Friedrichsbau (Stuttgart)

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Friedrichsbau Varieté 2013
Friedrichsbau around 1900
Friedrichsbau-Theater 1903
View from Schlossplatz to the Friedrichsbau Theater in 1915

The Friedrichsbau is a building in downtown Stuttgart . Among other things, it housed the Friedrichsbau Varieté until 2014 .

History of the building

The original Friedrichsbau was erected as an Art Nouveau building in 1898. In addition to offices, it housed an 800-person theater hall on the first floor. In 1943 the building suffered severe war damage. After the Allied bombing raid on the night of July 25th to 26th, 1944, the Friedrichsbau burned down completely. Ten years after the end of the war, in 1955, the old Friedrichsbau was finally demolished in order to widen Friedrichstrasse.

In 1993, the new Friedrichsbau was built on the historic site of the state-owned L-Bank . In addition to offices, shops and restaurants, it also houses the new Friedrichsbau Varieté.

Vaudeville

In 1900 the Friedrichsbau Theater was opened in the old Friedrichsbau . The first director of the theater was Martin Klein. In 1901 Ludwig Grauaug took over the management. In the 1920s and 1930s international stars such as Grock , Josephine Baker , Charlie Rivel , Karl Valentin and Marita Gründgens performed in the Friedrichsbau Theater. The theater was rebuilt between 1931 and 1933. In 1933, as a Jew, Grauaug was forced to leave Stuttgart. Under the management of Emil Neidhard, Willy Reichert took over the artistic direction of the theater when it reopened . Together with Oscar Heiler he appeared regularly at the Friedrichsbau Theater. The Swabian characters Häberle and Pfleiderer embodied by both are closely associated with the Friedrichsbau Theater.

The Friedrichsbau Varieté was opened in the new Friedrichsbau in 1994 and offered space for 369 guests. The first managing director was Gabriele Frenzel, the artistic director was Bernhard Paul , who as director of Circus Roncalli also became known to a broad public. After the owner and sponsor L-Bank gave notice, the theater moved to the Pragsattel in 2014 .

See also

literature

  • Uwe Bogen (text); Thomas Wagner (photos): Stuttgart. A city changes its face. Erfurt 2012, pages 60–61.
  • Sigrid Brüggemann, Roland Maier: On the trail of Jewish life - seven forays through Stuttgart. Butterfly Verlag Stuttgart 2019. ISBN 3-89657-144-3 . Page 234–237.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ingrid Bauz, Sigrid Brüggemann, Roland Maier: “You don't need to come any more!” The suppression of artists of Jewish faith and Jewish descent from Stuttgart's theater and music scene by the National Socialists , Stuttgart 2008.
  2. Round and colorful become eckig and black Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de, December 5, 2014, accessed on June 5, 2015.

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '50.1 "  N , 9 ° 10' 34.3"  E