List of public bookcases in Berlin

This article contains public bookcases in Berlin and does not claim to be complete. A public bookcase is a cupboard or cabinet- like storage space with books that is used to offer books free of charge, anonymously and without any formalities for exchange or to take away. As a rule, the public bookcases are freely accessible every day of the year. If this is not the case, this is noted in the lists in the Comments column.

list

There are currently 69 public bookcases in Berlin (as of June 28, 2020):

image	execution	District / district	since	annotation	location
	Telephone booth, called BücherZelle	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Charlottenburg	December 2014	set up by the “Kiezbündnis Klausenerplatz e. V. “with the support of the district office	⊙ Seelingstraße 22 in the Klausenerplatz-Kiez
	Telephone booth, called MierendorffboXX	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Charlottenburg	July 2011	Bookcrossingzone , BücherboXX II, training result with trainees of the AEG-Markung and OSZ-Thiem as well as the sawmill Berlin-Grunewald	⊙ On Mierendorffplatz
	Telephone booth, called StuttiBox	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Charlottenburg	June 2019	was created on the initiative of a group within Nebenan.de	⊙ Stuttgarter Platz
	Telephone booth, called Am Gleis 17	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Grunewald	November 2012	Bookcrossingzone, a shelf for books on the "Gleis 17" memorial	⊙ in front of the S-Bahn station in the street "Am Bahnhof Grunewald"
	Phone booth	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Wilmersdorf			⊙ Fehrbelliner Platz
	Telephone booth, called EuropaboXX	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Wilmersdorf	March 20, 2015	Dismantled at the end of 2017 (see discussion page .)	⊙ Leon-Jessel-Platz
	Telephone booth, called a tape type book booth	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Wilmersdorf	19th November 2018	set up by the "Together in the Kiez eV" with the support of several actors from the neighborhood, the district environmental agency and the Berlin project fund for cultural education	⊙ Leon-Jessel-Platz
	Telephone booth called Villa Libris	Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Wilmersdorf			⊙ Rüdesheimer Platz
	Gift books	Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Friedrichshain	2015	Berliner Büchertisch e. V.	⊙ Wühlischstrasse 40
	Gift shelf	Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Friedrichshain	2015	Berliner Büchertisch Berliner Büchertisch e. V. in cooperation with Karuna Future for Children and Young People in Need e. V.	⊙ Café Pavillon, Boxhagener Platz
	Gift shelf	Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Friedrichshain	2011	in the system error of SolidarKoop e. V.	⊙ Jessnerstrasse 41
	Gift shelf	Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Friedrichshain	2014	in Sama32	⊙ Samariterstraße 32
	Gift shelf	Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Kreuzberg	2012	Berliner Büchertisch e. V.	⊙ Prinzessinnengärten , Prinzenstrasse 35–38
	Phone booth	Lichtenberg Alt-Hohenschönhausen	July 2017	Friends of Obersee & Orankesee e. V.	⊙ Am Rosengarten (Obersee) , Waldowstrasse / Scharnweberstrasse
	Phone booth	Lichtenberg Friedrichsfelde	2019	Joint project between the Adam Ries School and the Schlaue Füchse day care center run by CityKids Berlin	⊙ Gensinger Strasse 60
	Book tree	Lichtenberg Karlshorst	May 8, 2010		⊙ Ehrenfelsstraße 4 (in front of the Karlshorst Theater )
	Book tree	Middle of Gesundbrunnen	December 2010	Book tree of the senior home on the Panke	⊙ Koloniestraße  23
	Telephone booth, called BücherboXX	Middle of Gesundbrunnen	2012		⊙ Osloer Straße  12 (in front of the Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin )
	Book cell / book box in the Brunnenviertel	Middle of Gesundbrunnen	February 2015	funded by the action fund of the district management Berlin, supported by Degewo , dismantled in summer 2018	Coordinates are missing! Help. Hussitenstraße 54, at Feldstraße / Usedomer Straße
	Book booth	Middle middle	May 18, 2016	Project of people with learning difficulties of the association "die reha" and the Berliner Büchertisch e. V.	⊙ Gertraudenstraße , in front of the swimming pool
	Gift shelf	Middle middle	2011	Berliner Büchertisch e. V. in cooperation with the bookcrossers	⊙ Foyer of the main building of the Humboldt University , Unter den Linden  6
	Gift shelf	Middle middle	2011	Berliner Büchertisch e. V. in cooperation with the bookcrossers	⊙ Law Faculty of the Humboldt University, Bebelplatz  1
	Book stands	Middle Moabit	2012	Project of the agency “Stadtmuster”, 18 book benches are distributed in Moabit	⊙ Main building at "Otto-Spielplatz", Alt − Moabit 34
					Coordinates are missing! Help. in front of the youth center "B8", Berlichingenstrasse 8–11
					Coordinates are missing! Help. "Remise - Small Gallery in Moabit", Beusselstrasse 2
|					⊙ in front of the café / bakery "Birkenwunder", Birkenstrasse 32
					Coordinates are missing! Help. at the gardening school Tiergarten / Schulgarten Moabit, Birkenstraße 35
					Coordinates are missing! Help. in front of the restaurant "Probier Mahl", Dortmunder Straße 9
					Coordinates are missing! Help. Pedagogical workshop, Emdener Straße 47
					Coordinates are missing! Help. “Freddy Leck his laundromat”, Gotzkowskystraße 11
					Coordinates are missing! Help. at the art and culture meeting place Dodo-Haus, Huttenstrasse 30
					Coordinates are missing! Help. Girls' cultural meeting place "Dünja", Jagowstraße 12
					Coordinates are missing! Help. "Coffee Break", Jagowstrasse 23
					Coordinates are missing! Help. Neighborhood shop “B-Laden”, Lehrter Straße  27–30
					Coordinates are missing! Help. Neighborhood management Moabit-West, Rostocker Straße 3
					Coordinates are missing! Help. Neighborhood house "Stadtschloss Moabit", Rostocker Straße 32
					Coordinates are missing! Help. Association "Psychosocial Initiative Moabit", Waldstrasse 7
					Coordinates are missing! Help. At the SOS Children's Village, Waldstrasse 23/24
					Coordinates are missing! Help. "Martha & Maria", Waldstrasse 32
					Coordinates are missing! Help. Youth theater workshop “Boundaries Los!”, Wiclefstraße 32
	Telephone booth called BücherboXX at the Center Français de Berlin	Middle Wedding	June 2013	Bookcrossing zone	⊙ Müllerstrasse  74
	Phone booth	Neukölln Neukölln	June 28, 2015	Bookcrossing zone accessible Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 6 pm, Saturday 1 pm to 6 pm, funded by the "Bürgerstiftung Neukölln"	⊙ "Wilde Rübe" playground, Wildenbruchstrasse 25
	Phone booth	Neukölln Neukölln			⊙ Tempelhofer Feld community garden Allmende Kontor
	Bookcase	Pankow Blankenburg	May 10, 2020	Installation due to the corona pandemic as a provisional book box on the day of the free book by the Blankenburger Bücherbox initiative group	⊙ Blankenburg village green
	Bookcase	Pankow Pankow	June 2019	Books are made of valuable natural material. This cupboard was built by the citizens' initiative Grüner Kiez Pankow as a sign of nature conservation and hugs one of the 80–111 trees that are to be felled as part of a building project planned by Gesobau.	in the backyard of the streets Ossietzkystraße / Am Schlosspark / Kavalierstraße / Wolfshagener Straße
	Book tree called book forest	Pankow Prenzlauer Berg	June 2008	interdisciplinary cooperation between trainees from the professional groups involved in the forest, wood and book value chain	⊙ Kollwitzstraße and Sredzkistraße
	Bookfish, interactive sculpture	Pankow Prenzlauer Berg	20th June 2018	designed and built by children from the elementary school in Eliashof and from the accommodation in Straßburger Straße in collaboration with MACHmit! Museum , funded by the Pankow Youth Welfare Office	⊙ Senefelderstrasse 6
Book box	Pankow	Prenzlauer Berg	December 2018	Polish books founded by KUKURYKU! eV and OAK & ICE GmbH	Schönhauser Allee 52
	Phone booth	Pankow Weissensee	June 2011	BücherboXX III, training result with trainees from the Marcel Breuer School. Accessible only during school opening times.	⊙ Schoolyard of the Marcel Breuer School, Gustav-Adolf-Straße 66
	Gift shelf	Pankow Weissensee	2013	Berliner Büchertisch e. V. in cooperation with reha e. V.	⊙ Pistoriusstrasse  16
	Bookcase	Reinickendorf Reinickendorf			⊙ Rickenweg / corner of Mümmelmannweg
	Phone booth	Reinickendorf Reinickendorf	July 2015	funded by the district management Letteplatz, set up in cooperation with the architect Yves Mikelsons and students of the OSZ Georg-Schlesinger and Hans Böckler, supported by the green space office Reinickendorf	⊙ Letteplatz, Pankower Allee and Kühleweinstraße
	Phone booth	Reinickendorf Reinickendorf			Eichborndamm 77–85, in the Edeka car park to the right of the entrance
	Phone booth	Spandau Spandau	March 2013	British telephone booth, primarily dedicated to English, open during City Hall opening times	⊙ Citizens' Registration Office in Spandau Town Hall , Carl-Schurz-Straße 2/6 (waiting area)
	bookshelf	Spandau Spandau		behind the tills of the Edeka-Reichelt supermarket, during the opening times of the supermarket	⊙ Falkenseer Chaussee 239
	Telephone booth, called SpandauboXX	Spandau Wilhelmstadt	December 2012	Bookcrossing zone	⊙ Földerichplatz, Adam- corner Földerichstraße
	Telephone booth, called MarkusboXX	Steglitz-Zehlendorf Steglitz	February 14, 2014	Bookcrossing zone	⊙ Markusplatz, Karl-Stieler-Str. / Heinrich-Seidel-Str.
	Book box, called Leseglück Lankwitz	Steglitz-Zehlendorf Lankwitz		Bookcrossing zone	⊙ Blankenhainer Strasse 4
	Book box	Steglitz-Zehlendorf Lankwitz		Bookcrossing zone	⊙ Wernshauser Str. 15
	Telephone booth, called BücherboXX MGH Phoenix	Steglitz-Zehlendorf Zehlendorf	September 2012	Bookcrossingzone, BücherboXX IV, result of the training cooperative	⊙ in front of the Mittelhof Mehrgenerationenhaus Phoenix, Teltower Damm 228
	Phone booth	Tempelhof-Schöneberg Friedenau			⊙ Handjerystraße 9
	Bookcase, called Letter Hotel	Tempelhof-Schöneberg Schöneberg	2018	Opening times: Mon to Fri 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat and Sun 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.	⊙ Bessemerstrasse 2–14
	Bookcase	Treptow-Koepenick Friedrichshagen	2012		⊙ Josef-Nawrocki-Strasse 3
	Bookcase	Treptow-Koepenick Koepenick	2012		⊙ Mahlsdorfer Strasse 52
	Bookcase	Treptow-Koepenick Koepenick	2012		⊙ Wendenschloßstraße  425 / Müggelbergallee
	Phone booth	Treptow-Koepenick Koepenick	2017	Degewo tenants' advisory board ; Club offensive 91	⊙ Pablo Neruda Street 12–13
	Bookcase	Treptow-Köpenick Müggelheim	2012		⊙ in front of the Edeka market, Alt-Müggelheim 1
	book	Treptow-Koepenick Rahnsdorf	2012		⊙ Fürstenwalder Allee 34

See also

• List of public bookcases in Germany

Web links

Commons : Public bookcases in Berlin  - collection of pictures

• Locations of public bookcases in Berlin on buecherboxx.com; Retrieved April 25, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "BücherZelle" opened in Seelingstrasse. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, press office, December 17, 2014, accessed on May 15, 2016 . 
2. ↑ site StuttiBox
3. ↑ BücherboXX at platform 17 ( Memento from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Together in the Kiez: Around Leon-Jessel-Platz. Retrieved July 13, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Book gift shelves. (No longer available online.) Berlin book table, archived from the original on June 30, 2016 ; accessed on June 30, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ New book box in the rose garden. Friends of Obersee & Orankesee e. V., accessed on August 27, 2017 . 
7. ↑ New mini library on Gensinger Strasse. Berlin Week, accessed on May 16, 2020 . 
8. ^ Book tree for Lichtenberg. In: Rathausnachrichten, June 5, 2010, p. 2.
9. ↑ DomizilPanke: Book tree inauguration . (video) youtube , December 15, 2010, accessed December 14, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Book box and book tree. In: Soldiner. February 11, 2015, accessed December 14, 2015 . 
11. ^ Andrei Schnell: The book cell project has started. brunnenviertel-ackerstrasse.de, February 10, 2015, accessed on November 8, 2015 . 
12. ^ Public book cell on Gertraudenstrasse. District Office Mitte, press office, May 12, 2015, accessed on May 12, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Karen Noetzel: Book exchange project now in 18 locations in the neighborhood. Berliner Woche , July 8, 2013, accessed on May 12, 2016 . 
14. ↑ site blankenburger-buecherbox.de
15. ↑ Inauguration of the “Red Telephone Booth” as a book box in the Spandau Town Hall. District Office Spandau of Berlin, March 8, 2013, accessed on November 11, 2015 . 

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