Clärchens Ballhaus

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Clärchens Ballhaus on Auguststrasse

Clärchens Ballhaus is a dance hall with a restaurant at the August street in Berlin's district of Mitte .

history

Fritz Bühler (1862–1929) and his wife Clara Bühler (1886–1971) opened Bühler's Ballhaus on September 13, 1913 in the rear building at Auguststrasse 24/25. The house was built around 1895 with two halls: the dance hall on the ground floor and the hall of mirrors on the upper floor. After Fritz Bühler's death, Clara initially ran the dance hall, which was popularly known as Clärchens Ballhaus after its owner , on her own. In 1932 she married Arthur Habermann (1885-1967), who supported her in her work. The front building was destroyed in the Second World War , but operations resumed after the war. Clärchens Ballhaus always remained a private company during the GDR era. In 1965, after much pressure, the ruins of the former front building were removed, the area is still undeveloped today. From 1967 to 1989 the management of the Ballhaus went to Clärchen's stepdaughter Elfriede Wolff (daughter of Arthur Habermann). Then their son Stefan took over the business. After German reunification , Clara Habermann's biological daughter was granted the property, whose son in turn sold the building in 2003 as the next heir. The new owner, Hans-Joachim Sander, left the family business, which then ceased operations after 91 years.

After the previous operators had left the Ballhaus on New Year's Eve 2004, Christian Schulz and David Regehr took over the location and left it largely unchanged. Since then, the space in front of the Ballhaus has also been managed, where the front building stood before the Second World War. The hall of mirrors on the upper floor, which was only used as a storage room for years, has been used as an event room ever since.

meaning

The hall of mirrors on the first floor (2012)

Clärchens Ballhaus is one of the last remaining ballrooms from around 1900 in Berlin. During the GDR era, it was known as a meeting place for both East and West Germans. It was featured in reports in the media, for example in Wilma Pradetto's film about the cloakroom operator Günter Schmidtke, in the documentary Edith bei Clärchen ( Andreas Kleinert 1985) or on ZDF . It was also used as a location for the films Stauffenberg (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and We do it for money (2014). In 2019 Max Raabe's MTV Unplugged concert was recorded in the Ballhaus .

In addition to evening events, dance courses also take place in the Ballhaus.

literature

Web links

Commons : Clärchens Ballhaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Bühler . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1914, I., p. 389. “Innkeeper Fritz Bühler, Zentral-Festsäle, N24, Auguststrasse No. 24.25, T. Ndn 9451” (missing in 1913/4023).
  2. ^ Marion Kiesow: Berlin dances in Clärchens Ballhaus. 100 years of pleasure - a cultural history . 2013, p. 316 .
  3. ↑ Auguststrasse 24/25 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, III., P. 37., Auguststrasse 24/25 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1914, III., P. 39. “F. Bühler, ballrooms ”.
  4. ↑ The sites at Auguststrasse 24 and 25 were already built on in 1850 (24: Rentier Peters, 25: Riemer Lincke). Address book 1870/906: The owner of 24 is Schlächter Schliack, of 25 businessman Damerow; 1875/1090: Owner 24 is restaurateur Mertens, 25 manages the Graeff & Wolf colonial goods store for Wolf reindeer. 1880/1158: The merchant Graeff owns 25 with twelve tenants and the restaurateur Mertens in 24 has seven tenants, four of whom are widows. In 1890/1513 the merchant Graeff owned both houses. In 1894/1759 the double house 24/25 by Kaufmann H. Graeff is noted and there is an inn. In 1895 the Graeffsche grain trade goes to S. Levy jun.
  5. ↑ Auguststrasse 24/25 . In: Address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1897, III., P. 28. “Owner merchant H. Graeff, tenant: Festsäle H. Graeff, Colonialwarenhandlung Graeff & Wolf, Getreidehandel E. Plessner and Gebr. Berliner, Agent S. Levy, as well Large distiller, broker, general practitioner, cigar dealer, post office clerk and two other merchants ”.
  6. ^ Marion Kiesow: Berlin dances in Clärchens Ballhaus. 100 years of pleasure - a cultural history . 2013, p. 84 .
  7. ^ Marion Kiesow: Berlin dances in Clärchens Ballhaus. 100 years of pleasure - a cultural history . 2013, p. 134 .
  8. ↑ Damage to buildings 1945: Location of Augsutstrasse 24/25: south side opposite the mouth of Kleine Hamburger Strasse.
  9. ^ Marion Kiesow: Berlin dances in Clärchens Ballhaus. 100 years of pleasure - a cultural history . 2013, p. 181 .
  10. ↑ Stefan Strauss: The last Schwof . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 11, 2005.
  11. ↑ Mathias Stengel: New operators want to give Clärchens Ballhaus a future . In: Die Welt , January 14, 2005.
  12. ^ Marion Kiesow: Berlin dances in Clärchens Ballhaus. 100 years of pleasure - a cultural history . 2013, p. 374, 414 .
  13. ^ Marion Kiesow: Berlin dances in Clärchens Ballhaus. 100 years of pleasure - a cultural history . 2013, p. 398 .
  14. ↑ Not to be confused with Ballhaus Mitte on Ackerstraße , cf. Mopo 2005.
  15. ^ East Berlin for Wessis . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 1988, pp. 247 ( online ).
  16. ↑ Schmidtke . In: Der Spiegel . No. 19 , 1992, pp. 322 ( online ).
  17. ^ Plutonia Plarre, Andreas Graf: Günter Schmidtke: Der Garderobier . Photo film on taz “berlin Follow” # 83, 2012.
  18. ↑ Alles Clärchen - the capital's oldest dance hall maintains tradition , ZDF March 14, 2009, January 5, 2010.
  19. ↑ Alexandra Maria Lara doesn't want to shoot with Tom Cruise. In: Die Welt , July 9, 2007.
  20. ↑ Eva Kalwa: Quentin Tarantino: "That's damn crap!" In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 29, 2009.
  21. ↑ https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-lifestyle-langweilig-wird-uns-nie-_arid,1570308.html

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '37 "  N , 13 ° 23' 48"  E