Alhambra (Koenigsberg)
The Alhambra was an office and commercial building with a cinema and restaurants in Königsberg , on the corner of Steindamm / Wagnerstrasse.
The building was built in 1931. Kurt Frick designed the component with the offices and shops , the Alhambra cinema , which gave the entire building its name, was designed by Hans Manteuffel ; both architects were based in Königsberg. Because of the cinema and restaurants, the building played an important role in the city's leisure activities. Its relatively modern architecture also attracted a lot of attention and became an important element of the cityscape of the 1930s.
The building was destroyed in the air raids in 1944 .
literature
- Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings. Special edition. Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
- Richard Armstedt: history of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia. Hobbing & Büchle, Stuttgart 1899 ( German land and life in single descriptions . 2, city stories), (reprint: Melchior-Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 2006, ISBN 3-939102-70-9 ( historical library )).
- Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia. 3 volumes. 2nd / 3rd supplemented edition. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X .
- Baldur Köster: Königsberg. Architecture from the German era. Husum Druck, Husum 2000, ISBN 3-88042-923-5 .
- Gunnar Strunz: Discover Königsberg. On the way between Memel and Haff. Trescher, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89794-071-X ( Trescher travel series ).