Hamburg market hall
The Markthalle Hamburg is a building complex on the Klosterwall in the Hamburg district of Hammerbrook near the main train station . It consists of the culture and event center Markthalle as well as the facilities of the art mile and is u. a. Seat of the Hamburger Kunstverein and the Kunsthaus Hamburg .
Location and surroundings
The building is located on its eastern side on the exit tracks of the main train station to the south. On the other three sides it is surrounded by multi-lane roads, in the south are Deichtorplatz and Deichtortunnel, in the west the Klosterwall with the entrance to the Wallringtunnel. In the north is the Altmannbrücke between Steinstrasse and Kurt-Schumacher-Allee.
The surrounding area is architecturally functional: on the other side of the train tracks, the former post office at Hühnerposten, today the seat of the central library of Hamburg's public library , is located in the Münzviertel . To the west, the City-Hof high-rise chain from the 1950s is lined up on Klosterwall . To the south are the Deichtorhallen , which are also used as an exhibition and event center.
architecture
The red-brick building complex built by Fritz Schumacher in 1913 essentially consists of three parts: In the southern extension, u. a. The Kunstverein is based. This part of the building, which was completely renovated in the 1990s, has a silvery barrel roof and large glass fronts.
The market hall event center is located in the main building with its pointed roof. It consists of the Great Hall on the first floor for 1,000 visitors, in which mostly concerts take place. Unplugged concerts, readings, club nights, children's parties and record exchanges take place in the art space under the roof , formerly also known as the small hall , for a maximum of 300 visitors. The MarX , located on the east side on the level of the Great Hall with a window front facing the railroad tracks, has a club-like structure. It holds a maximum of 200 spectators. The 300 square meter foyer also has a bar and a snack bar. Access is via an external staircase and terrace on the first floor. The Kunsthaus Hamburg is located on the ground floor , while the basement of the building on a slope is reserved for technical equipment (backstage area, elevators).
In the northern extensions, further facilities of the art mile, such as the Galeriehaus Hamburg , as well as an antique market and a bag shop are located. The northernmost part of this building section is used by a railway company, DB Netz AG .
History of the building
Until 1906, the Hamburg Klosterthor train station , the former eastern terminus of the Hamburg-Altona connection line, was located in the place of today's Markthalle building .
The market hall was built in 1913 as a flower and vegetable hall for the Hamburg wholesale market . However, the wholesale market was gradually relocated to new buildings: in 1962 the new wholesale market hall opened. The flower wholesale market was relocated to the Deichtorhallen. This was followed in 1984 by another relocation to an extension of the wholesale market hall, so that the market hall and the Deichtorhallen were free for cultural use. In 1976/77 the central part of the market hall building was converted into an event center, which was opened on New Year's Eve 1976 with a concert by the Krautrock group Embryo .
Since then, according to the operator, more than 10,000 events with almost 2,000,000 visitors have taken place there. Other sources spoke of 7,000 events and 9,000 bands as early as 1997. Among others, the following artists played there: AC / DC , BB King , Bon Jovi, The Clash , Fischer-Z, Herbert Grönemeyer , Guns n 'Roses , Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Marius Müller-Westernhagen , Metallica, Motörhead, Nirvana, The Police , Iggy Pop , REM , Run-DMC , the Scorpions , U2 .
But other events also took place here, such as Japanese theater, readings by Douglas Adams and Charles Bukowski or a video art exhibition by Brian Eno .
Most incidents occurred during the period of punk culture, for example when the police ended a concert by the British band Toy Dolls in 1983 after a fight, as well as after a fight at The Clash concert.
In 1992, under the auspices of Senator for Culture Christina Weiss , the Hamburg city council decided to convert the remaining parts of the building into an art mile. For this purpose, funds of around nine million marks were made available. The architect Alsop & Störmer was in charge of the building work . The southern part of the building was converted into the seat of the art association . The Free Academy of the Arts moved into the southern part and the Professional Association of Visual Artists (BBK) moved into the northern part of the building. The Kunsthaus Hamburg (founded in 1963) was located on the ground floor of the main building. These facilities had to give way to the new construction of the art island with the contemporary gallery next to the art gallery . There are rooms for exhibitions in all parts of the building. On September 6, 1993, Senator for Culture Weiss opened the new art center.
On October 4, 1993 the first exhibition was opened in the new rooms of the Kunsthaus Hamburg. Since then, the Kunstverein has had 2,500 square meters, the BKK almost 1,000 square meters and the Free Academy of the Arts 700 square meters. Further renovations took place until around 1995. For example, Hans Barlach , Ernst Barlach's grandson , rented additional space for contemporary installations. Other associations such as the artist self-help or art contact moved their quarters to the building.
literature
- Dirk Meyhöfer: Asylum for art. Conversion and expansion of the market halls on Klosterwall to become an exhibition center . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , db. Journal for Architects and Civil Engineers, 129.1995, 3, pp. 78–83.
Web links
- Web presence of the event center Markthalle
- Web presence of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg
- Homepage of the Kunstverein Hamburg
- Web presence of the Kunsthaus Hamburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hamburger Abendblatt, Forum for the Way Up , No. 78 of April 4, 1997, p. 17.
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, “A wonderful exchange” , No. 66 of March 18, 1992, p. 6.
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, 4,190 square meters of art , No. 208 of September 7, 1993, p. 6
- ^ Evelyn Preuss, Das Kunsthaus in der Markthalle , in: Hamburger Abendblatt, No. 232 of October 5, 1993, p. 6.
- ↑ Ricarda Frähmcke New opportunities for Hamburg artist in. Hamburger Abendblatt, No. 279 of 30 November 1994, p 6
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '56.4 " N , 10 ° 0' 24.2" E