Hülzweiler open-air stage
The Hülzweiler open-air stage is an open-air stage in the Hülzweiler district of the Schwalbach municipality in the Saarlouis district . The stage is operated by the Volksbühne Hülzweiler eV association. Every year a play by the amateur theater group is performed here.
The open-air stage, which with a stage area of 660 m² is one of the largest amateur open-air stages in Germany, was built in 1927. In the same year, the first play was performed by Franz Kranewitter with Andreas Hofer .
The construction of the open-air stage was initiated by the Veritas theater association, founded in 1919 , which made the construction possible by purchasing large areas of meadow on which the stage system is today. During the Second World War, the theater was idle on the open-air stage and was only resumed in 1950 with the Maiden of Orléans by Friedrich Schiller . After a few years of variable success, there has been a production every year since 1982.
Today the stage offers space for 1,100 spectators and carries out eight to ten performances of the respective production every year.
The stage is a member of the Association of German Open Air Theaters .
The Hülzweiler open-air stage has also been used as an open-air cinema since 2002. Blockbusters and family films will be screened at the two-day open-air cinema, "Kino auf der Freilichtbühne". It is projected onto a 50 m² inflatable screen (airscreen).