Lindenhof (Zwickau)
The Lindenhof in the Marienthal district of Zwickau was the most important variety show in Saxony. The house was built in 1893 during the Belle Epoque in Art Nouveau style and had a richly furnished room in this style. In 2003 the structure was demolished.
description
The Zwickau large variety "Lindenhof" had 1500 seats. Following the great example of the Moulin Rouge , the guests were served food and drinks at the individual tables in the parquet during the performance. Conférenciers and number girls led through the program. In terms of its importance, the house was on par with the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin , the Kristallpalast in Magdeburg or the Steintor-Varieté in Halle (Saale) . Guests from south-west Saxony and the surrounding districts came to the performances around the week. The vaudeville's coaches regularly clogged the streets around the facility.
history
August Lemmrich had the building ensemble built as the Grand Ball Etablissement Lindenhof . It was opened on October 7, 1893. The innkeeper Bruno Beyer bought the establishment from Lemmrich and reopened it on October 15, 1903. The house gained an excellent reputation as an entertainment and event venue. In the Lindenhof z. B. Wandering movie theaters; a special attraction at the time. From July 30 to August 3, 1909, the XXIV Congress of the General Cyclists Union took place in the Lindenhof. Bruno Beyer died in 1918.
In the 1920s, the importance of the house declined due to inflation and the global economic crisis. On December 25, 1934, Fritz Berger took over the establishment, under whose management it achieved international renown. Shortly before the end of World War II , on March 19, 1945, an American bomb hit the Varieté stage. After the war, the large variety theater Lindenhof was reopened on September 1, 1945.
On the night of January 2 to 3, 1946, the stage and hall were destroyed by arson. The reopening after the reconstruction under the difficult post-war conditions took place on September 1, 1950, again under the direction of Fritz Berger. By the time the Berlin Wall was built, the Lindenhof had almost reached its pre-war importance. In addition to large revues and stage shows, dance music events, congresses and company events took place. The famous magician Kalanag made elephants disappear from the stage; Stars like Lucie Englisch , Peter Igelhoff , Lilian Harvey , Bully Buhlan , NUK , Charlie Rivel , Carl Napp , Lou van Burg , Gerhard Wendland , Renée Franke , Edith Hancke , Eberhard Cohrs and others. v. a. m. had several appearances here.
The LIHO orchestra under the direction of Erwin Pollini also became well known . Pollini had Jewish roots; he was the grandson of the famous Hamburg opera director Bernhard Pollini (real name: Baruch Pohl). In 1942, Pollini was arrested in Lindenhof after a parentage certificate had been received from the Reichssippenamt in Berlin. Released from custody in autumn 1942, he was sent to Chemnitz and had to report to the Gestapo. After forced labor in a Chemnitz lamp factory, he was finally deported to Auschwitz. However, he was able to escape during a prisoner transport at the beginning of 1945 and, after the end of the Nazi regime, continued his work as the leader of the Lindenhof Big Band until the late 1960s.
After the Wall was built on August 13, 1961, hardly any international stars came to the Zwickau large variety theater. As a result, many visitors stayed away. The Karl-Marx-Stadt district concert and guest performance management diverted the major events to the Karl Marx Städter Klubhaus Fritz-Heckert on Zwickauer Strasse, and the SED district culture officials downgraded the Lindenhof large vaudeville to a district culture house .
In the period up to the reunification, the house lost its importance due to the decreed downgrade. The decline on the revenue side could no longer be compensated for. After the political change in 1989, no investor could be found for the house. Because the city had no financial leeway, the Lindenhof had to be closed after the last performance in July 1992, shortly before the 100th anniversary of the house.
On January 19, 2000, the corner building at Marienthaler Strasse / Luisenstrasse with the Lindenhof restaurant was demolished. In 2003, the demolition of the variety show was ordered. Zwickau thus lost one of its most famous landmarks. Today, only the “Lindenhof” tram stop on Marienthaler Strasse is reminiscent of the establishment, as the successor to this is a supermarket belonging to a well-known German retail chain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Funk-Telegram 4/2007, p.33: How Renée Franke (DJ6RF) got into amateur radio (PDF; 968 kB)
- ^ Lecture on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the reopening of the Lindenhof in Zwickau
literature
- Press articles, programs and photos, Zwickau City Archives 2009
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 10.2 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 1 ″ E