Franz Club

Building of the former Franz Club as part of today's Kulturbrauerei

The Franz Club was an East Berlin discotheque for up to 400 visitors on the site of the former Schultheiss brewery , today's Kulturbrauerei , in the Kollwitzkiez of today's Prenzlauer Berg ( Pankow district ) of Berlin .

history

The Franz Club was founded on January 1st, 1970 by the city district as the Erich Franz youth club . Well-known and unknown bands played here every evening. The club was able to establish itself as a niche for the East Berlin music scene and very quickly became a crowd puller. After reunification, bands like Steppenwolf , Pankow and Jazzkantine played here . In addition, the reunification concert of the band Renft took place here.

On August 1, 1997, the club closed due to increased rental prices. In September 2004 the restaurant " frannz " with the attached " frannz Club " opened at the same location , which according to its own statements tries to " follow in the footsteps of the legendary Franz Club ".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eating and drinking in the Kulturbrauerei ( Memento from April 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Homepage of today's " frannz " with " frannz Club "

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 18 ″  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 46 ″  E