Rhein-Main-Hallen

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The main entrance with the foyer built in 2006 of the Rhein-Main-Hallen, which was demolished in 2014
The main entrance to the Rhein-Main-Hallen before 2006
Facade on Rheinstrasse

The Rhein-Main-Hallen were the largest event complex in the Hessian capital Wiesbaden and were operated by Rhein-Main-Hallen GmbH. They formed a trade fair and congress center in downtown Wiesbaden and had 13 congress and conference halls as well as exhibition halls with a total area of ​​over 20,000 m² spread over two levels. The largest hall offered space for up to 2,600 people and could be used as an exhibition hall, congress hall, concert hall and room for entertainment and evening events. The Rhein-Main-Hallen were demolished in August 2014 and replaced by the new RheinMain CongressCenter Wiesbaden , which went into operation on April 13, 2018. The foyer with the main entrance was only completed in 2006.

history

The foundation stone of the original "Rhein-Main-Halle" was laid in 1956, and the opening in the following year. The design came from Heinrich Rosskotten (together with Edgar Tritthart ). The building was on the corner of Friedrich-Ebert-Allee and Rheinstraße , opposite the Wiesbaden Museum . This is where the former Taunusbahnhof and the former Rheinbahnhof were located until the opening of Wiesbaden Central Station in 1906 . The exhibition and congress center has been continuously expanded and modernized. In 2006 the Rhein-Main-Hallen received a new main entrance and an additional congress hall above the entrance.

Demolition and new construction from 2014

The city council of Wiesbaden decided in September 2012 to demolish the existing halls, which began in August 2014. A new building has been under construction since 2015, the RheinMain CongressCenter , which should go into operation from the beginning of 2018. In February 2018, the first event, the Sports Ball , took place in the RheinMain CongressCenter, which was not yet completed at the time.

use

In the Rhein-Main-Hallen, trade fairs such as the annual Kreativ-Welt and the Personnel and Further Education trade fair were held, as were concerts, congresses (for example the congress of the German Society for Internal Medicine and the autumn conference of the Federal Criminal Police Office ) and others Events such as the Bambi Awards in 2011, for example. Furthermore, the first vegetarian fair in Germany took place in 2011 in the Rhein-Main-Hallen with the Veggie World “The fair for sustainable enjoyment” . In 1977, from 1992 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2014, the Sports Ball organized by Deutsche Sporthilfe took place in the exhibition and congress center. In total there were around 110 events with 400,000 visitors a year.

A few years ago, the Rhein-Main-Hallen got involved within Wiesbaden and supported non-profit associations. In 2009, which was Evangelical Association for Inner Mission in Nassau supported 2,010 warmth eV and 2011, the Child and Youth Farm Biberbau .

Web links

Commons : Rhein-Main-Hallen Wiesbaden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Last Minute Specials until closing - How Wiesbaden is fighting for its (congress) future ... ( Memento from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at http://www.convention-net.de , accessed on September 9, 2013 . November 2013
  2. ↑ Bambi 2011 in Wiesbaden , November 10, 2011, at events.info-mainz.de
  3. ↑ History of the Ball des Sports ( memento from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at www.sporthilfe.de , accessed on March 10, 2011
  4. ↑ Information from www.rhein-main-hallen.de
  5. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Cooperation with EVIM and Herzenswärme eV@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rhein-main-hallen.de
  6. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Cooperation with children's and youth farm Biberbau@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rhein-main-hallen.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 36 ″  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 40 ″  E