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Community house of the Walddörfer Koralle

The community center Koralle , officially community center of the forest villages , emerged from a private citizens' initiative and forms the center of the cultural life for the Hamburg district Volksdorf and the surrounding forest villages .

history

At the end of December 1999 the popular cinema "Koralle", which had existed since 1956 and is important for the cultural situation of the remote district (on the northeastern outskirts of Hamburg), was closed. 10,321 citizens of the forest villages expressed their regret in a signature campaign and wished for a new beginning. The development association Die Koralle - district culture in Volksdorf e. V. with the aim of creating a new cultural center: the community center of the forest villages.

The help of almost 30 donors and around 1000 individual donors led to the “Coral Foundation - Community Center of Walddörfer” at the end of 2000. The foundation under private law, with almost exclusively private grants, foundation funds and donations, was considered to be “the fastest foundation in Germany”.

The former transformer house on Volksdorfer Markt from the 1920s, which served to feed the traction current for the Walddörferbahn (U1 route from Volksdorf to Ohlstedt), was converted into a cultural center with the help of the foundation's assets according to plans by Volksdorfer architect Dieter J. Glienke.

On June 6, 2002 Hamburg's mayor Ole von Beust officially inaugurated the community center. The "Stiftung Koralle" has been operating and managing the community center at the Volksdorf weekly market ever since.

Cultural offer

The building is located directly on the market square (Kattjahren 1A), three minutes from the Volksdorf underground station (U1).

It houses the " Koralle Kino " with two movie theaters, one of which has a stage. Award-winning cinema is shown there. In addition, cultural events such as readings take place here.

The following are also found in the building:

  • the music bar "Club Riff" with a disco, live concerts, jazz, high school parties and private parties, in which the Volksdorf Blues Festival has been taking place every autumn since 2009 (exception: 2010)
  • the “Koralle Bistro” pub with readings, exhibitions, brunch and dinner.
  • the "Internet café Koralle" for recreational surfing and PC training

All levels and facilities of the community center are barrier-free. Seats are reserved for wheelchair users in the cinemas. There are disabled toilets in the building and free parking on the market square in front of the house.

The center is open to activities by young people, the disabled, senior citizens, other citizens and population groups or institutions.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "The Volksdorfer are ready for a film" , article in the Hamburger Abendblatt from May 18, 2002
  2. ↑ Coral Cinema
  3. ↑ Coral Bistro

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Coordinates: 53 ° 39 ′ 5.7 ″  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 47.7 ″  E