at the main entrance of the university.
From Monday, 5 January 2026, the usual opening hours will apply again.
Campus Grifflenberg
Opening hours
Main library building (BZ)
Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Service times
| Facility or service | Monday – Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Information Desk | 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. | – | – |
| Lending, return, reservation, inter library loan | 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | – |
| Self-lending/return stations | 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. | 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. | 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. |
| Work stations | 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. | 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. | 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. |
| Copy Centre | 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. | – | – |
| Reading room in departmental library 2 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | – | – |
Campus Haspel
Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Campus Freudenberg
Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Planned closing times
| Carnival Monday | 16.02.2026 | closed |
| Good Friday | 03.04.2026 | closed |
| Easter | 06.04.2026 and 07.04.2026 | closed |
| Labour Day | 01.05.2026 | closed |
| Ascension Day | 14.05.2026 | closed |
| Pentecost | 25.05.2026 and 26.05.2026 | closed |
| Corpus Christi | 04.06.2026 | closed |
| German Unity Day | 03.10.2026 | closed |
| All Saints' Day | 01.11.2026 | closed |
| Christmas | 24.12.25 – 04.01.26 | closed |
