Film theater company Georg Reiss
Filmtheaterbetriebe Georg Reiss (also: Reiss Filmbetriebe) was a Kassel company that owned and operated cinema buildings , hotels and restaurant objects. The company was dissolved in 2011 by the son of the entrepreneurial couple Georg and Rosa Reiss - Peter Reiss. Only part of the real estate is still owned by the Reiss family.
history
The origins go back to the prewar period when Georg Reiss (* February 4, 1896 - October 18, 1974) from Upper Franconia ran gastronomic businesses in Kassel and later ran the Hotel Kaiserhof. Well-known restaurants in his chain were Upper Bavaria and Café Reiss as well as Mathäser Bierstadt in Munich and the Löwenbräuzelt at the Munich Oktoberfest. The involvement at the Hanover Fair was also formative for the Reiss couple. In 1953 he had the Café Reiss, which was rebuilt in 1948, replaced by the Cinema-Filmtheater; in general, the company grew in the 1950s, primarily through the construction of new cinemas. Many buildings were designed by Paul Bode and were distinguished by their elaborate architectural and technical equipment. The company's portfolio included over 50 cinemas, mainly in southern Germany, including the Kaskade in Kassel and the Mathäser-Filmpalast in Munich as well as the Hotel Reiss . For years Reiss had the cinema monopoly in Mainz , Offenbach and Worms , where he built and maintained the box-type cinemas that were typical of the time and were invented by Heinz Riech . In Munich, the Mathäser-Filmpalast, the Mamorhaus in Schwabing and the Gloria Palast on Stachus have belonged to the Reiss film theater company since the 1960s. After the first decline of the cinemas, sales of 15 million euros were achieved with 15 cinemas in 1970. Around 2000, a second decline began due to the emergence of standardized multiplex cinemas from other providers, many Reiss properties had to close, such as the Kaskade & Bambi , others survived as arthouse cinemas .
Mathäser Bierstadt and Löwenbräu
In 1957, after the total destruction of the old building complex on Bayerstrasse, Mathäser Bierstadt reopened with Georg and Rosa Reiss as tenants. In 1958 Mathäser was represented at the world exhibition in Brussels by the owner and tenant family Reiss with the Oberbayern restaurant . In the following almost 40 years, the beer city experienced many lavish festivals, including the German Film Ball . In 1968, Löwenbräu AG promoted the involvement of the Reiss family in the German pavilion "Restaurant Bavarois" on the site of the world exhibition in Montreal . In 1969, son Jochen Reiss opened the “Petit Munich” branch in Montreal, which the son sold again in the late 1980s.
Individual evidence
- ^ Yvonne Kirchdorfer: Structural changes in the cinema landscape - multiplexes: characteristics, development and effects of a new cinema form. Master thesis. P. 438.
- ↑ Gunhild Freese: Smell the right smell . In: The time . No. 9 , 1972 ( zeit.de ).
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