Congress hall
The Congress Hall is a hall in Saarbrücken on the banks of the Saar . Conferences, trade fairs and meetings as well as concerts of all kinds take place in the hall.
History of the Congress Hall
After the Saarland was annexed to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957, the federal government put a budget for the hall to commemorate that day. The hall was built from 1962 to 1967 according to plans by the architect Dieter Oesterlen , who won the 1959 architectural competition. The topping-out ceremony took place in 1964 in the presence of Erich Mende . It was opened on January 30, 1967 in the presence of Federal Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger . In the same year the first Premabüba took place, a well-known annual event. Two well-known entertainers who took part in the Premabüba over the years were Ivan Rebroff and Mary Roos . At that time the hall was still written with a K as a congress hall . The hall was built on the site of the former Saarkohlehafen, where the adjacent public park is located today . The construction of the hall cost 15.2 million German marks .
Since the Congress Hall was financed by its budget after a vote on the connection of the Saarland to Germany, parallels can be drawn with the building of the Saarland State Theater (then Gautheater Saar-Pfalz ), which was built after the Saarland was annexed to the Third Reich .
From 1986 to 1990 the fire protection of the building was improved. In 1991 the hall received the work of art Double rythme by Daniel Buren .
In 1993 the architect Miroslav Volf designed the West Hall . In the same year, the hall was largely under water because of the flood of the century. In 1995 the hall was expanded to include new rooms and a bistro. Since that year the Congress-Centrum Saar GmbH has been the operating company of the hall. In the course of this change of operator, the hall was renamed the Congress Hall in 1997. However, changing the name to the new spelling at the signage was missed at least 10 years.
The forecourt of the hall was named after the first Saarland Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann after it was redesigned in 2002. This designation led to a discussion in the form of letters to the editor in the Saarbrücker Zeitung . The car park at the time had to give way to the newly designed forecourt with water features. In 2006 the hall was part of the 96th German Catholic Day . Angela Merkel also visited the building here. In 2007 it was rebuilt by Valentiny hvp architects Sarl . The main aim of the renovation was to improve the acoustics of the hall. Among other things, the carpet in the hall was replaced by linoleum . A bridge railing and a vaulted ceiling made of pear wood have also been added. Furthermore, the cladding of the old building was painted red.
In 2017 the 50th anniversary of the hall was celebrated. On this occasion, the German Radio Philharmonic gave a concert there.
Halls
- Large hall : up to 1918 seats in total, with parquet (944 seats or 1,800 standing places), gallery (487 seats) and stage
- Hall West : can be divided into up to seven smaller rooms by mobile and soundproof side walls, seating up to 850 or standing 1,200 without seating
- East hall : up to 354 seats or 600 standing places without seats
- West Foyer and East Foyer
- 3 conference rooms
- Banquet room: 159 seats
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Charly Lehnert : The Saarland Geheichnis, Volume 1: Stories and glosses . Lehnert Verlag, Bübingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-939286-18-9 , A country wins profile, p. 80-81 .
- ↑ a b c d e f From parties, breakdowns and politics. Saarbrücker Zeitung , January 29, 2017, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
- ^ SZ editor Peter Wagner: "Congress Hall" continues to be called Congress Hall. Saarbrücker Zeitung , November 23, 2008, accessed on December 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Johannes Hoffmann. Literaturland Saar eV, accessed on December 2, 2019 .
- ^ Werner Feltes, Anna Rita Cedroni: 2007 - Congress Hall - Saarbrücken - GERMANY. valentinyarchitects, accessed December 2, 2019 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 15.79 " N , 6 ° 59 ′ 15.03" E