Konrad Adolf Hallenstein

Konrad Hallenstein

Konrad Adolf Hallenstein , also Conrad Hallenstein (born January 15, 1835 in Frankfurt am Main , † September 28, 1892 in Purkersdorf ) was a German actor.

Life

Konrad Adolf Hallenstein was the son of the director and poet Ernst Hallenstein († 1881). He received his acting training in Frankfurt and Hamburg before making his debut at the Stadttheater Frankfurt am Main in 1852 in the role of Raoul in the Maiden of Orleans . Then Hallenstein played in Hamburg in 1856, in Königsberg in 1857 and in Aachen in 1858 . From April 6, 1858 to May 1, 1871 he was a member of the Royal Estates Theater (or Royal State Theater or Royal German State Theater ) in Prague under director Franz Thomé , but also made guest appearances in other cities (Frankfurt, Graz , Dresden , Berlin , Vienna).

Hallenstein belonged to the Burgtheater in Vienna from May 3, 1871 to November 13, 1890 , where he was very busy from 1874. For example, in 1877 he played 156 days a year. He took part both in the farewell performance in 1888 in the old house of the Burgtheater (in the role of King Thoas in Goethe's Iphigenie on Tauris ) and in the first performance in the new house of the Burgtheater on October 14th.

Hallenstein was one of the founders of Schlaraffia from 1859 under the name Höllenstein the centaury in Prague . In Vienna in 1877 he was one of the founders of Schlaraffia Vindobona .

In 1890, Hallenstein retired due to poor memory and, in the hope of alleviating his suffering, moved to Baden near Vienna to a villa built according to his instructions (Helenenstrasse 20).

On September 27, 1892 the k. u. k. Hofburg actor completely insane and had to go to the private sanatorium of Dr. Löwy in Purkersdorf  - where he died a day later. He was buried on September 30th of that year in the Evangelical Cemetery Matzleinsdorf (Group 24, No. 35) in Vienna.

Konrad Hallenstein grave site

Katharina Hassel (also: Käthi; 1837–1905), daughter of the actor and opera singer Friedrich Hassel and Theodora Hassel, was a singer / actress at the Deutsches Theater in Prague until 1870 and Hallenstein's wife, their son, Adolf Hallenstein, was secretary at the Baden City Theater . 

Honors

• kk court actor (1876) 
• Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order (1890)
• In 1959, Hallensteingasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after him.

literature

• MK:  Features section. (...) A theater letter from Prague. In:  Die Presse , No. 123/1871 (XXIV. Volume), May 4, 1871, p. 1 f. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Ludwig Eisenberg: The spiritual Vienna. Dictionary of artists and writers . 1889 ff.
• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 388, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon. Biographical and bibliographical manual . Volume 1: A - Hurk . de Gruyter, Berlin 1953.
• Hall stone Konrad Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 161.
• Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 3: Ha - La . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-218-00744-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon , p. 389
2. ↑ Theater, Art and Literature. (...) Konrad Hallenstein, who yesterday (...). In:  Neues Fremd -Blatt , Morgenblatt, No. 121/1871 (Volume VII), May 2, 1871, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). .
3. ^ MK: Feuilleton. (...) A theater letter from Prague , p. 1.
4. ^ Bettina Nezval: Villas of the Imperial Era. Summer residences in Baden . 2nd, expanded edition. Berger, Horn / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85028-476-9 , p. 123.
5. ↑ Local messages. (...) Actor Hallenstein insane. In:  Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 117/1892 (XII. Year), September 29, 1892, p. 3, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
6. ↑ Local messages. (...) Hallenstein †. In:  Badener Bezirks-Blatt , No. 118/1892 (XII. Year), October 1, 1892, p. 3, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .
7. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) Conrad Hallenstein. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 10095/1892, October 1, 1892, p. 5, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
8. ^ Delta:  Local News. Katharina Hallenstein †. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 10/1905 (XXVIth year), February 4, 1905, p. 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .
9. ^ Anton Bettelheim (ed.), Georg Wolff: Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog . Volume 10/11, ZDB ID 217208-2 . Reimer, Berlin 1907, p. 448.
10. ↑ Local news. Deaths. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 9/1905 (XXVIth year), February 1, 1905, p. 2, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
11. ↑ Little Chronicle. (...) † Conrad Hallenstein. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 10093/1892, September 29, 1892, p. 4, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). .

Remarks

1. ↑ Date of birth according to ÖML, Eisenberg writes January 15, 1834
2. ↑ Hallenstein ended his engagement in Prague after 1,295 evenings on May 1, 1871 with King Ottokar's Glück und Ende . - See: Theater, Art and Literature. (...) Konrad Hallenstein, who yesterday (...). In:  Neues Fremd -Blatt , Morgenblatt, No. 121/1871 (Volume VII), May 2, 1871, p. 5, center right. (Online at ANNO ). as well as theater, art and literature. (...) From Prague, 2nd d., It is written: Mr. Hallenstein took yesterday (...). In:  Neues Fremd -Blatt , Morgenblatt, No. 123/1871 (Volume VII), May 4, 1871, p. 6, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). .
3. ↑ After rehearsals from May 3, 1871, Hallenstein first appeared on May 5, 1871 in Karl Gutzkow's drama Uriel Acosta . - See: Theater in Wien (...) Repertoire of the Imperial and Royal Hofburgtheater. Friday May 5th (...). In:  Die Presse , No. 123/1871 (XXIV. Volume), May 4, 1871, p. 16, center right. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ^ Until 1891, Hallenstein was  registered as resident in Vienna- Josefstadt , Landesgerichtsstrasse 18. - See: Lehmann's general housing indicator . Volume 1891, Part 3, p. 504, online .
5. ↑ His wife, Katharina, and their mother, Theodora Hassel, were (first) buried in the municipal cemetery in Baden near Vienna. - See: Delta:  Local News. Katharina Hallenstein †. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 10/1905 (XXVIth year), February 4, 1905, p. 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .