Innsbruck Congress Center
The Kongresshaus Innsbruck , today marketed by the owner, Congress und Messe Innsbruck GmbH, under the name Congress Innsbruck , is a conference center in Innsbruck . It was built in 1973 on the site of the Dogana, a ball game house and theater from the Renaissance period , which was destroyed in World War II .
history
Balloon house and theater
Archduke Ferdinand II had the Dogana built from 1569 to 1582 under the construction management of Alberto Lucchese as a modern balloon house , in which, in addition to a ball game from Italy, which was popular at the time, singspiele were also performed. Under Archduke Leopold V , “the large hall building” was rebuilt in 1629/30 for his wife Claudia von Medici according to plans by Christoph Gumpp the Younger, and with over 100 by 30 meters, one of the largest European theater of its time. In 1654/1655 the building was converted into a riding school and was the model for the construction of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. It was later used as a university library , and from the 19th century onwards as a store for the scenery and stock of the state theater . The Dogana only got its name during the Bavarian occupation at the time of Napoleon , when it housed a customs office from 1805 to 1814.
Conference center
In 1869 the first conference in Tyrol took place in Dogana, the general assembly of the Catholic associations in Austria . The Tyrolean State Exhibition took place in 1893 . The range of topics at that time ranged from horses, cattle and small livestock, fruit and horticulture, tourism, construction and engineering, industrial hygiene to treasures of old Tyrolean art and the art industry. This was followed by the meteorological congress of 1897 with participants from 18 nations, including countries that were exotic for the time, such as the Philippines, Egypt, Mexico, Brazil and the USA.
In the 20th century, the congress tradition was continued with the meeting of the International Women's Council (board meeting July 9-12, 1910) and reached a climax in 1924 when Nobel Prize winners met in Innsbruck to discuss human flights to the planets .
Destruction and new construction
During the Second World War , the Dogana was destroyed by several bombs in 1944, except for the surrounding walls. The ruin fell into disrepair in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1966 it was decided to develop the Dogana into the first Tyrolean congress and event center, which was finally opened in 1973. During the construction of the congress house, the preserved listed enclosing walls of the Dogana were integrated into the great hall, which was given the name Dogana . The old building is recognizable on the outside through the retention of the old building line, the arched windows walled up as niches, and the grooved facade on the ground floor. The arcades were also integrated into the stairwell to the north and form the transition from the Dogama to the modern part. The construction was planned by the ARGE Kongresshaus founded specifically for this purpose ( Heinz Marschalek , Georg Ladstätter , Norbert Gantar , Hubert Prachensky , Ernst W. Heiss , Peter Thurner ), the artistic design was carried out by Markus Prachensky , Rudi Wach and Fritz Wotruba , among others .
Between 1993 and 1995, the building was enlarged by 45 percent as part of the major renovation and extension work and received, among other things, the urgently needed medium-sized Innsbruck hall for 600 people as well as several smaller halls, foyers, a new restaurant, a café and bars. In 2000, an orangery with an area of 400 square meters was opened in the inner courtyard. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary celebrations in October 2003, the Brussels and Strasbourg halls were reopened.
use
The congress house is used for meetings and events of all kinds. The Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck gives regular concerts in the Tyrolean Hall of the Kongresshaus.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Congress Messe Innsbruck > The Company> History
- ^ A b c Felmayer, Wiesauer: Congress House Innsbruck, Dogana. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 18, 2015 .
- ^ Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Dogana. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- ↑ Women's history: 1910 ( Memento of April 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) . In: Ariadne , Österr. National Library
- ↑ Christoph Hölz, Klaus Tragbar, Veronika Weiss (Ed.): Architectural Guide Innsbruck . Haymon, Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3-7099-7204-5 , pp. 42 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 13.2 " N , 11 ° 23 ′ 42.4" E