diff --git a/doc/source/requirements.txt b/doc/source/requirements.txt
index 9044d840b..99eb1940a 100644
--- a/doc/source/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/source/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ numpy
 scipy
 pandas
 matplotlib
+zstandrad
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diff --git a/src/igraph/__init__.py b/src/igraph/__init__.py
index 7f0e328b7..7ec62bc4f 100644
--- a/src/igraph/__init__.py
+++ b/src/igraph/__init__.py
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@
     _construct_graph_from_graph_tool,
     _export_graph_to_graph_tool,
 )
+from igraph.io.repositories import(
+    _construct_graph_from_Netzschleuder,
+)
 from igraph.io.random import (
     _construct_random_geometric_graph,
 )
@@ -462,6 +465,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
     from_graph_tool = classmethod(_construct_graph_from_graph_tool)
     to_graph_tool = _export_graph_to_graph_tool
 
+    # Repositories
+    from_Netzschleuder = classmethod(_construct_graph_from_Netzschleuder)
+
     # Files
     Read_DIMACS = classmethod(_construct_graph_from_dimacs_file)
     write_dimacs = _write_graph_to_dimacs_file
diff --git a/src/igraph/io/repositories.py b/src/igraph/io/repositories.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..053b3219f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/igraph/io/repositories.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+import urllib.request
+try:
+    import zstandard as zstd
+except ImportError:
+    os.system('pip install zstandard')
+    import zstandard as zstd
+
+def _construct_graph_from_Netzschleuder(cls, name: str = None, net: str = None):
+    """
+    Downloads, decompresses, and loads a graph from a .gml.zst file from Netzschleuder into an igraph.Graph.
+    Parameters:
+        cls (igraph.Graph, optional): The graph class to use (default: ig.Graph).
+        name (str): The dataset name (e.g., "bison").
+        net (str, optional): The specific network file (defaults to `name`).
+    Returns:
+        igraph.Graph: The loaded graph.
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If the dataset or network file does not exist.
+        RuntimeError: If there are issues with download or decompression.
+    """
+    if name is None:
+        raise ValueError("Dataset name must be provided.")
+
+    base_url = "https://networks.skewed.de/net"
+    net = net or name
+
+    # Check dataset existence
+    dataset_url = f"{base_url}/{name}"
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(dataset_url) as response:
+            if response.status != 200:
+                raise ValueError(f"Dataset '{name}' does not exist at {dataset_url}.")
+    except:
+        raise ValueError(f"Dataset '{name}' does not exist at {dataset_url}.")
+        
+    from igraph import Graph
+    
+    # Check network file existence
+    file_url = f"{dataset_url}/files/{net}.gml.zst"
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(file_url) as response:
+            if response.status != 200:
+                raise ValueError(f"Network file '{net}.gml.zst' does not exist at {file_url}.")
+    except:
+        raise ValueError(f"Network file '{net}.gml.zst' does not exist at {file_url}.")
+
+    try:
+        # Download the compressed file
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=".zst") as tmp_zst_file:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(file_url) as response:
+                tmp_zst_file.write(response.read())
+            tmp_zst_path = tmp_zst_file.name
+
+        # Decompress the file
+        dctx = zstd.ZstdDecompressor()
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=".gml") as tmp_gml_file:
+            with open(tmp_zst_path, "rb") as compressed:
+                dctx.copy_stream(compressed, tmp_gml_file)
+            tmp_gml_path = tmp_gml_file.name
+
+        # Load graph using the given class
+        graph = cls.Read_GML(tmp_gml_path)
+
+    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Network error: {e}")
+    except zstd.ZstdError as e:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Decompression error: {e}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Error processing file: {e}")
+    finally:
+        os.remove(tmp_zst_path)
+        os.remove(tmp_gml_path)
+
+    return graph