Riding arena (Coburg)
The Coburg riding hall is a single - storey, neo-Gothic sandstone block with a gable roof on the Coburg Palace Square. The riding hall was built in 1852 by order of Duke Ernst II according to plans by the painter and master builder Georg Konrad Rothbart . The building replaced the riding arena at the southern end of the stables , which was demolished in 1835 . The west facade to the Coburg Palace Square is characterized by a wide pointed arch portal, above it is a tondo with a plastic horse head by Theodor Behrens, framed by two pinnacle towers on the side.
In June 1860 the first German gymnastics and youth festival and in September the first general assembly of the German National Association were held in the ducal riding hall . Two years later, in 1862, the German Singers Association was founded in the hall. Memorial plaques on the facade remind of the events.
After the abdication of the last Duke of Coburg, Carl Eduard , the riding hall was used as a backdrop for the Landestheater. Since 1985, after a general renovation, the riding hall has been used as a studio stage for the Coburg State Theater . The modern studio theater has 99 seats and a rehearsal stage.
literature
- Peter Morsbach, Otto Titz: City of Coburg. Ensembles-Architectural Monuments-Archaeological Monuments . Monuments in Bavaria. Volume IV.48. Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-87490-590-X .
Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 29.5 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 8.2 ″ E