Bookcases in Aachen
There are now publicly accessible bookcases in various locations in the city of Aachen.
A bookcase can usually hold around 250 books, and the one at Neumarkt in the Frankenberger Viertel can hold up to 420 books. And the idea behind the bookcases is very simple: people can put books they have read in the cupboard and come across other, as yet unknown books there and take them with them. The bookcases live from the coming and going of the books.
The locations of the bookcases in the city of Aachen
Status: 22.08.2023
- City center, Pontstraße 74: Catholic University Community, Chico Mendes; installed in October 2011
- Aachen-Kornelimünster, Vennbahn cycle path: opposite the Bahnhofsvision restaurant; installed in May 2012
- Aachen-Nord, corner of Passstraße/Grüner Weg: at the bike hire station; installed in January 2013 - initiated by IG Aachener Portal e.V. as part of the Social City of Aachen-Nord disposal fund
- Aachen-Nord, Heinrich-Hollands-Straße 6, in front of Café Tabitas; installed in January 2014
- Aachen-Laurensberg, Roermonder Straße 319, Laurentius-Apotheke; set up in January 2014 - City of Aachen, Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) Laurensberg
- Aachen-Richterich, Rathausplatz; erected in January 2014 - Initiative of the Kulturkreis Richterich e.V.
- Burtscheid, chessboard, Burtscheider Markt/Haus des Gastes; erected in April 2014 - City of Aachen
- KukuK, Köpfchen border crossing, Eupener Straße; installed in June 2014 - Sponsor: STAWAG
- In front of Haus Hörn in Ahornstraße, on the corner of Johannes-von-den Driesch-Weg; set up in November 2015, initiated by the Hörn meeting place
- At Neumarkt in the Frankenberg quarter ; installed in November 2017 - City of Aachen
- Aachen-Nord, Depot Talstraße, Talstraße 2; installed in summer 2018 - City of Aachen
- Aachen-Haaren, on the market, set up in April 2019 - City of Aachen
- Aachen-Eilendorf, on Heinrich-Thomas-Platz, erected in July 2020 - City of Aachen
- Kronenberg, on Johannes-Ernst-Platz, erected in September 2020 -City of Aachen
- Templergraben, opposite the Super C: RWTH & ASTA RWTH; erected in August 2021
- Aachen-Brand,Marktplatz, corner of Eschenallee; by the Katholische Arbeitnehmer-Bewegung Brand (KAB-Brand); erected in 2022
- Jakobsplatz, Vaalser Str. 6:Initiative "Wir alle im Westparkviertel"; set up in 2022
- Aachen-Forst, Forster Linde 5, in front of St. Katharina: St. Katharina book island; set up in 2022
- Körnerstraße, Parish of the Holy Spirit Church; erected in June 2022 - City of Aachen
- Aachen-Eilendorf, corner of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße / Hansmannstraße: City of Aachen, installed August 2023 (children's bookcase)