Prinz Eisenherz Buchladen

Über diesen Ort Prinz Eisenherz Buchladen

Prinz Eisenherz Buchladen has been on the Motzstraße in Schöneberg since 1978, making it the oldest surviving LGBTQ+ bookshop in Germany and one of the oldest in the world. The shop survived the AIDS crisis, the reunification disruption, the closure of most of Schöneberg's commercial infrastructure in the 1990s, and the collapse of independent retail in the Amazon era — through each transition, by maintaining a stock and an expertise that no online retailer can replicate. The collection covers gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer literature across fiction, memoir, theory, history, art and photography in German, English and other languages. The staff have the kind of depth of knowledge that only comes from years of living with the material — they can recommend the right book for a visitor who wants an introduction to Berlin's gay history, or the particular Detlef Sierck novel that the internet search will not surface. During CSD week, the shop organises readings and events. A visit to Prinz Eisenherz is not optional for anyone interested in the intellectual and cultural dimension of Berlin's queer life.