House Leipzig

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House Leipzig, exterior view 2015

The house Leipzig is a building in the Elster Straße 22-24 in Leipzig West suburbs that as a venue of 1946 concerts , balls , theater - and cabarets serves.

history

Inside view of the large cone facility (1930)

The property of the house Leipzig was built on until 1927 with a riding arena , the Leipziger Tattersall , built in the years 1888/89 . After its demolition, the building, which still exists today, was built on an area of ​​1500 m². The so-called Großkeglerheim was opened there in May 1930 . At the time, it was the largest facility of its kind in Germany with 45 lanes, and several national and international bowling competitions were held here. The building was badly damaged by air raids during World War II .

Exterior view 2007

The building was repaired immediately after the end of the war. In 1946 the house was taken over by the Soviet Intourist GmbH and expanded into a hotel called Haus Antifa . The former bowling hall was converted into a dance hall with space for 600 people. At the end of 1953 the hotel was renamed State Property and Haus Leipzig . From 1961 to 1989 the building housed the Central Youth and Sports Club " Artur Becker " , later only the Central Youth Club "Artur Becker" , in which dance events took place.

Since January 1, 1990, the building has been called Haus Leipzig again . Until the end of 1997 it was managed by the city of Leipzig. The city then leased the building to the Post Leipzig eV sports club , which renovated the dance hall and installed a new bowling facility in the basement. From 2005 the house in Leipzig was administered by the ABC Verwaltungs-GmbH Leipzig . In 2009 it became known that a project manager from Delitzsch wanted to invest in the building. In 2014 the redesigned Leipzig House was reopened for events with up to 1,400 people. A supermarket is attached to the building .

literature

  • From tattersall to youth club. On the history of the Central Youth Club "Artur Becker". Central youth club "Artur Becker", Leipzig 1988.
  • Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 225.
  • Bowling in Leipzig. Bowling in the Leipzig house . In: Volker Rodekamp (Ed.): On the move. Milestones in the history of sports in Leipzig (topic M. 20). Leipzig 2018, ISBN 978-3-910034-80-8 , pp. 132-133.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bowling in Leipzig 2018, p. 132.
  2. ^ Johannes Proft: House Leipzig saved? Bild.de from September 3, 2009

Web links

Commons : Haus Leipzig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 25.5 ″  N , 12 ° 21 ′ 51.8 ″  E