Crystal Palace Dresden
The Crystal Palace Dresden was before the Second World War, one of the largest ballrooms in the Dresden West. The dance and entertainment venue was in the Friedrichstadt district . Apart from the similar name, there is nothing in common with today's cinema Ufa-Kristallpalast in Dresden.
The Crystal Palace was built in the 19th century from the Gasthof Zum Elephanten . Until 1860 the building was used by Amalie Auguste Magnus' private theater . According to the book Dresdner Puppenspielmosaik , the widow Magnus is said to have said the following sentence about the takeover of the theater in 1849: “I will lead the deader of blurring” . One of the theater's most famous guests was Friedrich Gerstäcker . In honor of the theater he wrote the play Kunibert von Eulenhorst .
In the period from November 30 to December 2, 1934 for the first time found in the Crystal Palace Judo - European Championships instead of men in singles. The organizer of the championship at that time was the judo division in the heavy athletics department of the National Socialist Reich Association for Physical Exercise (NSRL) . The organizer of the tournament was the 1st Dresden Jiu Jitsu Club.
In 1945, the building was the air raids of the Allies to the victim.
literature
- Olaf Bernstengel , Manfred Scholze: Dresden puppet show mosaic . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2005, ISBN 3-89702-915-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dresdner-stadtteile.de/Zentrum/Friedrichstadt/Strassen_Friedrichstadt/Schaferstrasse/schaferstrasse.html
- ↑ Only German victory in the international match against Korea ( Memento from August 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 21.6 ″ N , 13 ° 42 ′ 56.9 ″ E