Closed from 24.12.2025 to 05.01.2026: No media returns are possible during this period. We will adjust the loan periods accordingly. We wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year!
A warm welcome!
The Hilden City Library is spread over a total of three floors, all of which are barrier-free.
There is a magazine area on the first floor with magazines on a wide range of topics. Daily newspapers can be read comfortably anywhere in the house. Family, children's and strategy games are available in the board games area. Books on gaming and video games for the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 5 and other consoles round off the range of games.
There is also a separate section with Blu-rays and DVDs for young people and adults as well as the lending bar. The LeihBar is a library of things, so items such as a mini projector, action cam, sewing machine and much more can be borrowed.
The 1st floor houses the novel section, the children's department, the "Generation Plus" location, audio books and the parents' library. The youth section and our study room are located on the 2nd floor, as are the internet café and the non-fiction books for adults. In addition, the city library offers numerous seating options that invite you to linger.
News 12.12.25:
The Internet Café can now be used again as usual, and printing is also possible again.
Online media management
Via the union catalog "Bibnet" you can perform searches at any time, view your current account overview, renew borrowed media and use the digital media offers.
"Enkelzeit" - vacation time with Christian Meyn-Schwarze for grandparents with their grandchildren
Under the motto "Unicorns, dinosaurs & other mythical creatures - upcycling artists big and small", children aged 4-8 will create fantastic art projects using clean materials with the help of their grandparents under the guidance of Christian Meyn-Schwarze. Stories of "dinosaurs in grandma's garden" also come to life during this first "grandchildren's time".
If you would like to bring materials, please bring clean bottle caps, cans, boxes and Tetra Paks. If possible, please bring a hot glue gun!
Admission is free! Registration is now possible via our participation portal.
Closed over Christmas and New Year
The city library will be closed from 24.12.2025 to 05.01.2026. Please note that it will not be possible to return borrowed media during this period. The outside return desk and the return mailbox will also be closed. We will of course renew all media accordingly. We will be back for you as usual from 06.01.2026.
We wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year!
Secret Santa at the Hilden City Library
From 2 December 2025, small, well-preserved items that you no longer need yourself can be placed on the Secret Santa shelf in the Hilden library until 23 December.
Last year, the team at Hilden City Library, Nove-Mesto-Platz 3, organized a "Scrap Secret Santa" for the first time. This campaign was very well received by the library's customers and will therefore be repeated. From December 2, 2025, small, well-preserved items that you can no longer use yourself, but which can still bring joy to others, can be placed on the Secret Santa shelf in the library.
This year, the small gifts do not have to be specially wrapped, so that you can see directly whether you can use the Secret Santa gift. Of course, it is also possible to re-gift. If you like an item, you can take it with you and put it on the shelf yourself on your next visit.
The library team asks that no books or other media are placed on the Secret Santa shelf. The campaign runs until Tuesday, December 23, 2025, during library opening hours.