Arena at the Panometer
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The Arena am Panometer is a former gasometer in Connewitz next to the Panometer Leipzig and is now used for summer events. The building is a registered industrial monument of the city of Leipzig .
history
The growing demand for gas in Leipzig at the end of the 19th century led the City Council of Leipzig in 1881 to the conclusion to build another, even more efficient gas works at the Leipzig location, Kaiserin-Augusta-Straße (today Richard-Lehmann-Straße). Between 1884 and 1910 four gas tanks were built on the site of the new "Gaswerk II", later called Max-Reimann-Gaswerk. So that the amount of gas produced in the gas works could meet the fluctuating sales demand, these were created as storage facilities. Three of the gas storage tanks were given a structural shell by the then city planning director Hugo Licht . With the closure of "Gaswerk I" in 1929, the location on Richard-Lehmann-Strasse became a central gas works. The conversion of the supply to long-distance gas led to the shutdown of the gasometer in 1977.
building
Except for the roof skin, the building of the Arena am Panometer is the structural shell of a former gasometer. Its diameter is 44.8 meters and the wall height is 14.4 meters. The brick building has three rows of open arched windows. The iron supporting structure of the roof is still there.
Todays use
The smaller, still existing, former gasometer was completely renovated in 2009 and 2012. Since then it has been open to the public as an arena at the Panometer . In the summer there are open-air events such as rock, pop or classical concerts, cinema under the starry sky, theater, cabaret and private events. The cylindrical building offers space for up to 500 spectators.
literature
- Heidi Mühlenberg: 100 years of electricity for Leipzig , Stadtwerke Leipzig GmbH (Ed.) 2nd edition, May 2002
Web links
- Site of the Arena am Panometer. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
- Gas container in Saxony. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 49 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ E