Pankow City Library

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Pankow City Library
Kurt Tucholsky Library Berlin-3.jpg

Kurt Tucholsky Library in Esmarchstrasse

Duration 409.242
Library type library
place Berlin coordinates: 52 ° 32 '32.4 "  N , 13 ° 26' 29"  EWorld icon
ISIL DE-B457 (H. Böll Library)
DE-B462 (J. Korczak Library)
DE-B461 (W. Schnurre Library)
operator District Office Pankow Berlin
management Danilo Vetter (Head of Department)
Website www.berlin.de/ba-pankow/stadtbibliothek

The Pankow City Library is a public library system sponsored by the Pankow District Office of Berlin , Department of Culture, Finance and Personnel, Office for Further Education and Culture. The library has a media inventory of 409,242, which were borrowed around 2 million times by 742,853 visitors in 2018. In addition, the library organized over 2500 events, guided tours and exhibitions during the same period.

The Pankow City Library continues to organize many different events, projects and exhibitions, the dates of which can be viewed on the City Library's website. The Heinrich Böll Library, which is located on Greifswalder Strasse in the Prenzlauer Berg district, is the library as well as the seat of the department management and the main administration of the Pankow libraries.

Facilities

There are currently 8 different facilities throughout the district.

Library locations in the Pankow district
address District
Heinrich Böll Library Greifswalder Str. 87, 10409 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
Janusz Korczak Library Berliner Str. 121, 13187 Berlin Pankow
Wolfdietrich Schnurre Library Bizetstrasse 41, 13088 Berlin Weissensee
Bettina von Arnim Library Schönhauser Allee 75, 10439 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
District library book Wiltbergstrasse 21, 13125 Berlin book
Karow district library Achillesstrasse 77, 13125 Berlin Karow
Library at the water tower Prenzlauer Allee 227/228, 10405 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
Kurt Tucholsky Library Esmarchstrasse 18, 10407 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg

The Pankow City Library participates in the Association of Public Libraries in Berlin (VÖBB) and is connected to the nationwide interlibrary loan system.

Historic library building on Berliner Strasse

The Jewish orphanage on Berliner Str. 121

Some of the library locations are in buildings of historical value. For example, a former Jewish orphanage on Berliner Strasse in the Pankow district of the same name houses the Janusz Korczak library. The neo-baroque building was designed by the architect Alexander Beer , who was murdered in the concentration camp in 1944 . The building was built in 1912/13 and used as an orphanage at the same time until it was closed by the Nazi regime in 1942. After the house was used by various institutions and owners, it finally stood until it was bought by the Dr. Walter and Margarete Cajewitz Foundation empty. The foundation renovated the dilapidated building and has rented part of the building to the Janusz Korczak Library since 2001. In addition to the library, the building also houses a school.

Events of the city library

Numerous projects, events and readings take place at regular intervals in the various library locations that are spread across the entire Pankow district. The most popular recurring events for the younger target group include:

  • Instrument carousel in the Karow district library
  • Puppet theater in the Wolfdiedrich Schnurre Library
  • Cooding in the Kurt Tucholsky Library
  • Picture book cinema in several library locations.

Both older target groups like the following projects:

  • Writing workshop for adults in the Heinrich Böll Library
  • The online loan specifically in the Janus Korczak Library
  • Welcome tour (offered in two languages)
  • Author readings at various locations.

All offers of the Pankow City Library can be viewed on the Pankow City Library website.

Projects

From 2011 to 2012 the library at the water tower was rebuilt and renovated. New rooms and a library offer for young families, especially for children and young people, were created. The core of the project was the expansion of the children's area by a project room with an “Internet island” and space for group work and events, as well as the establishment of a new, dedicated area with a completely new media portfolio, especially for young people. Furthermore, the library now offers a considerably larger range of work opportunities on site. The renovation of the library at the water tower was made possible by funding from the Libraries in the District (BIST) program of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Web links

Commons : Pankow City Library  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual report 2018 Berlin public libraries (PDF file)
  2. ↑ Events. September 17, 2019, accessed September 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Reading, handicrafts, games, making music in Karow. September 23, 2019, accessed September 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ Puppet theater in the Wolfdietrich Schnurre library. September 11, 2019, accessed September 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Cinema - Coding - Picture book cinema in the Kurt Tucholsky Library. June 12, 2019, accessed September 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Bilderbuchkino 2019. August 30, 2019, accessed on September 25, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Kiez walk Welcome tour. January 30, 2019, accessed September 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Pankow City Library