List of public bookcases in North Rhine-Westphalia
This article contains public bookcases in North Rhine-Westphalia 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 335 public bookcases in North Rhine-Westphalia (as of August 24, 2020):
| image | execution | place | since | annotation | location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Showcase | Aachen | Oct 2011 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Pontstraße 74, in front of the Chico Mendes or in front of the cath. University community |
 |
Showcase | Aachen | Jan. 2013 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Crossing Passstraße / Lombardenstraße / Grüner Weg, at the flower shop |
 |
Showcase | Aachen | Jan. 2014 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Heinrich-Hollands-Straße, in front of TABITAS |
 |
Showcase | Aachen |
⊙ On Ahornstrasse by Haus Hörn |
||
 |
Self-made | Aachen | March 2019 | Semi-public bookcase at Linterstrasse 2 in Aachen. Is privately owned in the front yard of a single family home. Access only when the gate is open without fixed opening times |
⊙ Lintertstrasse 2 |
| shelf | Aachen | 2013 | Barrier-free access, access only during opening hours (mostly on weekdays, mornings to evenings) |
⊙ RWTH Computer Science Center (Ahornstrasse 55), Room 2015 "Student Council Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science" |
|
 |
Showcase | Aachen- Burtscheid | Apr. 2014 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Burtscheider Markt, in front of the clinic at the Rosenquelle |
.jpg) |
Showcase | Aachen- Frankenberg district | 2017 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Redesigned Neumarkt at the corner of Bismarckstrasse |
 |
Showcase | Aachen head | Barrier-free access |
⊙ next to the KuKuK cultural center at the old customs house |
|
 |
Showcase | Aachen- Kornelimünster | Jan. 2013 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ On the Vennbahnradweg behind the former Kornelimünster train station (today the “Bahnhofsvision” restaurant) |
 |
Showcase | Aachen- Laurensberg | Jan. 2014 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Roermonder Straße 319, in front of the Laurentius pharmacy |
 |
Showcase | Aachen- Richterich | Jan. 2014 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Rathausplatz, in front of Aachener Bank |
|
Wooden cupboard | Alfter | 25 Aug 2012 | Video monitored |
⊙ At Herrenwingert 6 |
| Bookcase | Alsdorf | March 2014 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Hennigsdorfer Platz |
|
 |
Bookcase | Altenbeken | Accessible daily from 5:30 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. |
⊙ Waiting hall in Altenbeken station |
|
 |
bookshelf | Arnsberg | Aug. 2014 | Accessible during the station's opening hours; barrier-free access |
⊙ Clemens-August-Strasse |
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) | Arnsberg | Donated by an energy supply company |
Steinweg |
|
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) | Arnsberg- Herdringen | Donated by an energy supply company |
⊙ Ostentor, next to the church of St. Antonius Einsiedler and St. Vitus |
|
 |
Shelf, open | Arnsberg- Neheim | Accessible during opening times |
Town hall, gallery |
|
 |
Wennigloh book booth | Arnsberg- Wennigloh | June 2015 | Erected by the Wennigloh Forum in cooperation with the St. Franziskus-Xaverius Wennigloh Rifle Society |
⊙ Müssenbergstrasse on the village square between the church and the Schützenhalle |
 |
RWE bookcase | Bad Holzhausen | Set up by RWE Energie / Innogy |
⊙ Bahnhofstrasse 16, in front of the elementary school |
|
 |
Shelf, open | Bad Honnef | 2015 | Accessible during opening times |
In the HIT market, Berck-Sur-Mer Strasse 1 |
 more pictures |
RWE bookcase | Bad Münstereifel | Barrier-free access, set up by RWE Energie |
⊙ Werther Strasse 45 pedestrian zone |
|
 |
blue phone booth | Barntrup |
⊙ in front of Mittelstraße 2 |
||
 |
Phone booth | Bedburg-Hau | 2019 |
Bookcase LVR Klinik Bedburg-Hau, Klinik Apotheke. |
|
| RWE bookcase | Bergheim | 2012 | Set up by RWE Energie |
Bergheim pedestrian zone |
|
 |
BOKX 02 ( basalt / steel / toughened safety glass (ESG) ) Showcase equipment: local artists |
Bergisch Gladbach | Sep 2010 | Funded by the funeral home Pütz-Roth. Furnishing of the art showcase by local artists |
⊙ Konrad-Adenauer-Platz |
| Bookcase | Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg | Reginharstrasse, in front of the Froebel Family Center / ZAK | |||
 |
Bookcase | Bergisch Gladbach- Refrath | June 2015 | Erected for the opening of the new parish center in Refrath, looked after by the Catholic library |
⊙ Kirchplatz 20a |
| Phone booth | Bergisch Gladbach-Rommerscheid | July 2019 | Corner of Rommerscheid / Rommerscheider Höhe | ||
 |
Bookcase | Bielefeld |
Beckhaustraße in front of the Sparkasse |
||
 |
Bookcase | Bielefeld | Barrier-free |
Bültmannshof |
|
|
Bookcase | Bielefeld | In Café Welthaus , open Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
August-Bebel-Str. 62 |
|
| Metal cabinet - not just books | Bochum - city center | March 3, 2015 | Barrier-free |
⊙ Alsenstrasse 27 |
|
 |
Wooden cupboard | Bochum- Ehrenfeld | May 21, 2015 | Set up by USB (Umweltservice Bochum) |
⊙ Hans-Ehrenberg-Platz |
 |
Wooden cupboard | Bochum- Hustadt | 2012 | Prepared by the Mercator Foundation ; HUkultur is the godfather of the bookcase |
⊙ Fountain Square |
 |
Metal cabinet | Bochum- Langendreer | 2016 | Set up by the associations “Langendreer hat's” and “Laden e. V. " |
⊙ Old Bahnhofstrasse 14 |
 |
Metal cabinet - not just books | Bochum - Ruhr University |
⊙ Ruhr University Bochum, near the Kulturcafé |
||
 |
Bookroom ( pavilion , metal / glass) |
Bonn - Bad Godesberg | 2006/2015 | Not open all the time. Demolition of the old building from 2006 in May 2015; a new building was opened a few meters further on November 17, 2015. |
⊙ City terraces |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Buschdorf | 2018 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Von-den-Driesch-Strasse / Friedlandstrasse |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Beuel | 2005 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Beueler Rheinufer, near Kennedybrücke |
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Dottendorf | 2017 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Quirinus Square |
.jpg) |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Duisdorf | 2008 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ At the Schickshof pedestrian zone Rochusstraße |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Endeich | 2010 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Frongasse |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Friesdorf | 2010 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Klufterplatz |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Holzlar | 2017 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Siebenwegekreuzplatz |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Ippendorf | Apr 11, 2015 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Bernhard-Berzheim-Platz |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Nordstadt | 2009 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ At the Frankenbad |
 |
Corner shelf | Bonn-Nordstadt | Accessible during the opening hours of the building |
⊙ Foyer of the town house |
|
 |
Wooden bookcase with bench |
Bonn- Pennenfeld | 2018 | Made by trainees from Ford-Werke Köln GmbH |
Zanderstrasse 70 |
 more pictures |
Bookcase ( COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Poppelsdorf | 2003 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation Design: Trixy Royeck |
⊙ Poppelsdorfer Allee |
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Ramersdorf | 2008 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation Design: Trixy Royeck |
⊙ Bonner Bogen |
 more pictures |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Röttgen | 2016 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation Design: Trixy Royeck |
⊙ Schlossplatz |
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Südstadt | 2018 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ " Roonplatz " |
 |
BOKX Indoor ( oak / ESG) |
Bonn- Venusberg | 2009 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ University Hospital Bonn new ENT building ("bed house") |
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn- Vilich-Müldorf | 2012 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Beueler Strasse |
 more pictures |
British phone booth | Bonn center | 2010 | Gift from the twin city of Oxford Funded by the Oxford-Club Bonn |
⊙ Adenauerallee 7 / Alter Zoll |
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) |
Bonn center | 2015 | Funded by the Bonn Community Foundation |
⊙ Budapester Strasse 4, in front of the Foundations House; this is located in the building of the Sparkasse KölnBonn |
 |
BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) | Borgholzhausen | 2011 | Donated by RWE, it is looked after by the city |
Free road |
| Showcase | Borgholzhausen-Barnhausen | Bookcase on the private property line, accessible at any time | Coordinates are missing!
Ahornweg |
||
| Bookshelf in the bus | Bark (circle) | 2013 | Bookshelf in the bus, usually on the R76 and R77 routes | ||
|
bookshelf | Bornheim | In the foyer of Bornheim town hall, supported by the city library | ⊙ Rathausstrasse 2 | |
| Showcase | Bornheim - Brenig | Oct. 30, 2016 | Set up by the Sankt Evergislus Brenig Foundation, supervised by volunteers |
⊙ Ploon |
|
 |
Telephone booth in the English sponsored city | Bruehl | 2012 | Brühl City Library |
Inner courtyard / Carthusian courtyard (near the market) |
 |
Green-blue telephone booth | Brünen (Hamminkeln) | 2008 | Lending, rural women project |
Right at the church |
 |
Bookcase | Coesfeld | June 2017 | Established and supported by the Coesfeld e. V. |
⊙ In the castle park |
.jpg) |
Detmold | Oct. 2014 | Funded by the VHS Detmold and the Detmold Community Foundation; destroyed by arson in April 2018 and rebuilt. |
⊙ Willy-Brandt-Platz / Wall |
|
 |
Detmold | May 2016 | Funded by the Detmold Community Foundation |
⊙ Lange Straße / Hasselter Platz |
|
| Detmold- Heiligenkirchen | Dec 2018 |
⊙ Village park |
|||
| Detmold- Hiddesen | Dec 2018 |
⊙ Akazienstraße / Friedrich-Ebert-Straße |
|||
| bookshelf | Dormagen | Mon./Tue. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wed. 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thurs. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon: 00 a.m., barrier-free access |
Paul-Wierich-Platz 2, access via Castellstrasse |
||
 |
Bookcase | Dorsten | Jan. 2014 | Donated by RWE |
⊙ Recklinghäuser Strasse 20 |
 |
Bookcase | Dortmund- Aplerbeck | May 2012 | Set up by the Mercator Foundation |
⊙ Aplerbeck market square |
 |
Phone booth | Dortmund - Dorstfeld | was set up by the savings and construction association Dortmund |
Spicherner Str. 21 |
|
| bookshelf | Dortmund - Eichlinghofen | 2015 | AStA TU Dortmund |
⊙ Central Library, TU Dortmund University, Vogelpothsweg 76 |
|
| Bookcase | Dortmund harbor | Was set up by the savings and construction association Dortmund |
Before Unverhaustraße 9 |
||
| Bookcase | Dortmund- Hörde | May 2017 | Set up by the Hörde International e. V. |
⊙ Friedrich-Ebert-Platz |
|
| Bookcase | Dortmund- Kaiserviertel | June 2017 |
In front of Café Lotte (Kaiserstraße 15) |
||
 |
Bookcase | Dortmund- Kaiserviertel | June 2017 |
⊙ In front of the Bismarck kitchen (Bismarckstraße 1) |
|
 |
Bookcase | Dortmund grains | Aug 2018 | The project sponsor is the Körner Kultur- und Kunstverein |
⊙ In front of the Körner Hellweg 72 drugstore |
| Phone booth | Dortmund- Kurl | English literature only |
Kurler Strasse 174 (in front of Victoria's Café) |
||
 |
Bookcase | Dortmund- Unionviertel | July 2013 |
⊙ Before Heinrichstrasse 40 |
|
| Bookcase | Dortmund-Unionviertel |
In front of Eugen-Krautscheid-Haus (Lange Straße 42) |
|||
 |
bookshelf | Drensteinfurt | July 2011 | The shelf was built by the city of Drensteinfurt and is looked after by the initiator Jana Philipp. |
In the bus stop on the market square |
.jpg) |
British phone booth | Düren-Hoven |
Arnold-Decker-Platz |
||
| BOKX 02 | Düsseldorf - Angermund | Sep 2016 |
⊙ Düsseldorf-Angermund: Place Angermunder Straße / Kirchweg / In den Blamüsen / Im Großer Winkel |
||
 |
BOKX 02 | Düsseldorf- Carlstadt | June 2011 | Supervised by the Literaturbüro Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. |
⊙ On the waterfront, Mannesmannufer 1b |
 |
BOKX 02 | Düsseldorf- Derendorf | March 2014 | Supervised by the Literaturbüro Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. |
⊙ Derendorf / Pempelfort: crossing Klever Straße / Jülicher Straße / Collenbachstraße / Roßstraße |
 |
BOKX 02 | Düsseldorf- Düsseltal | Supervised by the Literaturbüro Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. |
⊙ Schillerplatz, corner of Schillerstraße / Achenbachstraße |
|
 |
BOKX 02 | Düsseldorf- Gerresheim | Supervised by the Literaturbüro Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. |
⊙ Gerricusplatz |
|
 |
BOKX 02 | Düsseldorf- Gerresheim |
⊙ Heyestrasse 132 |
||
 |
BOKX 02 | Düsseldorf- Unterbilk | Aug 2011 | Supervised by the Literaturbüro Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. |
⊙ Peace Cookies. Corner of Düsselstrasse / Wissmannstrasse |
 |
XXL bookcase (shop) | Duisburg - old town | Sep 2012 | You read! - Duisburg Community Foundation |
⊙ Königsgalerie Duisburg |
 |
Phone booth | Duisburg- Friemersheim | Aug 2015 | Community Foundation Duisburg |
Kaiserstraße 33, opposite the Geest School |
 |
Bookcase | Duisburg- Hamborn | Sep 2013 | Community Foundation Duisburg |
Duisburg-Hamborn: Hamborner market |
 |
Phone booth | Duisburg- Neudorf | With working telephone |
⊙ Ludgeriplatz |
|
 |
British phone booth | Eitorf | July 2012 | Set up by the Eitorf Foundation |
⊙ Eitorf market square |
| RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Erftstadt ( Liblar ) | May 2014 | Initiator: RWE / Adult Education Center Erftstadt |
At the Adult Education Center Erftstadt, Carl-Schurz-Straße 23 |
|
| fridge | Erkelenz - Gerderath | Sep 2016 | Private initiative |
Vossemer Straße 7 (open space in front of the shop) |
|
| bookshelf | Erkrath-Hochdahl |
Edeka, Hochdahler Markt |
|||
 |
Steel cabinet | Erndtebrück | Apr. 2016 |
Parking lot in Mühlenweg across from the bridge pharmacy |
|
 |
BOKX 01 | Eschweiler | June 2016 | Cabinet sponsor: Förderverein Stadtbücherei Eschweiler e. V. |
⊙ Marktplatz (at market 20) |
| bookshelf | Espelkamp | Accessible during the opening times of Marktkauf | |||
 |
Wooden cupboard | eat | Dec 2009 | Set up by the Eitorf Foundation |
⊙ Theaterplatz, in front of the Grillo Theater |
 |
BOKX 01 | eat | Set up by RWE |
⊙ Huyssenallee 2, in front of the RWE entrance |
|
 |
Wooden shelves and showcase | Essen- Borbeck-Mitte | Dec 2009 | Private bookcase at the steam brewery |
⊙ Porter's house of the steam brewery |
 |
Bookcase | Eating braid of hair |
Fulerumer Strasse 221–223 |
||
| Bookcase | Essen- Huttrop |
Vollmerskamp |
|||
 |
British phone booth | Euskirchen | Nov 2010 | Twin town British phone booth |
old market |
| RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Everswinkel ( Warendorf district ) | May 2014 | Initiator: Kulturkreis Everswinkel, www.kulturkreis-everswinkel.de |
Hovestrasse / bus stop Mitte |
|
| Bookcase | Freudenberg - Oberfischbach | Barrier-free access; In the Freudenberg district of Oberfischbach in the spa gardens | |||
| Woodhouse | Blankenheim- Freilingen | Oct 13, 2012 | Barrier-free access; open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
⊙ Marienplatz 1 |
|
 |
RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Gescher | 2013 | Set up by RWE Energie |
⊙ In the city park |
| Former control cabinet of the public utility company | Greven | 2018 |
⊙ Old Münsterstrasse 21 |
||
| closet | Grevenbroich - City of Hülchrath | 2014 | Erected by the Hülchrath village community and funded by RWE, barrier-free |
⊙ Sebastianusplatz 9 |
|
 |
Phone booth | Gronau (Westphalia) | Barrier-free |
On the grounds of the GroW Diakonisches Werk Mein Gronauer Westen district center , Herzogstrasse 60 |
|
 |
Bookcase | Gummersbach | Nov 2013 | In the south foyer of Hall 32, open from 11 a.m. | ⊙ |
 |
Book house | Gummersbach | June 2019 | Privately run bookshop, donated and curated by Anika Klüver ; publicly accessible; open all day; illuminated in the dark.
Blog & web presence: www.anikasbuecherbude.de |
⊙ 51645 Gummersbach-Hunstig, Im Halken 56B |
 |
BOKX 02 | Gutersloh | Dec 4, 2015 | Donated by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA , the Reading Foundation and the Goethe Institute as part of the joint "Lesespaß initiative" |
⊙ Konrad-Adenauer-Platz (corner of Strengerstraße / Berliner Straße) |
| BOKX 01 | Gütersloh- Isselhorst | May 13, 2016 | Donated by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA , the Reading Foundation and the Goethe Institute as part of the joint "Lesespaß initiative" |
⊙ Bus stop Isselhorster Dorfplatz (corner of Haller Straße / Goldweg) |
|
| BOKX 01 | Gütersloh- Blankenhagen (Gütersloh) | Nov 5, 2016 | Donated by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA , the Reading Foundation and the Goethe Institute as part of the joint "Lesespaß initiative" |
Bus stop Görlitzer Straße (corner of Hofbrede) |
|
| BOKX 01 | Gütersloh- Avenwedde train station | Nov 6, 2017 | Donated by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA , the Reading Foundation and the Goethe Institute as part of the joint "Lesespaß initiative" |
Friedrichsdorfer Straße (between the Elli beverage market and the roundabout) |
|
| Bookcase | Haan | July 2016 |
lower new market at the fountain |
||
| Bookcase | Haan | Oct. 2018 |
Friedrichstrasse and Mittelstrasse |
||
| bookshelf | Hager | 2013 | Barrier-free |
On the Bleeke 46 |
|
 |
bookshelf | Hagen | 2012 | Prepared by the Mercator Foundation ; barrier-free |
Market square in front of the Johanniskirche am Markt, Frankfurter Strasse 100 |
 |
closet | Hagen- Hohenlimburg | 2014 | Barrier-free |
⊙ Place in front of the Hohenlimburg town hall |
 |
closet | Hagen
Hohenlimburg- Elsey |
January 2020 | Barrier-free |
⊙ Elsey village square |
| Bookcase / phone booth | Halle (Westphalia) | May 2018 | Established by the CDU Stadtverband Halle (Westf.) |
⊙ Ronchin Square |
|
 |
closet | Hamm | Nov 2011 | Barrier-free access, “Humanitas e. V. “, built by TÜV Nord (based on a model in Hanover). It is open at all times and easy to reach for children and wheelchair users. |
East Street |
| Bookcase | Hamm-Rhynern | Aug 15, 2020 | in the parking lot at the practice of Dr. med. S. Dannbeck, An der Lohschule 4, set up by the Sternfrauenrhynern |
At the Lohschule 4 |
|
| Wooden cupboard | Hattingen - Welper | June 10, 2011 | Set up by the Mercator Foundation |
Marketplace Welper |
|
_01.jpg) |
British phone booth | Havixbeck |
⊙ Lieselotte-Köhnlein-Platz |
||
 |
Bookcase | Heiligenhaus | July 2013 | Initiated by the Working Group on Culture and Society |
At Basildonplatz in the center of the village |
 |
Bookcase | Heiligenhaus | Sep 2016 |
Unterilp district, Moselstrasse |
|
|
former telephone booth | Heimbach | 2016 | Initiated by the Lit.Eifel association, designed by the Cologne painter and draftsman Michael Koch and children from Titz |
⊙
Hengebachstrasse |
 |
Wooden cupboard | Hemer-Ihmert | 2009 | The first bookcase fell victim to vandalism in June 2015. In December 2015, a new solid wood cabinet was built. |
⊙ village square |
| Steel cabinet | Hennef | 2012 |
⊙ in front of the historic town hall |
||
| Phone booth | Hennef Kurscheid | 2018 | Bürgererverein Westerhausen und Umgebung e. V. | Broichhausener Str. Opposite HsNr.26 | |
| British phone booth | Herford | 12th July 2019 | Supervised by the “Quartier Radewig” association; only open during the opening times of the surrounding shops; previously housed a public payphone in the same place |
⊙ at the goose market |
|
 |
Bookcase | Herne center | 2016 | Barrier-free bookcase, built by a working group of the workshops for the disabled |
⊙ Bahnhofstrasse 40 |
| Bookcase | Herne-Eickel | 2018 | Supervised by the Hülsmann brewery |
⊙ Eickeler Market |
|
 |
Bookcase | Herne- Sodingen | 2013 | Supervised by the Kulturinitiative Herne e. V. |
⊙ Mont-Cenis-Strasse 267 |
| bookshelf | Herzogenrath | 12th July 2019 | Supervised by the administration of the city of Herzogenrath; only open during the opening times of the town hall; |
Rathausplatz 1 |
|
 |
Metal cabinet | Hilden | 2011 |
⊙ Ellen-Wiederhold-Platz, on the Itter |
|
 |
Metal cabinet | Hilden | July 2014 | Children's and youth bookcase |
⊙ Warringtonplatz, on the playground next to Itter-Karrée |
 |
Metal cabinet | Hilden | Oct. 2014 |
⊙ Walder Straße, next to the Margarethenhof bus stop |
|
| bookshelf | Hilden East |
⊙ Club house and neighborhood meeting place Hilden-Ost, Frans-Hals-Weg 2a |
|||
 |
Bookcase | Hörstel- Bevergern |
⊙ Von-Galen-Straße 1, between the ice cream parlor and the fire department |
||
| Bookcase | Höxter |
Möllingerstraße 9, in front of the adult education center |
|||
| RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Hopsten bowl | 2013 |
⊙ Kirchstrasse, corner of Poststrasse |
||
 |
Showcase | Horn-Bad Meinberg , Leopoldstal district | 2015 | Initiative of the Leopoldstal Culture Committee; donated by RWE |
Heestener Straße, next to the bus stop |
| BOKX 01 (COR-TEN steel / ESG) | Hüllhorst | 2011 | Donated by RWE | ||
 |
Phone booth | Hürth - Hermülheim | 2009 (approx.) | Local community |
⊙ Corner of Luxemburger Strasse and Hans-Böckler-Strasse |
 |
RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Ibbenbueren | 2011 |
Am Alten Posthof 27 |
|
| Steel cabinet with acrylic glass doors, similar to BOKX 01 | Inden / Altdorf | 2012 | Funded by RWE |
Town Hall Square |
|
 |
Wooden cupboard | Iserlohn- Iserlohner Heide | Nov 2018 | Manufactured by refugees and long-term unemployed as part of a project by the city of Iserlohn |
⊙ Friedrich-Kaiser-Strasse 22 |
 |
Wooden shelf | Iserlohn- Letmathe |
⊙ Friedensstrasse 11, at the Evangelical Peace Church |
||
| Phone booth | Jülich |
⊙ Kirchplatz, in front of Kirchplatz 3 |
|||
 |
BOKX | Kaarst | 2016 |
St. Eustachius Square |
|
| Bookcase | Kleve | Bookcrossing zone, opening times: Mo – Fr 10: 00–17: 00 |
⊙ Kalkarer Straße 21, organic bistro |
||
|
Cologne - Altstadt-Nord | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation | ⊙ Gereons Monastery | ||
 |
BOKX 02 (basalt / steel / ESG) showcase equipment : local artists |
Cologne - Bayenthal | 2010 | Funded by the Eselsohr project of the Cologne Community Foundation |
GoltsteinForum, Goltsteinstrasse |
 |
BOKX 02 glass edition basalt / steel / ESG |
Cologne- Bickendorf | 2012 | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation |
⊙ Josef-Esser-Platz (Bickendorf) |
 |
BOKX 02 | Cologne- Bocklemünd | 2013 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Bürgerplätze, corner of Grevenbroicher Strasse / Lerchenweg |
 |
BOKX (glazed metal cabinet ) |
Cologne- Dellbrück | 2011 | Funded by the Cologne Community Foundation |
At the Mühlenbrunnen, right next to the KVB stop Dellbrücker Hauptstraße |
| Steel and glass showcase | Cologne thin forest | Dünnwald Citizens' Association, St. Hermann-Joseph Church Square |
Amselstrasse / Von-Diergardt-Strasse intersection |
||
|
Phone booth | Cologne-Ehrenfeld |
⊙ Lichtstrasse 43, in the courtyard of the Vulkanhallen site |
||
|
bookshelf | Cologne-Ehrenfeld | 2019 | Day of the good life initiative , built by members of Wikipedia: Lokal K |
⊙ Hackänderstraße 2 |
.jpg) |
bookshelf | Cologne-Ehrenfeld | 2013 | Good life day initiative |
⊙ Körnerstraße and Stammstraße |
| Bookcase | Cologne-Ehrenfeld | Bürgeramt Lindenthal (foyer) Accessible during the opening hours of the building |
⊙ Aachener Strasse 220 |
||
 |
Bookcase | Cologne- Höhenhaus | Set up on the initiative of the Bazzazian family |
Berliner Straße , opposite the REWE store |
|
 |
Bookcase | Cologne- Holweide |
Bergisch Gladbacher Strasse |
||
 |
BOKX | Cologne- Junkersdorf | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation |
Village square, in front of the Church of St. Pankratius |
|
| Bookcase | Cologne- Mülheim | In the Bürgerpark |
Berlin street |
||
| Bookcase | Cologne- Mülheim | In the Mülheim community office, waiting room |
Wiener Platz 2a |
||
 |
BOKX 02 | Cologne- Neustadt-Süd | 2011 |
⊙ Rathenauplatz / Roonstrasse |
|
 |
BOKX 02 glass edition basalt / steel / plexiglass |
Cologne-Neustadt-Süd | 2012 | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation; Cabinet sponsorship: Caritas Association for the City of Cologne / Social Psychiatric Center Downtown |
⊙ Rolandstrasse / corner of Merowinger Strasse |
 |
steel | Cologne-Neustadt-Süd | Sep 2011 | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation |
⊙ Anna-Schneider-Steig in Rheinauhafen, next to the Bayenturm |
 |
Bookcase | Cologne-Neustadt-Süd | Oct. 2014 | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation |
⊙ Egg cookies |
 |
Phone booth | Cologne trinkets | July 2011 | Initiative of the citizens' association “For Nippes”, posted by Kaufhof employees |
⊙ Mauenheimer Strasse 92 |
 |
BOKX | Cologne trinkets | 2016 | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation. Destroyed by fire in April 2019. |
⊙ Blücherstraße / Leipziger Platz |
 |
BOKX 01 glass edition basalt / steel / ESG |
Cologne- Ossendorf | 2014 | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation |
⊙ König-Baudoin-Platz (Ossendorf) |
| Bookcase | Cologne- Ossendorf | At the Ikea Am Butzweilerhof |
Butzweilerstrasse 51 |
||
 |
Walk-in book stall | Cologne- Poll | Ahl Poller Schull community center |
⊙ Poller Hauptstrasse 65 |
|
 |
BOKX 02 glass edition basalt / steel / ESG |
Cologne- Porz | March 21, 2014 | Donkey ear project of the Cologne Community Foundation; Cabinet sponsorship: Caritas Association for the City of Cologne / Social Psychiatric Center Porz |
⊙ Josefstrasse / corner of Hermannstrasse |
 |
Bookcase | Cologne- Weidenpesch | May 7, 2012 |
⊙ Derfflinger Strasse in front of the Erlöserkirche |
|
 |
BOKX 02 (basalt / steel / ESG) Showcase equipment : Albert Schweitzer primary school |
Cologne white | 2010 | Funded by: Karl Jürgen Klipper, Dorfgemeinschaft Weiß e. V., Friends of the Albert Schweitzer Primary School, Eselsohr project of the Cologne Community Foundation |
To the Hedelsberg |
 |
British phone booth | Koenigswinter | 5th Sep 2014 | Gift from the English twin town Cleethorpes |
⊙ Market square Königswinter-Altstadt / Drachenfelsstrasse 6 |
 |
Bookcase | Kommern |
⊙ Kölner Strasse and Ackergasse |
||
 |
BOKX 02 (?) | Korschenbroich | Feb 15, 2012 | Donated by RWE |
church Square |
| Wooden cupboard | Kranenburg | July 2014 | Funded by the Kranenburg community |
Platform of the Tourist Info Center Alter Bahnhof |
|
 |
Stone / wood / plastic | Langenfeld (Rhineland) , center | Dec 2015 | daily care by volunteer cabinet sponsors |
At Berliner Platz bus stop “Berliner Platz” of the 785 in the direction of Langenfeld S-Bahn station |
 |
Stone / wood / plastic | Langenfeld (Rhineland) , district of Richrath | May 2018 | daily care by volunteer cabinet sponsors |
in front of the St. Martinus church, "Richrath Kirche" bus stop on the 785 towards Langenfeld S-Bahn station |
 |
Stone / wood / plastic | Langenfeld (Rhineland) , Reusrath district | Dec 2019 | daily care by volunteer cabinet sponsors |
at Reusrather Platz |
| Stone / wood / plastic | Langenfeld (Rhineland) , center | Sep 2020 | daily care by volunteer cabinet sponsors |
in front of the town hall |
|
| Wooden showcase | Legden |
Dahlia garden |
|||
| Steel / glass | Corpses | Feb. 2015 |
⊙ In the Brückerfeld |
||
|
Steel / glass | Leichlingen - joke heroes | Nov 2019 | set up by the Transport and Improvement Association (VVV) |
⊙
Solinger Strasse 12/14 |
 |
White phone booth | Lemgo | March 2016 | Interesting, unusual books from a wide range of literature |
⊙ Waisenhausplatz, Papenstrasse 4 |
 |
Steel / glass | Lennestadt - Altenhundem | 23 Feb 2012 |
⊙ Place in front of the train station / press building, Hundemstraße 18 |
|
 |
Colorful phone booth | Leverkusen | 2014 |
⊙ In the Reuschenberg wildlife park |
|
 |
Book trolley | Leverkusen | Spring to autumn only |
⊙ In Neulandpark , Nobelstrasse 91 |
|
| The open bookcase | Leverkusen | 2019 | Monday to Friday |
GBO meeting place in the Bruno Wiefel -Haus, Kölner Straße 100, 51379 Leverkusen-Opladen |
|
| Showcase | Linnich | Oct. 2013 | Barrier-free access |
Rurstrasse 9–11, in front of the German Glass Painting Museum |
|
| Showcase | Linnich - Ederen | 13th July 2018 |
Dorfplatz / corner of Aachener Ende |
||
 |
Bookcase | Lippstadt |
⊙ In front of the Jakobi-Kirche, Höhe Lange Straße 71 |
||
| Bookcase | Lippstadt | 2014 | Opening times: Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Friday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm |
⊙ Barthstraße 2 (VHS foyer) |
|
| Bookcase | Lippstadt | February 2010 | Opening times P3 |
⊙ Poststrasse 3 (in P3) |
|
| Bookcase | Lippstadt | July 2015 | Opening times: Monday to Wednesday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Thursday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm, Friday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Clock |
⊙ Ostwall 1 (on the main hallway in the town house) |
|
 |
Bookcase | Lippstadt |
⊙ in Bad Waldliesborn, Parkstrasse, in front of the St. Josef church |
||
| Bookcase | Lohmar | Oct. 2014 |
Frouardplatz (on the connection path to the main street) |
||
 |
Showcase | Lotte |
⊙ Bahnhofstraße 13 (between the parking lot and Haus Hehwehrt) |
||
 |
fridge | Ludenscheid | July 2015 |
⊙ Stüttinghauser Ringstraße 79, bus route 47, stop Dohlengasse |
|
| fridge | Ludenscheid | Sep 2018 |
⊙ Kirchstrasse 16 |
||
| Bookcase | Lie |
Bahnhofstrasse 12, at the entrance to the underpass |
|||
 |
Yellow phone booth | Luenen | 2011 |
⊙ Borker Straße 113, in front of the car wash |
|
| RWE bookcase | Marienmünster -Vörden | Set up by RWE Energie / Innogy |
⊙ ZOB, Amtsstrasse |
||
| Showcase | Meckenheim (Rhineland) | 2015 | Barrier-free access |
Neuer Markt 37, 53340 Meckenheim, in front of “Café in der Mitte” opposite the Friedenskirche |
|
 |
Phone booth | Mehrhoog (Hamminkeln) | Sep 2012 | Barrier-free access |
⊙ Bahnhofstrasse 40 |
| RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Mettingen | 2013 |
On the town hall square |
||
| Bookcase | Mettmann | In the Mettmanner department store, fixed opening times |
Bahnstrasse 20 |
||
| Bookcase | Metzkausen | In front of the entrance of the Rewe supermarket | ⊙ | ||
| Bookcase | Mönchengladbach | In the front garden of the residential building at Dohler Strasse 35 | ⊙ | ||
| Bookcase | Moers | 2014 | Königlicher Hof / At the bus stop for line 921 / Barrier-free access |
Hanns-Albeck-Platz |
|
| Bookcase | Moers | Moltkestr. 8 (rear garden gate) |
Moltkestrasse |
||
| Bookcase | Moers | 04/25/2018 | Market square in Repelen in the immediate vicinity of the local bus stop / barrier-free access |
Repelen market square |
|
 |
Redesigned yellow phone booth | Monheim am Rhein | Apr 9, 2014 | Baumberg, village square |
⊙ Von-Ketteler-Strasse |
 |
Bookcase | Monheim am Rhein | Apr 9, 2014 | Bus station |
Town Hall Square |
| Bookcase | Monheim am Rhein | Jan. 2020 | Public bookcase Buchantiquariat and Galerie Rudolph |
Koenigsberger Str. 8 |
|
| Bookcase | Monheim am Rhein | Apr 9, 2014 | Courtyard cafe |
Parkstrasse / corner of Hofstrasse |
|
| Redesigned yellow phone booth | Monheim am Rhein | Apr 9, 2014 | At the multigenerational house |
Friedenauer Strasse 17 / II |
|
| Redesigned yellow phone booth | Monheim am Rhein | Apr 9, 2014 | At the Ulla Hahn House |
Neustraße 2/4 |
|
 |
Steel cabinet | Monschau | July 2012 |
Corner of Laufenstrasse / Schaufenberg, next to the Seidenfabrik parking garage |
|
 |
RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Mülheim an der Ruhr | Donated by RWE |
⊙ Siegfried-Reda-Platz |
|
| Wooden cupboard, open | Munster Berg Fidel | 2009 | Unlimited access |
⊙ Berg Fidel, in front of the Alte Post Friends' Association |
|
| Münster- Hiltrup | 2013 | First of three open bookcases in Münster-Hiltrup |
⊙ Corner of Marktallee / Hohe Geest |
||
| Munster-Hiltrup | 2014 | Second of three open bookcases in Münster-Hiltrup |
⊙ East gate 60, next to "The other restaurant" |
||
| Munster-Hiltrup | Third of three open bookcases in Münster-Hiltrup |
⊙ Meesenstiege 54, at the E-Center |
|||
| bookshelf | Münster-Kreuzviertel | 2009 | In the Schloßtheater cinema Only accessible during opening hours |
⊙ | |
| Shelf wall, large wooden shelf, small wooden shelf & books and magazine table open but covered | Münster-Kreuzviertel |
GiveBox & bookshelves, Münster, Kreuzviertel, next to the kiosk and the bus stop at the Schloßtheater, Grevenerstraße 31 |
|||
 |
Wooden shelf, open | Münster- Kuhviertel | 2009 | First open bookshelf in Münster, funded by: Kuhviertel interest group |
⊙ Rosenplatz |
 |
Bookcase | Netphen |
At the Neumarkt |
||
| RWE bookcase (BOKX) | Neuenkirchen (Steinfurt district) | Donated by RWE |
⊙ Heyeröder Platz |
||
| Steel cabinet | Neunkirchen-Seelscheid |
In front of the Kreissparkasse in Seelscheid |
|||
| Wooden shelf bookcase | Neuss | 2014 | ? |
Romaneum / Brückstrasse |
|
| Bookcase | Nideggen | 2011 |
Zülpicher gate |
||
| RWE bookcase | Nieheim - Merlsheim | 2014 | Donated by RWE |
Village square in the center of the village |
|
 |
Bookcase | Norvenich | Feb 10, 2012 | Donated by RWE |
At the city Hall |
| Bookcase | Oberhausen | 2013 | Set up by the Mercator Foundation |
⊙ Ebertplatz, at the city theater |
|
| bookshelf | Oberhausen | Nov 16, 2017 | Set up and operated by the social center 'Unterhaus' | In the social center 'lower house',
Friedrich-Karl-Strasse 4 |
|
| Bookcase | Ochtrup | 2012 |
Next to the library |
||
| Bookcase | Odendorf | 2013 |
At Zehnthofplatz |
||
 |
Wooden cupboard | Odenthal glass mill | Sep 2 2017 | Established and operated by the Dorfgemeinschaft Oberodenthal e. V. |
⊙ Kapellenweg 6, on the north side of the Heilig Kreuz church |
 |
Wooden cupboard | Odenthal-Neschen | Oct. 1, 2017 | Established and operated by the Dorfgemeinschaft Oberodenthal e. V. |
⊙ Neschener Straße 211, at the parking lot of the St. Michael church |
 |
Wooden cupboard | Odenthal-Scheuren | 27 Aug 2015 | Established and operated by the Dorfgemeinschaft Oberodenthal e. V. |
⊙ Scheurener Strasse 65, in front of the former supermarket |
| Bookcase | Oer-Erkenschwick |
⊙ Berliner Platz 7 |
|||
| Bookcase | Oerlinghausen |
At Simonsplatz |
|||
| Bookcase | Olsberg |
⊙ Ruhrstrasse 32 |
|||
 |
Bookcase | Olsberg- Bigge |
⊙ Hauptstrasse 59 |
||
.JPG) |
Bookcase | Overath | 2011 |
Taxi stand at the station square |
|
 |
Bookcase "Paderthek" | Paderborn | June 1, 2014 | Set up by the student project group "Paderthek" |
⊙ Westernstrasse 39–41 |
| Bookcase | Paderborn | 2018 | Mondays to Wednesdays from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m., Thursdays from 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. |
⊙ Aldegreverstrasse 10-14 |
|
| Yellow phone booth | Petershagen - Ilserheide | Apr. 2013 |
⊙ Ilserheider Strasse 69 |
||
 |
British phone booth | Plettenberg | Oct. 2014 | Supervised by the Plettenberg City Library |
⊙ Old Market |
| RWE bookcase | Prussian Ströhen | Set up by RWE Energie / Innogy |
⊙ Johann-Christoph-Klasing-Strasse |
||
 |
Bookcase | Radevormwald |
Marketplace |
||
| Wooden cupboard | Raesfeld |
Weseler Str. 19 / in front of the town hall |
|||
| Innogy bookcase | Rahden | March 2019 | Set up by the energy supplier Innogy | Gerichtstrasse 9, 32369 Rahden | |
 |
Wooden cupboard | Recklinghausen | 2011 | Set up by the Mercator Foundation |
in front of the district building, Kurt-Schumacher-Allee 1 |
 |
British phone booth | Recklinghausen |
⊙ on the east side of Neumarkt square |
||
 |
Phone booth | Rees - Haldern | 2013 |
⊙ Bahnhofstrasse and Lindenstrasse |
|
 |
An open shelf on wheels | Reichshof | Nov. 2014 | Accessible: Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and for various events; The "Open Bookcase" in Eckenhagen is an initiative by Ingrid Güttler, in collaboration with the Evangelical parish in Eckenhagen. |
Evangelical parish hall, Eckenhagen, Barbarossastraße 5 |
 |
Two open shelves on castors, each equipped on both sides | Reichshof- Denklingen | Apr. 2014 | Accessible during the opening hours of the town hall; barrier-free access; the “Open Bookcase Reichshof” is a joint initiative of Jan Gutowski and “Weitblick” volunteer services of all generations in the OBK. |
Hauptstrasse 21 |
| Phone booth | Rhede -Krommert | 2010 |
At the bus stop at the intersection of Brünener Straße / Ächterkrommert |
||
| Open bookshelf | Rheinbach | 2014 | Accessible from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. - barrier-free access in the entrance hall of the Evangel. Elderly Center "Haus am Römerkanal" |
Roman Canal 11 |
|
 |
Open bookshelf | Rheinbach | in the Raiffeisenbank |
⊙ Hauptstrasse 38 |
|
 |
Bookcase | Rheine - Altenrheine |
⊙ Lambertiring 11 |
||
 |
BOKX 01 | Rheurdt | 2014 |
Grünstrasse in front of the library |
|
 |
Phone booth | Rösrath-Hoffnungsthal | June 2011 | Former telephone booth from Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt |
⊙ Next to the citizens' forum at the town hall |
| Showcase | Sankt Augustin - Birlinghoven | Oct 1, 2013 |
⊙ At the playground |
||
| Phone booth | Sankt Augustin- Buisdorf |
⊙ In front of the St. Georg church, Zissendorfer Straße |
|||
| closet | Sankt Augustin- Hangelar | accessible during the opening hours of the community center |
⊙ in the foyer of the Christ Church At the Protestant Church 1–3 |
||
| Phone booth | Sankt Augustin- Meindorf | Oct. 2015 |
⊙ Lichweg |
||
| closet | Holte-Stukenbrock Castle | May 8, 2013 |
Holter Church Square 19 |
||
 |
Bookcase | Schmallenberg |
East Street |
||
 |
Bookcase | Schwelm |
Märkischer Platz |
||
| Bookcase | Swords | during the opening times of the cafeteria |
⊙ Ruhrakademie cafeteria, Hagener Strasse 241 |
||
 |
Public bookcase, 8 compartments, illuminated | Sendenhorst | Dec 5, 2013 | Barrier-free access, set up by the city of Sendenhorst, supervised and co-initiated by voluntary book sponsors |
⊙ Pedestrian zone, Weststrasse 5 |
| Book box | Siegburg | Nov 2019 | During the opening hours of Lais Espressostudio |
In the Café Lais Espressostudio Holzgasse 25 |
|
| Bookcase | Siegburg | 2016 | During the opening times of the RSAG |
⊙ In the foyer of the RSAG head office Pleiser Hecke 4 |
|
| Bookcase | Siegburg | July 2013 | To the opening times of the county home accessible |
⊙ In the district building of the city of Siegburg (foyer) |
|
| Phone booth | Wins | June 13, 2014 | In the customer area of the Sparkasse des Sieg Carré near the main train station, set up by the conveyor belt youth workshop |
Morleystraße 2 |
|
| Phone booth | Soest | At the old slaughterhouse |
Old slaughterhouse, Ulrichertor 4 |
||
| Bookcase | Solingen | Opening times of the Botanical Garden (8 or 9 a.m. until dusk) | Botanical Garden, Vogelsang 2a | ||
 |
Steel cabinet | Solingen- Ohligs |
Marktplatz in Solingen-Ohligs, Ohligs-Markt at the kiosk in the direction of the stop |
||
| Bookcase | Stemwede-Levern | Accessible during the opening times of the Hartmann E-Center | |||
 |
Bookshelf in bus stop shelter | Telgte | 2013 | Initiative of the Greens Telgte |
Bassfeld bus stop at Adolph-Kolping-Platz in front of the community center |
 |
Bookcase | Titz-Müntz | June 2019 | Barrier-free access | New village square in Müntz, reading bench in the immediate vicinity |
| Steel cabinet | Troisdorf |
Kölner Strasse, pedestrian zone |
|||
| Bookcase | Troisdorf |
Lambertus Church in Bergheim |
|||
| Bookcase / wooden shelves | Unna |
⊙
In the entrance of Restaurant Leyka / party office Die Grünen - Wasserstraße 13 (access depends on the opening times of the restaurant and / or the party office) |
|||
 |
Bookcase | Übach-Palenberg |
Marketplace |
||
 |
Bookcase | Viersen |
Bachstrasse 60 |
||
 |
English phone booth | Viersen |
⊙ Book cell - Lyceumsgarten Viersen |
||
 |
Bookcase | Voerde |
⊙ Town Hall Square |
||
| Bookcase | Voiswinkel | Place behind the church | |||
| Book box | Vreden | Directly at the St. Georg Vreden library |
Church square 12 |
||
 |
Bookhouses | Wachtberg - Adendorf | Sep 10 2011 | The book house is located in the foyer of "Drehwerk 17/19" and is accessible during its opening times. |
⊙ Töpferstrasse 17–19 |
 |
Painted weatherproof industrial plywood with aluminum front | Wadersloh | Oct 25, 2012 | ||
 |
English phone booth | Waldbröl |
in front of the town hall |
||
 |
Bookcase | Warburg |
⊙ on the Neustadtmarktplatz |
||
| bookshelf | Warstein | Feb. 2015 | Opening times Café IBAHS |
⊙ Müscheder Weg 4 (in Café IBAHS) |
|
| bookshelf | Warstein- Suttrop | Nov 2016 | At the Sparkasse ATM |
⊙ District Road 90 |
|
 |
Book box | Wegberg | June 28, 2013 | Project of the group Westen-im-Wandel |
⊙ Town Hall Square |
 |
Bookcase | Werl - Sönnern |
⊙ Antoniusstrasse 59 |
||
| Phone booth | Werne | 2015 |
Bus station |
||
| Little house | Werther | 2015 |
On the Bleeke 45 |
||
 |
Metal cabinet | Wesel | 6 Sep 2013 |
⊙ Leyensplatz |
|
| Showcase | Westerkappeln |
⊙ Große Straße 13 (to the right of the town hall, at the fountain) |
|||
| Wooden cupboard | Westerkappeln- Handarpe |
⊙ Ortfeld 8 (to the left of the entrance to the Protestant church) |
|||
| Steel cabinet | Windeck | 2011 |
Dreisel |
||
 |
Wooden cupboard | Witten | Oct 7, 2012 | set up by Stiftung Mercator |
⊙ In front of Marienkirche and Marienhospital |
 |
Converted phone booth | Witten | Sep 2015 | As part of an educational project financially supported by the State Youth Office of Westphalia-Lippe with young people from the Witten workshop, it was designed and set up |
⊙ Alter Garten 15, former tub school |
 |
BOKX 02 | Wuppertal | 2012 |
Laurentiusstrasse |
|
| Phone booth | Wuppertal | 2014 | To be reached at the recycling yard of the AWG Wuppertal during the opening times |
Badische Strasse 70-72 |
|
| Phone booth |
Bornberg 22 |
||||
| Phone booth |
Pediment 30 |
||||
| Phone booth |
Münzstrasse 58 |
||||
| Phone booth |
Korzerter Strasse 75 |
||||
 |
Phone booth | Wuppertal- Heckinghausen | 2014 | Next to the entrance to the playground behind the Heckinghausen district meeting place |
Heckinghauser Strasse 195 |
 |
fridge | Wuppertal- Küllenhahn | 2014 | Privately supervised, barrier-free accessible |
⊙ Odenwaldweg 7, corner of Spessartweg |
 |
BOKX | Xanten | Donated by Innogy |
Upper market square behind the stage platform |
|
 |
Bookcase | Zülpich | 2014 | Parking opening times |
⊙ Landesgartenschau Zülpich |
| Metal cabinet | Zülpich |
⊙ Opposite the Markt 2 building |
|||
Former bookcases
| image | execution | place | from ... to | annotation | Geographic coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Bookcase | Dortmund grains | July 2013 - August 2018 | Was replaced by a new building in 2018 due to disrepair. |
⊙ In front of the Körner Hellweg 72 drugstore |
| Book window sill | Frechen ( Rhein-Erft district ) | July 2015 | Private book exchange area at the climbing hall; this was freely accessible from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. the hall burned down in April 2018. |
⊙ Windowsill of the climbing hall |
|
| Bookcase | Herne tub | Nov 2019 - Jan 2020 | Children's bookcase removed after multiple vandalism |
⊙ Main Street 245 |
|
| Wooden shelf | Iserlohn | Supervised by the voluntary service Continue; accessible during the opening hours of the town hall |
⊙ New Town Hall, ground floor, entrance from the Nordstraße car park |
||
|
Bookcase | Cologne city center | May 2019 no longer on site. | Funded by the Cologne Community Foundation; burned down July 2018 |
⊙ Gereonsdriesch, in the park |
.jpg) |
Givebox | Cologne- Ehrenfeld | 2012-2018 | Dismantled by citizens for citizens, late summer 2018. |
⊙ Körnerstraße 101 at the bunker |
| Wooden cupboard, closed, weatherproof | Münster- Kreuzviertel | 2009-2019 | Funded by Restaurant Kreuzviertel |
⊙ Hoyastraße, in front of the Kreuzviertel restaurant |
See also
Web links
Commons : Public bookcases in North Rhine-Westphalia - collection of pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ Consultation hours. RWTH Student Council Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science; accessed on October 26, 2016 (bookshelf opening times).
- ↑ Open bookcase for Alfter. In: You Tube. GrueneAlfter, August 25, 2012; accessed on January 21, 2015 (video of the inauguration).
- ↑ An open bookcase - on the market square. September 7, 2010; Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ↑ Bookcase of the Mercator Foundation. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ↑ Refurbishment of the city terraces - the bookstore gets a new home . General-Anzeiger-bonn.de; accessed on May 5, 2018
- ↑ Browsing under trees . general-anzeiger-bonn.de; accessed on July 30, 2018
- ↑ Sebastian Flick: Bürgerstiftung Bonn inaugurates another open bookcase. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) , April 13, 2015; accessed on April 13, 2015.
- ↑ Inauguration by Norbert Blüm. general-anzeiger-bonn.de
- ↑ Bookcase in Vilich-Müldorf. A place to browse and chat. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn). October 16, 2013; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ Bonn has the first accessible "book cell" nationwide. bonner-presseblog.de, July 28, 2010; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ^ Blog of the Civic Foundation Bonn ; accessed on January 25, 2018.
- ↑ Vera Gerstendorf-Welle: The bookcase is open to everyone. In: Lippische Landeszeitung (lz.de). October 30, 2014; Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ↑ Torben Gocke: Arsonists destroy bookcases at Detmold Wallgraben . In: Lippische Landeszeitung (lz.de). April 16, 2018; accessed on April 18, 2018.
- ↑ Second open bookcase in Detmold ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. ; accessed on January 20, 2017.
- ↑ An open bookcase for Hörde Hörde International e. V .; accessed on September 9, 2017.
- ↑ Open bookcases. Literature Office NRW; accessed on June 15, 2016.
- ↑ Public bookcases: YOU read! Community Foundation Duisburg; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ So that Eschweiler reads further ... Förderverein Stadtbücherei Eschweiler e. V .; Retrieved July 5, 2016.
- ^ City of Freudenberg: Freudenberg and districts. Citizens exchange citizens at the village triangle . freudenberg-online.de; accessed on August 9, 2018.
- ↑ Public "bookcase" - The bookshelf is next to the chapel. In: Kölnische Rundschau, October 12, 2012; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ Bookcase open around the clock. In: The bell online. December 4, 2015; accessed on June 15, 2016.
- ↑ A shared bookcase for all Isselhorsters. In: Press release City of Gütersloh. May 13, 2016; accessed on August 1, 2016.
- ↑ Bertelsmann brings brand new bookcase to Blankenhagen. In: Neue Westfälsiche online. November 5, 2016; accessed on February 9, 2018.
- ↑ The fourth Gütersloh "Open Bookcase" is in Avenwedde-Bahnhof. In: Press release City of Gütersloh. November 6, 2016; accessed on February 9, 2018.
- ↑ Heimbach: Telephone booths are turned into bookcases. In: Aachener Zeitung. September 21, 2016, accessed June 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Bookcase a piece of jewelry. derwesten.de, December 22, 2015; accessed on March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Jan-Henrik Gerdener: The public bookcase in Herford is now in the British telephone booth . on www.nw.de
- ↑ Public bookcase in Herne city center inaugurated
- ↑ New bookcase on the Eickeler Markt
- ↑ The Hilden-Ost bookcase at BookCrossing
- ↑ Reading fodder on Rathausplatz: Weatherproof bookcase. In: Aachener Zeitung. July 3, 2012; Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ↑ Red Sweden House with literature for the Iserlohner Heide. In: Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger and newspaper , November 27, 2018
- ↑ Dog- ear bookcase GoltsteinForum. yelp.de; accessed on July 14, 2016 (presentation of BOKX 02 and interview with Hans-Jürgen Greve).
- ↑ "Inauguration of the bookcase" on the egg cookie. ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. My south town; accessed on September 13, 2015.
- ↑ From the phone booth to the book stall. In: For trinkets - the district magazine. Issue 3, 2011, p. 12 ( online (PDF) [PDF; 7.3 MB; accessed on July 14, 2016]).
- ^ Sarah Herpertz: Leipziger Platz in Cologne-Nippes: Bookcase destroyed by fire. April 10, 2019, accessed on April 11, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Birgit Feyrer: Open bookcase in Derfflinger Strasse. (No longer available online.) In: MauNieWei.de. The portal for Cologne Mauenheim - Niehl - Weidenpesch, May 8, 2012, archived from the original on January 13, 2015 ; accessed on January 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Königswinter: English telephone booth as an "open bookcase" on the market square of Köningswinter-Altstadt. (No longer available online.) In: pressemeldung-nrw.de. City of Königswinter, September 8, 2014, archived from the original on August 26, 2016 ; Retrieved April 14, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ Korschenbroich: Public bookcase for the church square. In: RP online. February 16, 2012; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ Hans-Günter Borowski: Literature to take away: A bookcase now also for joke heroes. Kölnische Rundschau, November 5, 2019, accessed on November 5, 2019 (German).
- ^ LOB - Lennestadt's Open Bookcase. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ bauverein-opladen.de
- ↑ Linnich first public bookcase. In: Aachener Zeitung. 18th October 2013; Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ RWE bookcase invites you to read and swap in Meckenheim City of Meckenheim; Retrieved April 18, 2017
- ↑ From Margret Brüring: There are only books in this phone booth . ( nrz.de [accessed on September 28, 2018]).
- ^ Moers - Stadt provides space for public bookshelves. Retrieved July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Public bookcase. Retrieved July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Monheim's bookcases do not collect any dust. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung , April 29, 2014; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d Monheim reads . ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Ulla Hahn House; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ Monheim reads! ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) 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. In: Newsletter Ulla-Hahn-Haus , April 2014, p. 3; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ Browse and browse for free in front of the Alte Post in Berg Fidel. ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: Halterner Zeitung. February 4, 2010; accessed on August 21, 2015.
- ↑ a b c muenster-hiltrup.de
- ^ Munster morphoses. Book exchange across the board: Münster's public bookshelf in the Kuhviertel. Münster Marketing; Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ↑ merlsheim.de (PDF)
- ↑ “Open bookshelf”: “I've been keen on that for a long time”. In: Tageblatt for the Steinfurt district. December 7, 2012; Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ↑ a b Two more bookcases built and inaugurated . Dorfgemeinschaft Oberodenthal e. V. Accessed February 26, 2018.
- ↑ Open bookcase for Oberodenthal. ( Memento from September 5, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Paderthek. ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Swap and browse. In: Westfalen-Blatt. Accessed April 23, 2019 (German).
- ↑ A bookcase is celebrating a birthday. Recklinghausen district, March 18, 2014 (press release); accessed on March 12, 2016.
- ↑ Ole Engfeld: Rees: "Book cell" Haldern open to bookworms. In: RP Online , December 9, 2013; accessed on January 4, 2014.
- ↑ New "open bookcase" in Eckenhagen. ( Memento from November 16, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ An open bookcase for Reichshof. ( Memento from August 25, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Children's and young people's bookcase opened at the playground . General-Anzeiger Bonn , October 2, 2013; accessed on April 4, 2019
- ↑ Public bookcase in the foyer. accessed on April 4, 2019
- ↑ Citizens' Association and Mayor inaugurate “bookcase” einmeindorf.net; accessed on April 4, 2019
- ↑ Bookcase opened on Holter Kirchplatz. nw-news.de, May 8, 2013; Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ↑ RWE bookcase. City of Holte-Stukenbrock Castle; Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ↑ From now on we have "the book boxes" for you ... November 19, 2019, accessed on January 25, 2020 (Facebook posting).
- ↑ Books find a home. In: rsag.de. RSAG, July 6, 2016, accessed January 25, 2020 .
- ^ Kreishaus: Free reading material in Siegburg. In: ksta.de. July 8, 2013, accessed January 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Uli Schlösser: The taking - giving principle works very well . Alliance 90 / The Greens, October 23, 2013; Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ↑ Book box awakens the desire to read - City of Vreden. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 19, 2017 ; Retrieved April 18, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ Adendorf has a public bookcase. Wachtberg community, September 22, 2011, accessed on October 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Browse through exciting reading while drinking coffee at derwesten.de ; accessed on June 8, 2015.
- ↑ The first Warsteiner bookcase is in Suttrop on soester-anzeiger.de ; Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ↑ Swap instead of throwing away ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on westen-im-wandel.de ; Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ↑ Neithard Kuhrke: Bookcase on Leyens-Platz. LokalKompass.de, September 27, 2013; accessed on Jan 4th
- ^ Bookcase officially opened on Marienplatz. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. October 7, 2012; Retrieved October 8, 2012.
- ↑ Book box: A give and take on Laurentiusplatz . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung , April 24, 2012.
- ↑ The AWG Book Box. (PDF) AWG Wuppertal; accessed on June 15, 2016.
- ↑ Manuel Praest: Strengthening the feeling of we. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung online. February 11, 2015, accessed January 8, 2017 .
- ↑ "Open bookcase" - enrichment for reading garden . In: Kölnische Rundschau. April 11, 2014; accessed on July 14, 2016.
- ↑ Patrik Reinartz: After a fire in April: Chimpanzodrome climbing hall comes back to its old location. October 3, 2018, accessed on July 28, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Lenni the bookworm
- ↑ Lenni's bookcase had to be dismantled
- ↑ We ask for donations for the destroyed bookcase at Gereonsdriesch. In: Community Foundation Cologne. July 2, 2018, accessed on June 18, 2019 (German).
- ^ Sabine Müller: Second public bookshelf in Münster . ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. RuhrNachrichten.de, December 14, 2009; accessed on July 14, 2016.
Map with all coordinates: 
List of public bookcases in Germany by state