Service
On three floors with 1,000 square meters you will find a media stock of more than 30,000 items, which is regularly updated and supplemented. This includes
Children's and young adult books (1st floor)
Picture books for the little ones, books for beginning readers, fairy tales and legends, children's and young adult novels, non-fiction books, comics and mangas.
Novels (ground floor)
There is something for every reading taste: family novels, crime novels, thrillers, humorous novels, historical novels, classics of world literature, new releases and the latest bestsellers.
Non-fiction (UG)
With specialist books from all fields of knowledge: from travel guides to history and technology books to medical literature, art books, etc.
A photocopier is available for use.
AV media for children and adults (1st floor & ground floor)
If you don't want a book, there are alternatives for every age group: DVDs, music CDs (pop & rock, classical and relaxation), audio books, Tonies and console games.
Board games (1st floor)
A variety of games for all ages and tastes await you.
Magazines and daily newspapers (ground floor)
You will find a wide range of daily newspapers and magazines to inform yourself and browse through. Comfortable seating areas invite you to relax and read.
Digital media (online)
Our digital media offering exceeds the analog stock many times over.
Late fees
| Children's books, children's audio books and Tonies per week | 0,50 € |
| Adult books, console games, board games, magazines and audio books per week | 1,50 € |
| DVDs and music CDs per opening day | 1,50 € |
| Handling fee per letter | 1,50 € |
Contributions
| Adult pass (valid for 12 months) | 25,00 € |
| Adult pass (valid for 1 month) | 5,00 € |
| Child pass up to 18 years (valid for 12 months) | free of charge |
| Partner card (valid for 12 months) | 35,00 € |
| Partner card for pensioners (valid for 12 months) | 17,50 € |
| Replacement ID card | 3,00 € |
| Reservations | 0,50 € |
| Interlibrary loan | 3,00 € |
Discounts
There is a 50% discount for senior citizens with appropriate proof. Membership is free of charge for severely disabled persons, students and pupils with appropriate proof, as well as holders of the MTK volunteer card, the trainee card, the Hofheim Pass, the youth leader card, a theater subscription and users of the district libraries.
Loan periods
| 4 weeks | Books, audio books, Tonies, music CDs, language courses, board games and console games can be borrowed for four weeks |
| 2 weeks | DVDs and magazines can be borrowed for two weeks |
| Renewals | All media can be renewed once, provided they have not been reserved by other users |
| Reservations | Borrowed media can be reserved. You will be notified by e-mail or telephone as soon as your requested item is back in the library and you have one week to collect it. |
New customers who would like to be issued with a reader card for the first time can register
here register online in advance.
For the registration of institutions it is necessary to fill in a separate form, which can be downloaded here. Registration form for institutions
You can order non-fiction books and journal articles that we do not own via interlibrary loan. A library that owns the desired book will then make it available to us for a certain period of time.
Please note the following for interlibrary loans:
- Interlibrary loan is subject to a fee. A successful order costs 3 euros.
- The very latest books cannot be ordered because they are often not yet listed in the libraries.
- Sometimes it takes a while for the delivery to arrive: interlibrary loan is not for those in a hurry!
- Books that can still be bought in bookshops in an edition under 15 euros can often not be ordered via interlibrary loan.
- Novels, children's books, dissertations, loose-leaf collections and non-book media are not available via interlibrary loan.
The library that makes the book available sets the conditions: how long you can keep the book, whether you can take it home with you or just read it in our library, whether you can make photocopies... We - and therefore you - must adhere strictly to these "rules", otherwise we risk being excluded from the German lending system. We only find out about these conditions when the book arrives at our premises.
You must take these steps:
- You tell us exactly which book you need: Author's first and last name, title, place of publication (or publisher), year of publication, ISBN... For essays: Author of the essay, issue number, year, page numbers. Please use our online form.
- We need the number of your user card, your telephone number and e-mail address.
- A successful order costs 3 euros. There is also a processing fee of 1.50 euros for an unsuccessful order. The money is due when you collect the ordered book. In exceptional cases, e.g. if copies are ordered that are more than 20 pages long, the costs may be higher. When ordering, please indicate up to what amount you are prepared to pay.
- If you receive the requested work and the loan period is not sufficient for you, please submit an extension request to us one week before the loan period expires.
This is what we do:
- We try to place the order on the same day (the following day at the latest) - usually online.
Basically, we have no influence on the speed of delivery. Anything is possible: three days to three months. This depends on the frequency of the work, whether it is on loan, etc.
- We will notify you as soon as the requested work or other information arrives.
Online interlibrary loan request form
On the first Tuesday of every new month, a member of staff from the public library will come to your home between 9 am and 12 noon. You can then borrow books there in peace and quiet and return books you have read.
In this way, the public library hopes to reach all those citizens of Hofheim with limited mobility who now find it too difficult to go to the public library.
All you need is a valid library card. There are no other additional costs.
If you are interested, please call 06192 / 202-570.
Lorsbach library
Community center
Talstraße 2
65719 Hofheim-Lorsbach
Website: www.hgv-Lorsbach.de/buecherei
Wallauer Bücherstube e.V.
Im Alten Rathaus
Rathausstraße 3
65719 Hofheim-Wallau
Phone: 0151 - 54985133
Bücherei Wildsachsen
Am Born 2
65719 Hofheim-Wildsachsen
Website: www.buecherei.wildsachsen.de
Library of the cultural association Diedenbergen
Philipp-Keim-Schule (in the basement)
Oberer Haingraben 1
65719 Hofheim-Diedenbergen
Internet: www.kulturverein-diedenbergen.de
Library of the Volksbildungswerk Marxheim
Ahornstraße 11
65719 Hofheim-Marxheim
E-mail: marxheimer.buecherei@arcor.de