The district competition will take place on Friday, February 23, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. in the Idar-Oberstein City Library, Hauptstraße 373 a. The event is organized by the Idar-Oberstein Youth Welfare Office and the Schulz-Ebrecht bookshop. Media representatives are cordially invited to report on the event.
With around 600,000 participants every year, the reading competition, which was launched in 1959, is the oldest and largest school competition in Germany. Around 6,600 6th grade students take part in the regional competitions in cities and districts across the country. The more than 600 regional competitions are organized by bookshops, libraries, schools and other cultural institutions. All participating children receive a certificate and a book package. The winner of the regional competition can go on to the subsequent district competition. The stages lead from the school competitions to the city, district, county and state level and finally to the national final in Berlin.
The aim of the reading competition is to spread enthusiasm for books to the public, strengthen children's reading skills and thus help them to broaden their horizons, understand social changes and develop an openness to new things. The Foundation for Book Culture and Reading Promotion therefore also publishes curated reading tips on numerous topics at www.vorlesewettbewerb.de/der-wettbewerb/buchempfehlungen - even beyond the well-known children's book classics.
The competition is organized by the Stiftung Buchkultur und Leseförderung des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels and is under the patronage of the Federal President. The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth sponsors the reading competition. The Education and Social Foundation of the Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg, the Sparda-Bank Hessen, the Gewinn-Sparverein der Sparda-Bank München e. V. and the Sparda Bank Hamburg support the decisions at regional level. The media partner is rbb.
- The current status of the 65th reading competition as well as all information, dates and participating schools can be found on the website www.vorlesewettbewerb.de. The contact person for the district competition is Sebastian Herzig from the City Youth Welfare Office, phone 067581/64-5012, e-mail sebastian.herzig@idar-oberstein.de.