Circus Renz

This article describes the Circus Renz circus . For the film of the same name, see Circus Renz .

Former Circus Renz building in Berlin (1898)

The Circus Renz was a German circus company . It was founded in Berlin in 1842 by Ernst Jakob Renz as Circus Olympic and existed until 1897. The company had permanent structures in Berlin, Hamburg , Bremen , Breslau , Vienna and Copenhagen .

Today there are several circus companies with this family name in and outside Germany , the largest of which are Circus Universal Renz , which filed for bankruptcy in 2013, the Circus show Renz Manege and the Dutch Circus Herman Renz as well as the Circus Renz Berlin & Circus Renz International .

Headquarters in Berlin

The parent company in Berlin, which was founded as Circus Olympic in 1842 , and in which Johann Strauss (son) led the Berlin premiere of the Danube Waltz with Benjamin Bilse's chapel on May 25, 1867 , had to move to its original location due to the construction of the train station Give up Friedrichstrasse . On April 20, 1879, the circus moved into the former building of the first Berlin market hall on Friedrichstrasse (since 1891 Am Zirkus 1), the auditorium of which was expanded to 5,600 seats in 1888.

After Franz Renz had given up the company on July 31, 1897 due to financial difficulties, Albert Schumann (1858–1939) took over the Berlin circus building on October 28, 1899 and operated his Circus Schumann there until 1918 .

reception

• Circus Renz is also the title of a German adventure film from 1943, which premiered on September 10, 1943. The direction was directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt . a. René Deltgen ( Renz ), Paul Klinger ( Harms ), Angelika Hauff ( Bettina ), Gunnar Möller , Willi Rose and Alice Treff with.

• Souvenir de Cirque Renz ( memories of circus Renz ) is the title of a fast and technically demanding piece of music for xylophone and orchestra that is part of the standard repertoire of xylophone players. It was composed around 1894 by Gustav Peter (1833–1919). Another musical reminiscence is the Gavotte Circus Renz, the Hermann fly composed.

literature

• "The Queen of Abyssinia" . In: The Gazebo . Issue 20, 1876, pp. 338-340 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
• From the circus . In: The Gazebo . Issue 9-10, 1888, pp. 140-143, 155-158 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
• Christian Wilhelm Allers : Behind the curtains of the Circus Renz . FA Dahlström, Hamburg 1887.
• G. Eberstaller: Circus and Varieté in Vienna . Youth and Volk, Vienna / Munich 1974, ISBN 3-8113-6087-6 .

Web links

Commons : Circus Renz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Circus Renz Berlin
• Circus Renz International (Dutch)
• Circus Ernst Renz
• Circus Herman Renz (Dutch)
• Circus Max Renz
• Circus Universal Renz ( Memento from August 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Circus Julius Renz
• Circus Tyrone Renz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bodo Malsch: circus director sentenced after a beating attack on Duisburg visitors . derwesten.de, September 9, 2013.
2. ^ Friedrich Hofmeister: Musical-literary monthly report. November 1894, p. 478, Hofmeister XIX Online .
3. ^ Gavotte Circus Renz, dedicated to Herr Director E. Renz, Op. 105. Sherman & Hyde, San Francisco ( online at California Sheet Music Project).