Eisenherz Buchladen

Eisenherz Buchladen

Bookshop

Eisenherz Buchladen (originally Prinz Eisenherz Buchladen) is a bookstore founded in 1978 by members of the new gay movement emerging at the time. The store functioned as a bookstore as well as a meeting place for queer people, often young gay men who were just starting to come out. Over the years the store has expanded its merchandise from mostly gay literature, to lesbian, and trans literature as well as academic journals, magazines, childrens literature, DVDs and postcards. The store holds public readings, and also has a gallery space which exhibits queer art. Eisenherz Buchladen is Berlin's first gay bookshop, and one of Europe's oldest surviving gay bookshops. The store also aided to the building of queer culture/community in Berlin.

Finn Mullen

Polverigiani, Giulio. “Eisenherz: A Bookstore in Contrast to the Gay Underground Bars of 1970s Berlin.” Lampoon Magazine, September 27, 2023.

“Buchladen Eisenherz.” Wikipedia, October 14, 2024. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchladen_Eisenherz.

German

Cold War era West Berlin, FRG/BRD; Modern Berlin, Germany

Peter Hedenström, Lothar Lang, Michael Keim and Christian von Maltzahn (founders)

1978-present

Motzstraße 23 Berlin, Berlin 10777

Roland Müller-Flashar - Manager
Slava Mogutin - artist whose work has been exhibited