Montforthaus Feldkirch
The Montforthaus Feldkirch is a culture and congress center in the Austrian city of Feldkirch in the state of Vorarlberg . It is located on the edge of the medieval old town of Feldkirch and was reopened in January 2015 after extensive renovation and new construction. The name Montforthaus refers to the noble family of the Counts of Montfort, who lived in Feldkirch in the Middle Ages . The house is operated by Stadtkultur und Kommunikation Feldkirch GmbH , a wholly owned subsidiary of the city of Feldkirch.
The entire building has a usable area of around 37,000 m². The large hall of the Montforthaus can accommodate between 1,100 and 3,000 people, depending on the seating, and up to 270 in the small hall. The building also includes four seminar rooms, a restaurant on the top floor and an associated roof terrace as well as a public underground car park. The public tourist information of the city of Feldkirch is also located in the foyer of the Montforthaus.
history
Until 1973, the Feldkirch “Volkshalle” was located at the current location of the Montforthaus. This architecturally particularly valuable building by the architect Lois Welzenbacher was erected in 1926 with a view to the Vorarlberg trade exhibition one year later and inaugurated in August 1926 with the 2nd Vorarlberg Singers Association. The eastern part of the building was particularly famous for its two characteristic 20 meter high towers. This part was used as a Tonhalleenkino from 1933 . During the time of National Socialism in Austria , the “Volkshalle” was partly used as a hay store and storage place for hospital items. After the end of the Second World War, the French occupying forces set up a prisoner-of-war camp there for a short time.
On the night of July 6th to 7th, 1973, the entire building burned to the ground due to a ball lightning strike.
The city council of Feldkirch therefore decided to rebuild or renovate the building, whereupon it was reopened in 1975 under the name "Stadthalle". The building underwent a further renovation, combined with a name change, in 1990 when it received an extension and was named "Montforthaus".
At the beginning of the 21st century the question of the renovation of the aging building became more and more urgent. After it became clear that such a disproportionately expensive and also only possible as a temporary solution, the Feldkirch city council decided unanimously on July 3, 2007 that the Montforthaus should be rebuilt. The Berlin office Hascher Jehle Architektur in cooperation with the Bludenz architecture office Mitiska Wäger were selected as architects in an international architecture competition. On June 29, 2010 the planning decision was made and the planning was awarded to the competition winners. The actual building decision was made on October 9, 2012 by the city council. The demolition work on the old Montforthaus was carried out from October to December 2012.
The foundation stone for the new building was laid in April 2013, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated on November 8 of the same year, and the building was completed in November 2014. The new building was officially opened on January 2nd, 2015 in the presence of Governor Markus Wallner and Mayor Wilfried Berchtold .
Web links
- www.montforthausfeldkirch.com - Official website of the Montforthaus.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Feldkirch Aktuell special edition December 2014 ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b From the Volkshalle to the Montforthaus. In: Vorarlberg Online (VOL.at). August 12, 2010, accessed March 9, 2019 .
- ^ Emir T. Uysal: Montforthaus ceremoniously opened. In: Vorarlberg Online (VOL.at). January 5, 2015, accessed March 9, 2019 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ 10.9 " N , 9 ° 35 ′ 51.7" E