Theater Koblenz
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The Theater Koblenz is a multi-arts theatre with its own ensembles for drama, music theatre, puppetry and ballet located in
Since 1970, the Clemensbrunnen has stood on Deinhardplatz in front of the theatre.
History
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The Koblenz Theatre was commissioned by the Elector and Archbishop of Trier,
After the end of the electoral and French periods, it passed into private ownership, with the owners changing several times and doing little to maintain the building or provide an ambitious programme. On 16 December 1851, the Koblenz opera singer Henriette Sontag performed in the theatre. It was the first and only performance in her home town.[4] In 1867, at the instigation of Lord Mayor Karl Heinrich Lottner , the theatre was bought at auction by the city of Koblenz. The city had the run-down building renovated by master builder Hermann Nebel in 1869, and the interior was rebuilt in the style of historicism. In 1937 and 1952, further alterations were made to modernise the appearance of the building and bring it into line with current safety regulations.
During the Second World War, the theatre was closed in August 1944, but since it was one of the few buildings in the city centre to remain largely intact during the air raids on Koblenz , it was able to reopen on 1 June 1946. Allegedly, two caretakers had diverted the fire brigade from the government building to the theatre after an air raid in November 1944 with an invented order of the Gauleiter, thus preventing its destruction by fire.
Since the building offered one of the few rooms that had not been destroyed in the war and was large enough, the constituent meeting of the Beratende Landesversammlung , which discussed the constitution of the newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate, took place in it on 22 November 1946.
Since the theatre had suffered considerable damage due to its age, no longer complied with the relevant safety regulations and the stage technology was completely outdated, it was comprehensively restored between 1984 and 1985 with the aim of coming as close as possible to its original state of 1787. In the process, the old dimensions of the foyer were restored and the original painting in the auditorium was reconstructed; the façade was also given back its original colour scheme.
Since 2009, the Koblenz Theatre has organised the impuls!v youth theatre festival in cooperation with the
Building
The Koblenz Theatre is the only surviving classical theatre building on the Middle Rhine and the earliest surviving example of a rank theatre in Germany (as opposed to the earlier Logentheater ). The exterior of the theatre is characterised by a neo-classical façade with pilasters. The rusticated ground floor has round-arched entrances. The main and mezzanine floors above are connected by colossal pilasters. These are terminated by an architrave with triglyph frieze and a projecting cornice. Attached to this is an attic with a raised central section bearing the Latin inscription 'Musis Moribus Et Publicae Laetitiae Erectum MDCCLXXXVII (To the Muses, to Morality and for the Pleasure of the Public erected 1787). The gable roof is flat and strongly recessed. The present monochrome version in yellow probably corresponds to the original state.
Inside is a flat-roofed vestibule. The main entrances to the playing hall are behind a
Monument protection
The Koblenz Theatre is a protected
Since 2002, the Koblenz Theatre has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Furthermore, it is a protected cultural property according to the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and marked with the blue and white protection sign.
References
- ^ Markus Dietze: Koblenz Intendant until 2021 in the Rhein-Zeitung, 4 November 2014
- ^ Markus Dietze until 2025 Intendant in Koblenz, nachtkritik. de, 11 January 2019, retrieved 4 June 2021
- ^ The CATS back on a permanent stage in musical1.de
- ^ "The 16 December 1851. Only performance of the singer Henriette Sontag in Koblenz". Landesgeschichte . Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Verzeichnis Kulturdenkmäler Koblenz, p. 6
Further reading
- Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): Geschichte der Stadt Koblenz. Gesamtredaktion: Ingrid Bátori in collaboration with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt
- Vol. 1: Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der kurfürstlichen Zeit. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992. ISBN 3-8062-0876-X.
- Vol. 2: Von der französischen Stadt bis zur Gegenwart. Theiss, Stuttgart 1993. ISBN 3-8062-1036-5.
- Vol. 1: Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der kurfürstlichen Zeit. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992.
- Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz vo. 3.2. Stadt Koblenz. Innenstadt. Edited by ISBN 3-88462-198-X.
- Johann Maeckler: Entstehung des Theaters und Umriss über dessen Zeitläufe. 16 January 1869, in StAK 623 Nr. 2415, pp. 14–41 [Erste Koblenzer Theaterchronik]
- C. Dommershausen: Das Stadttheater in Coblenz. Eine Festschrift zum 100-jährigen Jubiläum. Coblenz 1887.
- Fritz Michel: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Koblenz. Die profanen Denkmäler und die Vororte. Munich, Berlin 1954, (Die Kunstdenkmäler von Rheinland-Pfalz Erster Band).
- Reinhard Dorn: Peter Joseph Krahe. Vol. II, Bauten und Projekte in Düsseldorf, Koblenz, Hanover and Braunschweig, 1787–1806. Braunschweig 1971.
- Karl Oster (ed.): Theater der Stadt Koblenz. Generalinstandsetzung 1984/85. (Dokumentation der Stadt Koblenz, 11) Koblenz 1985.
- ISBN 3-88094-542-X.
- Fritz Bockius 200 Jahre Theater Koblenz 1787–1987. Koblenz 1987 (Koblenzer Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur)
- Petra Habrock-Henrich: Ausstellung 200 Jahre Theater Koblenz. Verzeichnis der Exponate (vitrine 5), Koblenz 1987 (StAK 623, Nr. 2415)
External links
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- Official website
- Theater Koblenz in: regionalgeschichte.net