Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library

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Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library
Freizeitforum-Marzahn-Victor-Klemperer-Platz-Berlin-08-2018b.jpg

District central library Mark Twain in the Freizeitforum Marzahn

founding 1979
Duration 291,443
Library type library
place Berlin coordinates: 52 ° 32 '49.7 "  N , 13 ° 33' 22.6"  EWorld icon
ISIL DE-B2228 (Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library, District Central Library "Mark Twain")
operator District Office Marzahn-Hellersdorf
management Benita Hanke
Website www.berlin.de/bibliotheken-mh

The Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library is a public library system sponsored by the Marzahn-Hellersdorf District Office , Department for Further Education and Culture, Department of Libraries. The administration is located in the Freizeitforum Marzahn at Marzahner Promenade 54. The library has a media inventory of around 300,000, which were borrowed around 1.3 million times by 546,000 visitors in 2018. In addition, the library organized over 2200 events, guided tours and exhibitions during the same period.

history

1979-1990

The roots of today's library go back to the founding of the Mahlsdorf public library in 1905. They overlap with the history of the Lichtenberg city library through the reorganization of the districts and city districts . The Marzahn City Library was founded in 1979 by taking over the libraries in Mahlsdorf, Kaulsdorf and two libraries in Biesdorf and the Lichtenberg City Library. On October 3, 1980, the reconstructed Kaulsdorf library at Heinrich-Grüber-Straße 20 was reopened. On July 1, 1982, the Erich Weinert Library (→ Erich Weinert ) at Helene-Weigel-Platz 4 was opened with 31,000 media. The library had the first Artothek in Marzahn with 135 pictures. After the Biesdorf adult library had moved from Köpenicker Straße 1 to Biesdorf Castle , the opening took place on February 14, 1983. Several children's libraries were created during the 1980s.

On June 3, 1985 the Fontane Library (→ Theodor Fontane ) was opened in the new building area Marzahn-Ost, Brodowiner Ring 16 with an initial inventory of 19,000 media units and on August 15, 1986 the Ehm-Welk-Bibliothek (→ Ehm Welk ) in 2. Development area of Kaulsdorf-Nord , Luzinstraße 28–30. The new Hellersdorf City Library took over the Mahlsdorf library, the Kaulsdorf library and two libraries in Kaulsdorf-Nord on January 1, 1987. In the village of Marzahn, Alt Marzahn 55, the Heinz Lüdecke Library was opened on February 15, 1988 with 30,000 media units. The Konstantin-Simonow-Bibliothek (→ Konstantin Simonow ), Suhler Straße 33 with 14,400 media units followed on September 27th, and the Horst-Bastian-Bibliothek (→ Horst Bastian ) opened on July 24th, 1989 in the Ringkolonnaden, Mehrower Allee 28 27,500 media units. After the fall of the Wall , the Marzahn City Library was assigned to the new Education and Culture Department of the Marzahn District Office .

1991-2000

At the opening of the Marzahn main library in the Freizeitforum Marzahn , Marzahner Promenade 52–54, today Mark Twain Library (→ Mark Twain ), on September 30, 1991 91,000 media belonged to the inventory. The main library consists of libraries for adults and children as well as a phono library, art library and video library . In June 1992 the Mahlsdorf district library had to move to Kuhnaustraße 6 because the rooms in Hönower Straße had to be vacated due to restitution claims . The district library at Stendaler Strasse 74 opened with 18,339 media units. On June 1, 1993, the main library took over an English-language library from the US Army in Stuttgart with 21,000 volumes. On March 13, 1994, the Ehm-Welk Library opened at its new location, Alte Hellersdorfer Strasse 125, and on December 9 of the same year, the Heinrich von Kleist Library (→ Heinrich von Kleist ) in Marzahn-Nord, Havemannstrasse 17 B. 32,000 media units. On December 31, 1994, the Kaulsdorf Nord library, Teterower Ring 43, closed and opened at the new location at Cecilienstraße 222 on April 9, 1995 with 28,491 media units.

2001-2020

The main library was named "Mark Twain" in 1997. On January 1, 2001, the Marzahn and Hellersdorf districts merged to form the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district. This gave the Mark Twain library the status of a district central library (BZB) “Mark Twain”, and the Ehm Welk library became the central library “Ehm Welk”.

The 2000s saw the closure of several libraries. In 2002 the Biesdorf children's library and the Konstantin Simonow district library closed, the holdings of which were donated to the Bad Schandau city library , which was badly damaged by the flood . In 2003 the “Horst Bastian” district library, the “Heinz Lüdecke” district library and the Stendaler Strasse district library closed. In 2004 the district library "Heinrich von Kleist" closed due to demolition work on the Havemannstrasse building. 17b. On June 3, 2005, the reading café opened on the 3rd floor of the “Mark Twain” district central library. The Mahlsdorf district library at the Kuhnaustr. 6 closed in 2005 and opened on January 16, 2006 in the B1 Center, Alt Mahlsdorf 24–26. In 2011, the district central library "Mark Twain" was closed for seven months due to fire protection renovation, installation of a passenger elevator and renewal of the toilets. In 2014, the cooperation agreement between the Marzahner Tor housing cooperative and the Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library Association was signed. V., which is based on a close cooperation with the district central library "Mark Twain".

In 2013, the library and Konrad Umlauf from the Institute for Library and Information Science at the Humboldt University in Berlin created a new library concept that weighs up resources (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities) and risks.

profile

The profile of the district library is characterized by the following model :

“[...] As a public library, the city library plays an important role as a cultural center and as a meeting and communication center for the district. For the work, the individual needs of the citizens are in the foreground and it is important that the quality of the work and the offers are of a high level.

The library achieves this through an up-to-date and demand-oriented media offer, through competent and friendly advice, committed, reliable, responsible and cost-conscious work and the continuous improvement of services. "

In the district central library "Mark Twain" there is a monthly writing workshop for pupils from the age of 11 and separately for adults. The library offers space for exhibitions and regularly organizes discussion groups such as literary coffee chats, the literary breakfast series or the Live at Kleist event series in the Heinrich von Kleist library.

Facilities

Currently (as of July 2020) there are six different facilities throughout the district.

Library locations in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district
address District Duration
District Central Library "Mark Twain" Marzahner Promenade 55, 12679 Berlin Marzahn 130,000
District library "Heinrich von Kleist" Havemannstrasse 17B, ​​12689 Berlin Marzahn 18,000
Central Library "Ehm Welk" Alte Hellersdorfer Strasse 125, 12629 Berlin Hellersdorf 57,500
Kaulsdorf Nord district library Cecilienplatz 12, 12619 Berlin
Until the end of 2020 		Hellersdorf 30,000
District library "Erich Weinert" Helene-Weigel-Platz 4, 12681 Berlin Marzahn 40,000
Mahlsdorf district library Alt Mahlsdorf 24, 12623 Mahlsdorf Mahlsdorf 25,000

media

The library has a stock of around 290,000 media, including DVDs, Blu-Rays, conventional and electronic games, and audio books. 400 paintings and graphics are on offer in the Artothek. The inventory also includes 9,000 foreign-language media (English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Russian, French, Arabic).

The music library in the district central library has 7500 sheet music for almost all instruments and ensembles, scores, piano reductions, instrumental schools, rock and pop songbooks and jazz sheet music, 16,000 DVDs, 6000 music books on classical or popular music, 2287 music DVDs and Blu-rays as well as 28 Music magazines. Over 40 different musical instruments such as guitars, ukuleles, recorders, percussion instruments, saxophones, an electric violin and others can be used or borrowed on site in the practice room. The library also has a special collection dedicated to the life and work of the composer Kurt Schwaen (1909–2007), who has long lived in the district .

The library has numerous workstations, several Internet PCs, four laptops with Internet access and free WLAN access.

Cooperation partner

  • Friends of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library e. V.

gallery

  • District central library
    "Mark-Twain"

  • Center library
    "Ehm Welk"

  • District library
    "Heinrich von Kleist"

  • District
    library "Kaulsdorf-Nord"

Web links

Commons : Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual report 2018 Berlin public libraries. (PDF; 3.2 MB) In: berlin.de, accessed on July 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Mission statement of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library. In: berlin.de, accessed on July 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Music library in the district central library. In: berlin.de. June 21, 2003, accessed March 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Friends of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf City Library e. V. In: berlin.de. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .