Congress hall Düsseldorf
The congress hall was built from 1960 to 1961 by Friedrich Tamms on Fischerstrasse in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort . After the new exhibition center near Stockum was completed, the congress hall was converted into a town hall. The Radschlägersaal was added later, making the dome in the courtyard unnecessary as an event location and offering itself as a new sound hall. On July 3, 1992, the city sold the area on Fischerstrasse with the city hall and Radschlägersaal for 156 million DM to Victoria Insurance. This had the building demolished because the property was needed for the expansion of the development on Victoriaplatz. Before the Congress Hall D sculpture "pylon" of standing Max Kratz . The two diverging tips of the sculpture were supposed to represent the legs of the Düsseldorf bike racket . After the congress hall was demolished, it was installed on the airport grounds , where it still stands today. The sculpture was a striking landmark of the Düsseldorf trade fair.
literature
- Michael Brockerhof: Düsseldorf as it was. Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7700-1277-0 , p. 160.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Tamms 1904–1980. Architect portrait by Jan Lubitz
- ^ State capital Düsseldorf - Düsseldorfer Stadtchronik 1992
- ↑ Article on rp-online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 11.5 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 34.3" E