Translations:Sorben/21/en

Since 2006, the Smoler'sche bookstore (Smolarjec kniharnja) of the Domowina Verlags-GmbH is also located in the building Tuchmacherstraße 27. Bound by tradition, the publisher has reverted to its name. The Smoler'sche bookstore (Smolarjec kniharnja) was firstly mentioned as Sorbian bookstore in Bautzen in the 19th century. In 1851, Johann Ernst Schmaler (Jan Arnošt Smoler) opened his first shop in the Reichenturm. Together with Bohuwěr Pjech, he extended his range of books by Slavic literature. In the 20th century, the Sorbian-Slavic bookstore moved into the new building, the Old Sorbian House (Stary Serbski dom), on the Lauengraben. There, the Sorbian bookseller Ernst Simon (Arnošt Simon) took over the task of further distribution and spreading of the printed Sorbian word. Along with the ban on Sorbian in public life by National Socialists in 1937, the Sorbian bookstore was disbanded. In 1950 the bookstore was opened on the Kurt-Pchalek-Strasse 20, first. As early as 1951 the bookstore moved to the Holzmarkt. Later, by the end of 1961, the bookstore was able to offer its wide range of Publisher`s editions in the building on Kurt-Pchalek-Strasse 20, again. After clarification of ownership status and averting insolvency of the publishing company, the publishing bookstore was able to return to its customary rooms located in Pchalek-Straße. Due to associate financial constraints of the Foundation for Sorbian People and after having carried out extension and refurbishment measures it was decided to relocate business premises to Smoler'sch Publishing on Tuchmacherstrasse 27 - in order to save the annual rental expenses. In the second half of the year 2006, the employees of Smoler'sch Publishing were able to develop their extensive activities in a much better environment. Nowadays, this Sorbian bookstore is well-known beyond Lusatia borders as it is the only bookstore in the Federal Republic of Germany that offers the entire publisher`s range. Due to book readings by their authors and presentations of new edition releases the location is popular among Bautzen residents just as among readers throughout Lusatia.