Ludwigsbau
The Ludwigsbau was a festival and concert hall in Augsburg that existed from 1914 to 1965.
history
Competition and new building
After the wooden concert hall in the city garden burned down on September 21, 1910, the city decided to build a representative concert hall at the same location. An architectural competition was held for this purpose as early as 1911 . The competition produced a total of 77 designs, all of which had to be rejected due to the high construction costs. City planning officer Otto Holzer then designed a more cost-effective multi-purpose building that was to be used for both concerts and parties. A side wing was attached to the side of the concert hall with podium, in which a dining room and a kitchen were planned.
The dome was finally built between 1913 and 1914 and was named after King Ludwig III, who was then reigning in Bavaria . The basic structure used was a steel frame, which was manufactured by the Augsburg brothers Frisch . The construction costs for the Ludwigsbau, which can hold around 1200 visitors, amounted to 400,000 marks (around 1,600,000 euros). In 1915 a Steinmeyer organ was installed in the large hall , donated by the paper manufacturer Clemens Haindl .
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Location in the city garden (entry in red)
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use
The use of the Ludwigsbaus was varied. In addition to concerts and congresses, meetings, balls and lectures were also held there. From the 1930s the Ludwigsbau was also known as a carnival stronghold. In 1937, the city made the hall suitable for the opera and increased the number of seats to around 1300. A year later, the Ludwigsbau became an alternative venue due to the renovation work in the city theater .
Since the Ludwigsbau, in contrast to the city theater, was hardly damaged in the Second World War, it served as an alternative venue under the name of the Ludwigsbau Opera House until the city theater reopened on November 10, 1956. Afterwards, mostly dance events and balls were held.
cancellation
A commission of experts examined the dome in 1963 and determined its insufficient load-bearing capacity. The hall was then temporarily blocked. Despite protests from the population, the city was largely in agreement that the Ludwigsbau was no longer in keeping with the times and that a modern congress and concert hall should be built in its place. As early as October 1963, the city launched a corresponding architectural competition.
The organ was dismantled before it was demolished and taken to the nearby Herz-Jesu-Kirche (resale to Hungary 1998). The building was then blown up on March 27, 1965. It was noteworthy that the dome roof, which was found to be unsustainable, survived the demolition largely unscathed. After the rubble had been removed, the congress hall was built on the open space .
literature
- Franz Häussler: Augsburg's green island. context Verlag, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-939645-48-1 , pages 43 to 51
Web links
- The Ludwigsbau in the Augsburg city dictionary
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Gerlach: The book of the old companies of the city and the industrial district of Augsburg in 1930. Jubilee publishing house, Leipzig, page 63.
Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '34.3 " N , 10 ° 53' 13.2" E