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Aachen City Library
Aachen City Library is a public library. Here, all Aachen residents and all citizens from the region can educate themselves, inform themselves, play, communicate, borrow analog or digital media and take part in numerous events.
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Digital offers
With the library card, anyone can use the digital media offer 7 days a week, anytime and anywhere: over 12,000 German-language eBooks, electronic catalogs, newspaper and magazine archives as well as film classics, children's audio books, educational games and much more.
Online catalog of the city library and loan account
In the online catalog, you can search for media from the entire city library, compile your own literature lists, view your loan account and renew media.
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Membership
How do I become a member? How long can I borrow media or what happens if I lose my library card? You can find the answers here!
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Guided tours & workshops
Library tours
To help you get to know the city library better, we offer guided tours of the central library and the district libraries. The tours usually last about an hour and are free of charge. We are happy to discuss with you individually what content you would like to learn about during the tour. If you would like to take part in a guided tour, please make an appointment with us.
Workshop for schools "Fit for specialist work"
In the 2023/2024 school year, Aachen City Library is once again offering the workshop "Fit for the term paper". As in previous years, our workshops are aimed at students (Q1) who are writing their dissertation in the coming school year.
As a teacher, you now have the opportunity to get in touch with us and arrange an appointment for your school. We adapt our concept and free offer every year to the changing wishes of interested teachers and pupils, so please feel free to express any special requests. You are welcome to come to the city library with your school groups and learn about literature research in the digital library and databases on site. On request, we can also come to your school and teach your pupils how to conduct professional information research.
Download a quick guide for pupils "Technical paper in the upper secondary school" (PDF)
You can also find lots of interesting information about our range of services on this pinboard.
Contact: facharbeit.bibliothek@mail.aachen.de
Fake news workshop for schools
The city library offers a workshop on debunking fake news by arrangement for pupils from year 9/10. Various tools are shown to check the truthfulness of information.
Contact:
Ms. Lohe, Tel.: 0241 432-38301
Ms. Jung, Tel.: 0241 432-38103
Our locations
More than 460,000 items are available for you in the central library, the two district libraries, the four branch libraries and the book bus.
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Central Library
The central library at Couvenstraße 15 is a barrier-free facility. It is divided into different areas and consists of the children's library (KiBi), the youth library (youthfactory), the adult library with interlibrary loan and the music library.
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District libraries and branches
Visit the district libraries in the depot and in Haaren or the library branches in Bildchen, Oberforstbach, Kornelimünster and Walheim.
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Fabian book bus
The Fabian book bus travels through the outskirts of the city and makes 21 stops a week. There are around 5,000 media items on board. The selection consists of novels, non-fiction books, magazines, audio books for children, DVDs, board games and console games.
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Opening hours
The Central Library Couvenstraße is located directly at the Aachen bus station and is barrier-free. The "Bushof" stop can be used for public transportation. If you are arriving by car, there is a parking garage directly opposite the city library in Couvenstraße.
Central Library Couvenstraße
Tuesday10 From 10:00 to 18:00
Wednesday10 From 10:00 to 18:00
Thursday12 From 12:00 to 19:00
Friday10 From 10:00 to 18:00
Saturday10 From 10:00 to 14:00
Extended opening hours on Sundays
Every first Sunday of the month from 1 - 5 pm our first floor in the Central Library Couvenstraße is open for you.
We open the first floor for browsing, reading and spending time. There you will find the children's and youth library, fiction, newspapers and magazines as well as non-fiction books on various topics. With your library card, you can borrow or return media via self-checkout machines. Please note, however, that no staff are available on these days.
OpenLibrary: More library for everyone in the Depot district library
The Open Library in the Depot district library, Talstraße 2, is a "self-service facility" of the Aachen City Library, which you can also use outside of staffed opening hours. Browse through our collection at your leisure, use the tables and chairs to work and rest or the reading platform to read and play. Internet access is free of charge.
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Open library hours
Monday - Friday: 08.30 - 17.00
Service hours with staff
Tuesday: 14.00 - 17.00
Wednesday: 14.00 - 17.00
Thursday: 14.00 - 17.00
Friday: 10.00 - 12.00Haaren district libraries
Monday: 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.Closed during school vacations!
Extension Bildchen
Monday: 15.00 - 18.00
Tuesday: 08.30 - 12.00Closed during school vacations!
Kornelimünster branch
Tuesday: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.Closed during school vacations!
Oberforstbach branch
Tuesday: 16.00 - 19.30 hrs
Closed during school vacations!
Walheim branch
Thursday: 15.00 - 18.00
Sunday: 10.00 - 13.00Closed during school vacations!
"inside@Kulturbetrieb" shows impressions in front of and behind the scenes of Aachen City Library: How do I enter the building? Where do I return books? What does the "youthfactory" have to offer? And what does the book bus look like from the inside?
Press releases
Newsletter
Our newsletter provides regular information about current events and news at Aachen City Library.