Thuringia Hall
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 Erfurt , Erfurt , Germany
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 57 '26 " N , 11 ° 2' 14" E |
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The Thuringian Hall is an event hall in the Thuringian capital of Erfurt .
It is located in the Löbervorstadt in the south of Erfurt and is the end point of tram line 1.
The shell of the hall was built for the citizen protection corps from 1939 to 1942 according to plans by Alfred Crienitz and Walter Ahrens in the style of a Low German farmhouse. Parts of the hall are located in the Jewish cemetery in Erfurt, which was partially demolished during the construction period. The hall was planned for major events with up to 10,000 visitors. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on November 8, 1941. Then the inside of the hall was not expanded for reasons of war, but was used as a Wehrmacht depot. After the Americans moved in on April 12, 1945, the population of Erfurt made use of the stocks (medals, chocolate, cigarettes, canned meat).
The hall was only completed after the end of World War II . The hall was the venue for games of the men's handball world championship in 1958 and the men's handball world championship in 1974 . In 1958, the games of preliminary group A and in 1974 two preliminary games and one of the placement rounds took place in the Thuringia Hall. From September 7 to 12, 1964, it was the event center of the 39th International Six-Day Tour .
It is a self-supporting hall 80 meters long and 40 meters wide. Until the exhibition halls were built in the 1990s, it was the only larger hall in the city. Even today it is still used for various events such as markets or concerts.
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- ↑ NN: 50 years of freelance architect - 50 years of building activity in Erfurt . Erfurt Heimatbrief No. 10, May 20, 1965, pp. 37/38