Busch-Roland Circus
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The Circus Busch is a German circus . It was founded in 1884 in Svendborg, Denmark by Berlin-born Paul Busch and continued in the 1920s and 1930s by his daughter Paula Busch . In 1891 the company moved to Hamburg ( CIVA-Varieté ) before the parent company opened in Berlin in 1895 .
The rotunda was located in Berlin-Mitte on a triangular piece of land south of the Stadtbahn between Kleiner Praesidentstrasse or Burgstrasse and the Spree ( location ). This magnificent circus building had 4,300 seats and became known worldwide. In 1908 the escape artist Harry Houdini also performed here . On November 10, 1918, the general assembly of the approximately 3,000 Berlin workers 'and soldiers' councils took place there, which was confirmed by the government of the Council of People's Representatives and elected the executive council of the workers 'and soldiers' council of Greater Berlin to control the government .
In 1937, the building was demolished because of the straightening of the Burgstrasse and the expansion of the "Börse" block for the construction of the Reich headquarters of various business associations. Paula Busch had tried in vain to prevent the demolition through negotiations with the Berlin city administration and Reich authorities. The background was also the rivalry between Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring on cultural issues. A new planning of a permanent circus building in Berlin for the Circus Busch, also financially supported by Albert Speer , failed at the beginning of the Second World War .
Paula Busch tried to save the circus after the end of the war, to rebuild and stabilize it in the 1950s. In 1952 the company celebrated its comeback in West Berlin and from then on traveled with a big top through Germany and Europe.
In 1963 the company ran into financial difficulties that were resolved by merging with Circus Roland in Bremen . Since then it has operated under the name Circus Busch-Roland . The focus of his program is clowning , artistry and animal training. The Busch-Roland Circus is a guest at the big Christmas Circus in Dresden every year.
As of 2010, the Busch-Roland Circus stopped traveling. Only the Christmas Circus in Dresden will continue to be held. As of 2018
The Circus Busch as part of the operation of the State Circus of the GDR was neither identical nor related to the Paul Busch company discussed here .
There are currently other circuses in Germany that operate under the name "Busch", for example Circus Carl Busch (branch Jacob Busch) and Circus Paul Busch , which borrowed the name of Paula Busch's grandson.
literature
- Sylke Kirschnick: Colonial scenarios in the circus, panopticon and lunapark. In: Ulrich van der Heyden, Joachim Zeller (ed.): “… Power and share in world domination.” Berlin and German colonialism. Unrast-Verlag. Münster 2005, ISBN 3-89771-024-2 .
- Gisela Winkler: Circus Busch. History of a ring in Berlin. be.bra-Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-930863-36-7 .
