About Stadtkind

Stadtkind

Stadtkind is the independent city magazine of Hannover, published monthly since March 2005 by the Lars Kompa Stadtkind Verlag and honored in 2007 with the city's Stadtkulturpreis cultural prize. Appearing in a circulation of around 10,000 copies, it portrays the people and the urban life of the Lower Saxon state capital in comparatively long reports and stories that are happy to provoke and to uncover, from its office at Gustav-Adolf-Strasse 24. In 2007 Hannover's atypical city magazine was honored with the Stadtkulturpreis, the city's cultural prize. From its editorial office at Gustav-Adolf-Strasse 24 in Hannover, founder and publisher Lars Kompa produces a 116-page magazine covering music, literature, art, cinema, and theater, with a complete monthly events calendar, cultural notes, interviews, columns, satires, short stories, glosses, and much more.

Overview

Stadtkind describes itself as the independent city magazine for Hannover, a magazine for all interested and active people in and around the city. It appears monthly, timed for the last weekend of the preceding month, in a print run of around 10,000 copies. The annual subscription costs 22 euros, delivered fresh from the press to subscribers' homes each month.

What sets Stadtkind apart from the typical listings-driven city magazine is its editorial ambition. The magazine portrays the people and the urban life of Hannover in comparatively long reports and stories, pieces that are willing to take positions, to provoke, and to uncover what lies beneath the surface of the city's cultural and political life. Music, literature, art, cinema, and theater form the core of the cultural coverage, complemented by a monthly calendar of all events, cultural notes, interviews, columns, satires, short stories, and glosses across 116 pages. The tone is independent and engaged, addressing readers as participants in the city's cultural life rather than as mere consumers of entertainment, and the magazine's willingness to provoke has made it a distinctive voice in Hannover's public sphere.

The magazine's publisher, founder, and editor is Lars Kompa, whose Stadtkind Verlag is based at Gustav-Adolf-Strasse 24 in the 30167 district of Hannover, reachable at 0511 22 08 508, with office hours through the week and on Saturday mornings. The editorial email is redaktion@stadtkindhannover.de, and the magazine is printed by Eversfrank Preetz, with layout and typesetting by Anke Wittkopp.

History

Stadtkind has been on the market since March 2005, founded by Lars Kompa as Hannover's independent city magazine. It arrived in a media landscape where the city's cultural coverage was dominated by daily newspapers and listings publications, and it carved out its niche with longer, more engaged journalism: reports that take time, stories that dig deeper, and a willingness to provoke debate, a formula that won it the Stadtkulturpreis within two years.

In 2007, just two years after its founding, the magazine received the Stadtkulturpreis, Hannover's cultural prize, recognizing it as the city's atypical city magazine and honoring its contribution to the cultural life of the state capital. The award confirmed Stadtkind's position as more than a listings paper: a cultural institution in its own right, with an editorial voice that the city's cultural scene had come to value.

Over the two decades since, the magazine has maintained its monthly rhythm and its independent stance, adapting to the digital transformation of the media while keeping the print magazine at its center. The annual subscription price of 22 euros has kept it affordable, and the magazine's calls to support local artists, dealers, and culture, tagged with appeals to support local life, reflect its embeddedness in Hannover's independent cultural economy. The magazine has now been appearing for more than twenty years, a remarkable run for an independent city magazine in an era that has seen many such titles disappear, and a testament to the loyalty of its Hannover readership.

Coverage and Content

Stadtkind's content spans the cultural life of Hannover in the round. Music coverage follows the city's scenes, from classical concerts to the independent venues; literature coverage includes readings and author events such as the Literarischer Salon's programs; art coverage follows exhibitions and the city's galleries; cinema coverage previews the arthouse and mainstream programs; and theater coverage follows the stages of the city and the region. The monthly events calendar gathers all of the month's events in one place, making the magazine the reference for what is happening in Hannover.

The magazine's longer reports and stories are its signature, the feature that earned it the Stadtkulturpreis and the loyalty of its readers. They portray the people of the city, investigate its cultural and political affairs, and are not afraid to provoke or to uncover. Columns, satires, short stories, and glosses give the magazine its literary texture, with contributions that go beyond service journalism into commentary and fiction, making each 116-page issue a substantial read. Cultural notes keep readers current on the smaller news of the scene, and interviews bring in the voices of artists, organizers, and cultural figures.

The Stadtkind event calendar extends the magazine's service function online. The stadtkind-kalender.de platform lists events across categories: cinema previews, art exhibitions, classical concerts, parties, sports events such as the Hannover half-marathon, and discussion series on topics such as right-wing ideologies and violence. Recent listings from October 2026 show a continuously updated calendar, from a reading of texts on five Jewish fates in Hannover to an exhibition on life, death, and remembrance, from cinema previews to the Hannover half-marathon, keeping the magazine's cultural mission alive between monthly issues.

Organization and Ownership

Stadtkind is published by the Lars Kompa Stadtkind Verlag of Hannover, at Gustav-Adolf-Strasse 24 in the 30167 district. The publisher, founder, and editor is Lars Kompa, who has led the magazine since its founding in March 2005. The publishing house is listed as an active publisher in the newspaper, books, and magazines categories, with office hours Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings.

The editorial team includes the program editorial staff and the main editorial office, reachable at 0511 22 08 508 and redaktion@stadtkindhannover.de, with title images by artists such as Christian Wyrwa. Printing is handled by Eversfrank Preetz, and layout and typesetting by Anke Wittkopp, with cover art by contributors such as Christian Wyrwa. Financial details of the magazine's operations are not publicly confirmed beyond the published circulation of around 10,000 copies and the subscription price of 22 euros per year.

Digital Presence

Stadtkind's digital home is stadtkind-hannover.de, where the magazine presents its current issue, subscription information, classified and display advertising, and the editorial contacts. The site carries the magazine's calls to support local culture, its subscription offer of 22 euros per year for monthly home delivery, and its advertising and classifieds for Hannover's cultural businesses.

The Stadtkind event calendar at stadtkind-kalender.de extends the magazine's monthly calendar into a continuously updated online platform, listing events across cinema, art, classical music, parties, sports, and knowledge categories, with details on venues, times, and ticket prices. Recent listings from October 2026 demonstrate an active, current operation. Social media activity for the magazine is not documented in detail in the sources reviewed; the brand's digital presence rests on its website, its event calendar platform, and the monthly print magazine that remains its core product, delivered to subscribers for 22 euros a year and available in Hannover's cultural venues.