Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr
The Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr is a culture and congress center in Mülheim an der Ruhr . The striking building in neo-classical style directly on the west bank of the Ruhr is one of the most important sights of the city. It has served as a central theater, concert and event location since 1926. The town hall is known nationwide as the venue for the plays , a theater festival that takes place here every year in May and June as the “Mülheimer Theatertage NRW”.
use
The city hall is a multi-purpose event center which, with its flexible space, is used for congresses, seminars, meetings and cultural events.
- Theater hall: The central hall of the town hall offers 1079 seats, 40 of which are boxes and a 420 m² stage with an orchestra pit and the most modern lighting and sound systems.
- Ballroom: The ballroom offers 800 m² of space for variable seating for up to 600 people and is particularly suitable for conferences, fashion shows or parties
- Chamber music hall: The smaller chamber music hall covers an area of 190 m² and can accommodate up to 266 spectators. Due to the excellent acoustics, the hall is particularly suitable for classical concerts.
- Ruhrfoyer: The foyer with an area of 480 m² offers space for 340 people with variable seating. The glass wing doors provide direct access to the 350 m² and partially covered terrace directly above the Ruhr. The hall on the ground floor is particularly suitable for exhibitions, receptions and banquets.
- Conference lounge: the 200 m² daylight area with a club atmosphere can accommodate max. 150 visitors can be used for meetings, lectures or workshops.
The hall has been operated and marketed by Mülheimer Stadtmarketing und Tourismus GmbH (MST) since 2002. The owner is the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr.
history
After Mülheim an der Ruhr became a big city at the beginning of the 20th century , a representative public building was to form the framework for the cultural needs of the new big city citizens. The planning and the start of construction were delayed by the First World War and the French occupation of the Ruhr area. The building design comes from the architect Hans Großmann and the interior was planned by Emil Fahrenkamp . Construction began in autumn 1923 and the construction work lasted a little over two years. On January 5, 1926, the town hall was inaugurated with a festive gala concert.
Up until the early 1940s, numerous celebrities from the German cultural landscape performed in the town hall, including the Berlin Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler , the dancer Anna Pawlowna Pawlowa and several times the ensemble of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus .
During the Second World War, the town hall was almost completely destroyed in a bomb attack on the city center on the night of June 22nd to 23rd, 1943. Only the courtyard, the entrance hall and the facades remained. The theater hall burned out completely.
The reconstruction took place from 1954 under the planning of the Hanoverian architect Gerhard Graubner . The old state was not restored, but new, additional event halls and modern technical equipment were built. On October 11, 1957, the town hall was ceremoniously reopened in the presence of Federal President Theodor Heuss .
In 1999 the seating was renewed and in 2006/2007 a comprehensive renovation of the building and the outdated technology followed, and under the direction of Professor Rudolf Schricker , a modern culture and congress center was created.
building
The town hall is a two-storey building with a neo-classical sandstone facade, the functional and block-like front of which opens up to the river bank via a row of arcades . Large glass doors separate the foyer on the east side from the partially covered terrace. In addition to the theater hall, which extends over both floors and has several boxes , the Ruhr foyer, the conference lounge and the chamber music hall are located on the ground floor. The ballroom is on the first floor.
location
The town hall is located in the Broich district, directly on the west bank of the Ruhr and opposite the Mülheim city center. The building is part of an overall ensemble that characterizes the cityscape on the left bank of the castle bridge, consisting of Broich Castle , the former municipal swimming pool and the headquarters of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerkgesellschaft .
organ
The organ of the town hall was built in 1957 by the organ builder Paul Ott (Göttingen). The slider chest instrument has 51 stops on three manuals and pedal. The action actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electro-pneumatic. The instrument has not been playable since water damage in the late 1980s.
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- Pair : II / I, III / I, II / P, III / P
literature
- Melanie Rimpel: The town hall . In: Witnesses of the city's history. Architectural monuments and historical places in Mülheim an der Ruhr. Klartext, Essen 2008, pp. 216–228.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadthalle Mülheim: History ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2010 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.
- ↑ More information on the organ (PDF; 8.4 MB) p. 307
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 37 ″ N , 6 ° 52 ′ 29 ″ E