Osnabrück Hall
The OsnabrückHalle (formerly " Stadthalle Osnabrück ") is a traditional event building in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony . It is used for congresses, meetings, presentations, cultural events and social events. The operator is Marketing Osnabrück GmbH (before May 1, 2020: Osnabrücker Event and Congress GmbH ) of the city of Osnabrück.
Location and accessibility
The event building is located on the edge of the palace gardens of Osnabrück Palace in the city center district . The address is Schloßwall 1-9 , the main entrance is on a forecourt on Neuer Graben street . The Osnabrück pedestrian zone and the historic old town are just a few minutes' walk away.
Due to its central location on the Osnabrück Wallring, the hall can be reached by car from all directions via the various entry and exit roads. There is an underground car park for the guests of the adjacent hotel directly under the building. The three public parking garages Ledenhof ‑ Garage , Kamp ‑ Garage and Nikolai ‑ Garage with a total of around 1,300 parking spaces can be used approx. 200–400 meters away .
The bus stop Universität / OsnabrückHalle in front of the building is served by the city bus routes 21/22, 91/92, several regional lines and the shuttle bus X150 to Münster / Osnabrück Airport. The central Neumarkt transfer station is approx. 500 meters and the main train station approx. 1.3 km away, both can be reached by bus from the OsnabrückHalle.
building
The entire event area of the OsnabrückHalle, including all foyers, is around 5,000 m². The various event rooms and foyers can either be used individually or combined with one another by removing partitions. The largest hall in the building is the Europa Hall on the first floor. It has a size of 1,089 m². Seating in rows, the hall, including the gallery, offers space for 1,760 people; if there is no seating, the parquet has a capacity of 2,861 and, as a large area, up to 3,350 people. The second largest hall is the 524 m² congress hall for up to 578 people (with seats) or 1,250 people (without seats). The other rooms on the first floor were restructured during the renovation in 2016. Former Lower Hall went into the three enlarged, named after the Osnabrück twin towns halls Angers -Saal , Derby -Saal and Haarlem -Saal on. With a room size of 131–368 m², they offer space for events with around 150–600 people each. Seven further conference and meeting rooms on the ground floor are intended for events from ten to approx. 300 people.
history
Old Town Hall (1899–1944)
In 1899, by 1901 , the first town hall was built on behalf of the Osnabrücker Vereinshaus on Kollegienwall, just before Neumarkt. It served as a venue for parties and events. In 1934, Theo Burlage and Bruno Dichler expanded the city hall, which could then accommodate around 5,000 people. The right part of the building with the corner towers served as an orphanage for around 100 children from 1917 to 1944 and belonged to the Episcopal See of the Diocese of Osnabrück . After several air raids by the Allies in the Second World War , the state decreed in the spring of 1943 that the 70 or so children in the home should be evacuated and housed in the mother house of the Franciscan Sisters in Thuine . On September 13, 1944, the entire town hall with all its extensions was completely destroyed by bombs.
Old town hall (“club house”), picture postcard from 1899
Alte Stadthalle Osnabrück approx. 1940
(on the right the orphanage)
Old town hall Osnabrück around 1940
Spire of the old town hall in Osnabrück behind the Victory Column
(the district court on the right ).
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After the Second World War
After the Second World War, the barracks of the Osnabrück Chamber of Crafts were built in the garden of the former town hall. Today there is a parking garage on this site and the local court, built in 1969, is located directly on the Kollegienwall. In the mid-1970s a town hall was planned. The construction took place in the garden of the Osnabrück Castle . The official opening of the Osnabrück City Hall took place on January 12, 1979. The opening phase lasts four days and around 50,000 guests visited the new event center. 1996 began with the large expansion of the town hall, u. a. The event foyer was built on the ground floor and the congress hall on the first floor, the last one opened on February 13, 1998.
In 2008 the town hall was renamed "OsnabrückHalle".
New building plans
At the beginning of the new millennium, it was recognized that the Osnabrück City Hall with its architecture and stage technology from the 1970s would no longer be competitive in the future. In 2008, the first considerations arose to build a modern multi-purpose hall that could also be used for sporting events at a different location and to sell the existing building to the state of Lower Saxony to expand the Osnabrück universities (Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and Osnabrück University ) . However, these plans were initially rejected. After an appraisal from 2011, which estimated the renovation of the hall at EUR 18 to 20 million, the discussion arose again as to whether building a new hall would be cheaper in the long term. In a vote in December 2011, however, the city council decided against the new building and thus in favor of the renovation.
Refurbishment from 2013
The OsnabrückHalle was extensively renovated from March to September 2013. In this first phase of construction, the ground floor a. a. three new conference rooms, a clearly structured foyer with a new cloakroom system and two elevators that go directly to the gallery on the second floor. The Europa Hall on the first floor was also completely refurbished and, in addition to completely renewed stage technology, also received modern lighting and loudspeakers. A glass facade with triple glazing with an unobstructed view of the palace garden extends from the ground floor to the second floor. Stationary counters throughout the building, a bright interior design and modern technology in all renovated areas complete this first section, with which the OsnabrückHalle has already become completely barrier-free. The reopening ceremony with “Open House” on September 28, 2013 was attended by several thousand people.
In the summer of 2014, the artists' cloakrooms and the administration wing with the adjoining facade were also renovated. In 2015, a hotel was opened in the direct vicinity of the OsnabrückHalle, including the old trade union building. A later structural connection between the hotel and the hall is possible. Another renovation phase took place between March and August 2016. In doing so, u. a. the conference rooms on the first floor have been modernized and restructured, the entire exterior facade renovated and the renovation of the hall completed.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Space in the Osnabrück Hall, accessed on November 5, 2017.
- ↑ Downloads with information about the OsnabrückHalle, accessed on November 5, 2017.
- ↑ Book: "250 Years in Service to Children". Ed. St. Johann children's home. 1976, pp. 20-22
- ↑ Old values from Osnabrück
- ↑ Osnabrück.nostalgie.de
- ↑ Osnabrückhalle on Osnabrück.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Osnabrück: New impetus for arena plans, ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. noz.de, June 29, 2011, accessed November 4, 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '17.4 " N , 8 ° 2' 30.6" E