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Hameln´s first public library was opened on February 3rd 1914 in the Alte Marktstraße, and already contained 3,200 books.


After the second world war, the library was given a new home in the Rattenfängerhaus (Pied Piper´s house) between 1946 and 1950.


Issue desk and reading room:


In 1950 the library moved house once again: it was to spend more than twenty years on the Langer Wall. In order to create more space, the children´s library was moved to Hermannstraße in 1957.


For the first time, customers had direct access to the shelves in the new library.

Issue desk and first direct access:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
In 1972 the public library made its penultimate adjustment to a new home:
The adult library and the children´s library were once again housed under the same roof, in the Hochzeitshaus; in addition, in 1975 a music department was developed, containing cassettes and later, CDs, and in 1984 the Artothek was also added.

On 4th May 1990 Hameln celebrated the opening of the Pfortmühle as the new home of the public library.
 
Gerhard Krätsch, Director of the public library 1961-1981, and
Hedwig Steinkamp, Director of the public library 1981-1991: