**Reporter**: [Uwe Korn](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9489) / @xhochy **Assignee**: [Maarten Breddels](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9489) / @maartenbreddels #### Related issues: - [[C++/Python] Support necessary functionality to have an Arrow-string type in pandas](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25481) (is depended upon by) #### PRs and other links: - [GitHub Pull Request #8628](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8628) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-9489](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9489). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>