diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
index e828b24e976361d87258a6ec189715b3799677ff..9b647c513882f3cf9a7fd02f0ff18862d1a7136b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
@@ -189,6 +189,22 @@ public class SessionController extends AbstractController {
 		}
 		return sessions;
 	}
+	
+
+	@RequestMapping(value = "/public_pool", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+	public final List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions(
+			final HttpServletResponse response
+			) {
+		List<Session> sessions;
+		sessions = sessionService.getPublicPoolSessions();
+
+		if (sessions == null || sessions.isEmpty()) {
+			response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT);
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return sessions;
+	}
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/{sessionkey}/lock", method = RequestMethod.POST)
 	public final Session lockSession(
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index 5ccceb2850f382d1e75b2318f71bccb60b85ef34..032e013ebc67acb5014b0fb072ea480a398c44f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -128,7 +128,26 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		}
 		return result;
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public final List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions() {
+		final NovaView view = new NovaView("session/public_pool_by_id");
+
+		final ViewResults sessions = getDatabase().view(view);
 
+		final List<Session> result = new ArrayList<Session>();
+		
+		for (final Document d : sessions.getResults()) {
+			final Session session = (Session) JSONObject.toBean(
+					d.getJSONObject().getJSONObject("value"),
+					Session.class
+					);
+			//session.set_id(d.getId());
+			result.add(session);
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public final List<SessionInfo> getMySessionsInfo(final User user) {
 		final List<Session> sessions = this.getMySessions(user);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
index 7a1c205f9d70e80088fa542a091fc812876f9634..54083b3b21bbd7557910efe54b823fa767f0494e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public interface IDatabaseDao {
 	Session getSession(String keyword);
 
 	List<Session> getMySessions(User user);
+	
+	List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions();
 
 	Session saveSession(User user, Session session);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
index a215b57a24020c7c989db22782ed0171e9923871..700e36786f463abdeff7d271da0808f01281d898 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/ISessionService.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public interface ISessionService {
 	String generateKeyword();
 
 	List<Session> getMySessions();
+	
+	List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions();
 
 	List<Session> getMyVisitedSessions();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
index f51a8016e58741e4fe8d6e3606af2877abe1acae..f3ee451aebdfce99444b5bd582c2ceb1b5051026 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ public class SessionService implements ISessionService {
 	public final List<Session> getMySessions() {
 		return databaseDao.getMySessions(userService.getCurrentUser());
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	@PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
+	public final List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions() {
+		return databaseDao.getPublicPoolSessions();
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	@PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
index 956d495664e41c99b1f2ad73b1b983cd463d0468..eec8823cd9f5b9dd486ac34cd3684ff6df72214d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ public class StubDatabaseDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 		return null;
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public List<Session> getPublicPoolSessions() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public LoggedIn registerAsOnlineUser(User u, Session s) {