Hanseatic Hall

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The Hanseatic Hall in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort was a large event hall that was used from 1935 until it was destroyed in 1943.

Building history and use

The Hanseatic Hall was created in 1935 through the conversion of a timber warehouse on Zollvereinsstraße. The warehouse was built in 1883 and originally belonged to the timber trading company JF Müller und Sohn . The hall was no longer used by the company that had moved its operations to the Hachmannkai and was made available to the Hamburg Senate for sports purposes. The architect of the hall conversion was Carl Winand (born October 29, 1879 in Bonn, † July 4, 1955 in Hamburg). In mid-December 1934, planning began for the renovation of the hall. The implementation decision was made on January 19, 1935 and the planning work was completed on January 24. Construction began on January 27th. In just 42 days, 500 workers converted the warehouse into what was then the largest event hall on the continent. The 162 × 70 m² hall had over 25,000 seats. According to contemporary publications, it was "the largest sports hall in the world". The enclosed space of the hall was 135,000 m³. The audience capacity was 25,000 to 30,000 seats or 40,000 standing places, depending on the type of event and use. It was used for mass rallies and sporting events. The boxing match between Max Schmeling and Steve Hamas took place here on March 10, 1935 at the opening of the hall . On May 18, 1935, the German team did gymnastics in front of 20,000 spectators. On March 20, 1936, Adolf Hitler was in the hall for a propaganda event. On July 4th and 5th, 1936, the final round of the Olympic Games for German gymnasts took place here.

During Operation Gomorrah , the Hanseatic Hall burned down completely at the end of July 1943. Today the Billwerder Bucht Evangelical Nursing Home is located on the site of the hall .

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  3. ^ Historical register of architects Winand - Wlach , accessed on February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Martin Krauss: Schmeling . Verlag Die Werkstatt, 2005, ISBN 978-3-895-33472-6 , p. 93 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ^ Verlag Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte: Journal of the Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte . Verlag Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte, 2006, p. 316 ( limited preview in Google book search).
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  7. ^ The echo: With supplement German Export Revue. Weekly newspaper for politics, literature, export and import. Volume 54, 1935, p. 27 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  8. ↑ The Hanseatic Hall in Hamburg - The largest sports hall in the world In: The builder. Volume 33, Issue 11, 1935, pp. 369–376. (with photos of the hall by Ernst Scheel )
  9. ^ Uwe Bahnsen: Hitler's distrust of the "red Hamburg". In: welt.de . March 27, 2011, accessed February 22, 2016 .
  10. ^ Karl Christian Führer: Media metropolis Hamburg . Dölling and Galitz, 2008, p. 363 ISBN 978-3-937-90470-2 ( limited preview in Google book search).

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