Alhambra (Erfurt)
The Alhambra is a former cinema building in Erfurt , which existed as such from 1924 to 1997.
history
In June 1922, the entrepreneur Karl Liebrich and his architect Max Bischoff , who had recently built the Alhambra cinema on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin in an older building, submitted a building application for the first new cinema in Erfurt, which was located in a vacant lot at 164 Johannesstrasse and should surpass all other cinemas with almost 1200 seats. After over-planning by Karl Zöll, the cinema was completed in 1924 and called the Alhambra . According to the press reports at the time, it was the “largest and most distinguished theater in Thuringia”. In 1931 the cinema was taken over by Thüringer Lichtspiele GmbH and managed by Valentin Widera, Jena . From 1937 to 1941 Gustav Schneider was the director.
After the GDR was founded, it was renamed the Alhambra-Lichtspiele . The number of seats was reduced to 988, the address changed from Johannesstrasse 164 to Leninstrasse 164. From 1985 to 1990 it was called the Alhambra Theater .
In 1991 the address was again Johannesstrasse 164. Filmtheater Betriebs GmbH Erfurt was founded as the new sponsor and also operated the Angerkino . She divided the cinema into two halls with 420 and 35 seats. The smaller room was called the intimate cinema “Love in” . This sponsoring company was taken over in 1992 by Kieft & Kieft Filmtheater GmbH , Lübeck, which operated the house until 1997 and then sold the building to a private property developer. He had the house torn down except for the facade on Johannesstrasse and built an office-commercial building behind the old facade and on the neighboring property at Johannesstrasse 162. a. the administration of the Barmer GEK was housed.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Erfurt Alhambra-Lichtspiele - Kinowiki. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '48.8 " N , 11 ° 2' 2.9" E