Besides the customary institutions usually found in a district seat, and those already described under "Culture and sightseeing", there are the "Stadthalle" (literally "town hall", but actually an event venue, not connected at all with the town's administration; "town hall" is "Rathaus" in German), the book café (sponsor: Verein für Kultur und Kommunikation e. V.) and the "Konrad-Duden-Stadtbibliothek" (town library). This was opened in March 1999 on the marketplace in Bad Hersfeld. The public library has a total floor area of some 1 000 m2. On 31 December 2007, it had an inventory of some 65,000 media, and yearly media borrowings amount to 210,000.