Geismann Hall
The Geismannsaal was a hall building of the Fürth brewery Geismann . Between 1896 and 1982, as the largest ballroom and meeting place in the city, it was the much-used center of social life in Fürth .
location
The Geismannsaal stood at the courtyard of the Geismann Brewery at Bäumenstrasse 16-20, and the public access was via Alexanderstrasse 9. On the former Geismannareal, and thus also in place of the Geismannsaal, is now the City Center Fürth .
Building history
In 1895, the brothers Johann Georg and Leonhard Geismann commissioned the important Fürth architect Fritz Walter with the planning and construction of the hall structure, which had become necessary primarily due to the introduction of the poculator double block in the 1880s. In 1896 the Geismannsaal (at that time also "Geismann's Salvator-Saal" or "Geismann'scher Salvator- und Concertsaal" ) was inaugurated. The richly decorated festival and concert hall with galleries was on the first floor and was accessible via an originally double-armed staircase on the south side. On the ground floor there was a large barrel and wagon hall that was accessible from the brewery courtyard on the north side.
His magnificent Art Nouveau design lost the hall in 1943 in the Second World War , when he an aerial mine fell victim. After a hasty, no-frills reconstruction, the Geismannsaal experienced its second spring before it, like most of the surrounding buildings on the Geismannareal , including the Geismann brewery that gave it its name and the first headquarters of its competitor Humbser, which was last used as a malt house , was demolished for the construction of a shopping center.
Events
Until its demolition, the Geismannsaal celebrated the enjoyment of the Poculator every year. Legendary were the appearances of the most famous Franconian humorist Herbert Hisel and the Nuremberg dialect duo Peterlesboum at its opening. B. Maria and Margot Hellwig also participated. In the course of time, house chapels included Alois Eichinger, Jackl Strobel and German Hofmann .
Political events, rock concerts, boxing matches, carnival balls and the annual opening of the Michaeliskirchweih also found a worthy setting here. The Spielvereinigung Fürth celebrated their three German football championships and major club anniversaries here in 1914 , 1926 and 1929 , while the Quelle mail-order company and the Fiedler fashion house held fashion shows here. The Geismannsaal was even used for final exams and scientific exhibitions.
The Geismannsaal, as a permanent structure with the largest capacity on site (2000 people), represented the social center of the city community for almost an entire century.
today
The Tucher Brewery paid tribute to this hall with the new edition of the Geismann-Poculator, the rediscovered Fürth specialty, which was served from 2006 as part of a three-day festival in the tent called Geismannhalle on the Fürther Freiheit.
Especially in the Fürth music scene, the absence of Geismannsaals will always regret and so the two declared with bands like cry freedom became known just as well right here in Geismannsaal Fürth musician Klaus Braun-Hessing and Rudi Madsius its 40th anniversary on stage also a throwback to the Geismannsaal and the "Rock-Night" that takes place there:
"It's a shame that in Fürth, after the slaughterhouse was also redesigned, there is no longer an adequate hall for pop and rock music in the middle audience."
The Fürth band The Traveling Playmates regrets in the song "Fädd" from the 2008 album "Gscheid Bläid":
"... and with every Kärwa it comes up again and again: The Geismannsaal is no longer there either."
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Poculator Festival in the city newspaper 2006 (PDF; 7.3 MB)
- ↑ Jürgen Schmidt: The powerful sides of the Kleeblattstadt - Rudi Madsius and Klaus Braun-Hessing celebrate 40 years on the stage with an anniversary concert . In: Fürther Nachrichten , April 29, 2010.
Web links
- Article about the Geismannsaal in the local FürthWiki (with historical view).
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '31.02 " N , 10 ° 59' 23.8" O