Century Hall (Frankfurt am Main)
The Jahrhunderthalle is a concert and congress hall in Frankfurt am Main .
Construction and name
In the mid-1950s, the architects Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer and Ernst Sieverts were commissioned to plan a hall to mark the centenary of the Farbwerke Hoechst AG . After 17 months of construction, it was opened on January 11, 1963. The static advice was provided by Hubert Beck's office in Frankfurt am Main.
Despite its low height, the free-standing hall can be seen from afar. The reason for this is the unusual design for the 1960s . The hall consists of a rectangular base in which the foyer and the smaller halls as well as the restaurant are housed. A dome with a diameter of 100 meters spans over it. It offers visitors to the domed hall unique acoustics made possible by the lamellar ceiling of the dome. The domed hall covers an area of 4,800 m² and, depending on the type of seating, offers space for up to 4,800 people.
The hall was initially owned by the Hoechst Group and was sold to Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) in Berlin in 1999 for a symbolic D-Mark .
The official name of the Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst hall is formed after the company and not, as is often wrongly assumed - because it is obvious and therefore also obvious - to the Frankfurt-Höchst district , because the hall is located in the Unterliederbach district in the Sindlingen district .
The vernacular gave the building some nicknames :
- Winnacker's economic miracle wart after Karl Winnacker , the long-time CEO of Hoechst AG
- Pyramidom (with m) as an alliterative pastiche of the pain reliever Pyramidon manufactured by Hoechst AG
- Igloo in the shape of an igloo
- Calimero's egg based on the eggshell headgear of Calimero , an anime chick
use
The Jahrhunderthalle is used for concerts and general meetings, for example by Deutsche Post AG . The first concert was given by Yehudi Menuhin . In 1969 Janis Joplin's only concert in Germany followed , organized by the local promoter Fritz Rau . On February 21, 1970 Rau had Jethro Tull perform there. At their sold-out concert, rampaging rock fans threw in the glass front of the Jahrhunderthalle to gain entry. There was a loss of 40,000 German marks . There were no security services back then. Due to the riots, the homeowners briefly considered not allowing any more rock events in the hall.
- Duke Ellington (February 6, 1965)
- Ray Charles (April 29, 1967)
- James Brown (September 16, 1967)
- Jimi Hendrix (January 17, 1969)
- Janis Joplin (April 12, 1969)
- The Beach Boys (June 16, 1969)
- Steppenwolf (October 25, 1969)
- Jethro Tull (February 21, 1970)
- Frank Zappa and his Mothers of Invention (November 28, 1971)
- Johnny Cash (February 28, 1972)
- The Doors (April 29, 1972)
- Diana Ross (September 25, 1973)
- ABBA (November 21, 1974)
- Frank Sinatra (May 25, 1975)
- The Kinks (October 31, 1979)
- The Moody Blues (May 27, 1981)
- Def Leppard (November 3, 2003)
- LL Cool J , with supporting act: Afrob (September 20, 2006)
- 50 Cent , with pre-program: Am2Pm (November 25, 2007)
- Pussycat Dolls , with supporting act: Lady Gaga and Queensberry (February 10, 2009)
- Backstreet Boys (November 22, 2009)
- Selena Gomez (September 14, 2013)
- Lindsey Stirling (October 16, 2014)
- Broilers (December 28, 2014)
- Anastacia with opening act: Fyre! (January 26, 2015)
- Deichkind (April 18, 2015)
- Frei.Wild (April 30, 2015)
- Kraftwerk , (2004 and again in the form of a 3D concert on December 1, 2015)
- Manowar (December 9, 2017)
See also
literature
• Adrian Seib: Centennial Hall. P. 56–63 in: Friends of Frankfurt, Wilhelm E. Opatz (Ed.): Frankfurt 1960–1969. Architecture guide . Niggli Verlag, Zurich 2016. ISBN 978-3-7212-0943-3
Web links
- Official website of the Jahrhunderthalle
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b A UFO in the west of Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle: Exactly 50 years ago today, on January 11, 1963, the dome was opened ; in: Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main , Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz: Department of Culture, page 27, on Friday, January 11, 2013
- ^ Website of the Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt , accessed on July 8, 2018
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Not only Louis Armstrong was there Frankfurter Neue Presse on January 6, 2013
- ↑ Jörg Ortmann: Half a Century Century Hall (bild.de, January 11, 2013)
- ^ Fritz Rau: 50 Years Backstage - Memories of a Concert Organizer . Palmyra, Heidelberg 2005. Pages 98-101
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 57 ″ N , 8 ° 31 ′ 8 ″ E