Hall 32
The hall 32 is a 2013 opened event center in Gummersbach , the result of a former production facility of the system installer L. & C. Stein Müller . It is the oldest surviving building on the former 18-hectare factory site.
Former production hall
L. & C. Steinmüller was founded in 1874 as a steam boiler factory. In 1880 the company founders bought the so-called Stettenwiesen on the outskirts of the town of Gummersbach. By 1900 the company already had around 400 employees.
Parts of today's Hall 32 were built around 1890. It was primarily used as a brass foundry . The function changed again and again over the decades. With the rapid growth of the company, the hall experienced multiple expansions, modifications and repairs. On an official plan of the company for the open house in 1982 it was labeled "Maschinenbau". The employees of L. & C. Steinmüller last knew the building as the "machining workshop".
In 1999, Deutsche Babcock AG took over L. & C. Steinmüller and closed production in Gummersbach. The production halls had thus become superfluous.
Conversion to an event center
On July 1, 2002, the city of Gummersbach bought the premises in order to revitalize it with the help of an urban planning framework and to initiate an orderly urban development. With the help of Regionale 2010 , the structural funding program of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, a new piece of downtown Gummersbach was to be developed at the location, and Hall 32 was to be converted into an event center for the city and the region. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia provided funding of 4.1 million euros. In order to keep the memory of 125 years of Steinmüller alive on the site, the city's administration and politics decided to keep one of the halls - as the “conscience of the location”. Due to its long history, the choice fell on Hall 32. "The past, present and future of the location can be experienced here equally for people, which makes Hall 32 the ideal flagship for the entire location," said the Managing Director of Regionale 2010, Reimar Molitor . A “sustainable re-use” as a cultural and meeting place should be found and a corresponding concept developed. The plans for the renovation come from the Essen architect Heinrich Böll . The shell construction work began in January 2012 and was completed in July 2013.
use
Hall 32 offers a wide variety of cultural offers with theater, concerts, musicals, readings and comedy. Artists who have performed there so far include Al Di Meola , Chi Coltrane , Albert Hammond , Stoppok and the Tingvall Trio . The Kulturwerkstatt 32 operates under the roof of Hall 32 and offers courses primarily for children and young people - from the fields of drama, visual arts, musicals and literature. The rooms in the event center can also be rented: for private celebrations such as weddings and birthdays as well as for corporate meetings, seminars and celebrations. The hall can seat up to 1,500 guests without seats. The event center also has a restaurant, the "32 Süd".
At home games of the Bundesliga handball team VfL Gummersbach , the hall serves as a VIP area for sponsors and business partners of the club. There is a connection to the neighboring Schwalbe Arena , VfL venue , via a bridge .
Hall 32 is operated by the Kulturbetrieb der Stadt Gummersbach, an institution under public law . The board consists of Martin Kuchejda and Ulrike Rösner.
literature
- the factory + the city. The history of the Steinmüller company and the city of Gummersbach. Catalog for the exhibition in Hall 32, Steinmüllergelände Gummersbach, ed. v. d. Development company Gummersbach mbH, Gummersbach 2009
- Work report. Ten years of urban redevelopment in Gummersbach , ed. v. d. Development company Gummersbach mbH, Steinmüller project group, Gummersbach 2011
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Greetings from Dr. Reimar Molitor in the catalog for the exhibition “das werk + die stadt”, ed. by Entwicklungsgesellschaft Gummersbach mbH, Gummersbach 2009
- ↑ www.halle32.de
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 29 ″ N , 7 ° 33 ′ 49 ″ E