Bergischer Löwe community center
The Bürgerhaus Bergischer Löwe is a restaurant and an event center in the city center of Bergisch Gladbach . It is named after the Bergischer Löwen , the heraldic animal of the Duchy of Berg .
history
In 1903 300 citizens founded the “Casino-Gesellschaft”, and for this reason the first town house, the Bergische Löwe, was built in Marienstraße by architect Ludwig Bopp . This replaced the Kolter inn on the same site , which was built in 1850 by the city's mayor at the time. In 1904 the Mariensaal was built, a splendid Art Nouveau theater , named after its founder Maria Zanders . In 1939, the Bergische Löwe became the property of the city. After the Second World War, the hall was converted into a cinema, and in 1952 the building was converted into a modern town house.
In 1977 the old Mariensaal was demolished and the Cologne architect Gottfried Böhm designed a new building for the Bergischer Löwen with a hall with tiled walls, a red facade and a pipe system inside for ventilation. The classic facade was replaced by red painted sheet metal, the rest of the facade was adapted to these plates. The new house was opened in 1980 and the old part of the Bergischer Löwen was integrated into the new, multifunctional house by Böhm. Since 1991 the house has also been used for municipal theater performances.
Today the community center is operated by Bergischer Löwe GmbH and houses a large hall with a theater stage and a retractable orchestra pit, a hall of mirrors and other rooms and foyers that are used for theater, ballet and opera performances as well as congresses, concerts, markets, etc.
A restaurant has been housed in the preserved part from the start.
monument
The old part of the Bergischer Löwe community center is entered under no. 40 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .
literature
- Festschrift 100 Years of the City of Bergisch Gladbach , published by the City of Bergisch Gladbach, 1956.
- Albert Eßer: Bergisch Gladbach City History , Bergisch Gladbach City Archives 2006, ISBN 3-9804448-6-4
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Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 27.9 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 51.6 ″ E