Sophienclub

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The Sophienclub was a discotheque founded in 1984 in the Hackesche Höfe in Berlin .

The “party club with a GDR tradition” was listed in all current Berlin travel guides and was one of the club classics for student and international audiences.

The "Sophie" was one of the oldest clubs in the capital and was "one of the few relaxed locations in Mitte ".

history

The Sophienclub was opened in November 1984 as a youth club in the Mitte district. Previously, the "Foreign Trade Club of the GDR" stayed on the premises with a bowling alley in the basement. The youth club was the only cultural institution in the Hackesche Höfe, quickly established itself and set standards throughout the GDR as a discotheque and organizer of jazz and rock concerts.

The club became a meeting point for the night scene and for musicians also beyond the Berlin borders. Sophie was "an important address in the context of artistic production beyond political dictation".

From 1991 the club was gradually transferred to private sponsorship as the first district-owned cultural institution with the participation of the Culture Senate. Since 1993 the discotheque has been operated by the “Sophienclub Veranstaltungs GmbH” with two partners, one of whom left in February 2000. The character of the Eastern Club was initially largely retained and combined “the lifestyle of the party-hungry scene with the familiar club atmosphere”.

The dancing took place on two levels that could be used independently of each other. An expansion of the club by moving to the underground car park under the first Hackescher Hof failed because of the pub plan for the Spandauer Vorstadt , with which the district wants to protect the resident population from the negative effects of pubs and entertainment venues.

The club had to close in early 2016.

literature

  • Anja Dau: Sophie from the Ashes - Der Sophienclub , in: Blickpunkt Hackesche Höfe: Walk through a small town , photographs by Stephan Erfurt and texts by Rainer Blankenburg, Jaron Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3932202201 , p. 28 f.
  • Tiziana Romelli: A walk through the Hackesche Höfe: ethnographic explorations of a new urban place , Berlin ethnographic studies vol. 1, Lit Verlag , Münster 2002, ISBN 3825852660
  • Peter Schubert: The Hackesche Höfe: History and stories of a lifeworld in the center of Berlin , Hackesche Höfe Society, Argon Verlag , Berlin 1993, ISBN 9783870242541

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Isolde Bacher, Rainer Eisenschmid: Berlin. Potsdam , Baedeker Travel Guide , Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3829710542 , p. 77
  2. ↑ Renée LaTulippe (Ed.): Party Earth Europe , PartyEarth LLC 2010, ISBN 0976112078 , p. 181
  3. ↑ Jack Holland, John Gawthrop: The mini rough guide to Berlin , Rough Guides, 6th edition, London 2001, ISBN 1858286824 , p. 280 f.
  4. ↑ These are Berlin's club classics. In: Berliner Morgenpost
  5. ^ Sophienclub.  ( 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. At: Groupon@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / local.groupon.de  
  6. ^ Sophienclub, Berlin. ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2012 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. In: Prince Berlin @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / berlin.prinz.de
  7. ↑ Dancing through the decades - The Sophienclub , Berlin portal in-berlin-brandenburg.com
  8. ^ Clubs from A – Z: Sophienclub. ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2013 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. In: tip Berlin @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tip-berlin.de
  9. ^ A b Sophienclub , website of the Hackesche Höfe
  10. ↑ Uwe Aulich: The Hackesche Höfe are 100 years old. It's all in the mix. In: Berliner Zeitung , September 22, 2006
  11. ↑ a b c Tiziana Romelli: A walk through the Hackescher Markt: ethnographic exploration of a new urban village , Münster 2002; P. 63 f .; Preview of Google Books
  12. ↑ Gunnar Leue: Western musicians liked to play in the east: The concert of longing for the east. In: Berliner Zeitung , July 3, 2010
  13. ↑ “Shortly before the political change , a venue for jazz music was opened in the front building on Sophienstrasse with the Sophienclub. It was an almost subversive measure by GDR standards, but it was supposed to have a stimulating effect on the later cultural use of the courtyards. ”Ernst Siebel: Niedergang der Höfe , website of the Hackesche Höfe
  14. ↑ Susanne Frömel: A visit to the Sophien Club is a journey into your own past. In: Berliner Zeitung , October 2, 2000
  15. ↑ 5th Berlin Club Night: The scene dances and celebrates until the early morning. In: Die Welt , September 15, 2003
  16. ↑ "We wait until the bitter run out in the Sophienclub, No. 6, where you can sweat excessively on several floors ..." Ria Den Breejen: Berlin for women , Elster, 1997, ISBN 3891512449 , p. 76
  17. ↑ District only allows bars with a maximum of 50 seats: The Sophienclub is not allowed in the underground car park. In: Berliner Zeitung , March 27, 2013
  18. ↑ Sophienclub ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2016 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. , accessed on May 23, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sophienclub.com