Theater island

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Gubin Theater Island
Remnants of the theater on the island
Remnants of the theater on the island
Waters Lusatian Neisse
Geographical location 51 ° 57 '18 "  N , 14 ° 43' 13"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '18 "  N , 14 ° 43' 13"  E
Theater Island (Lebus)
Theater island
length 370 m
width 37 m
surface 1.37 ha
Residents uninhabited

The Theaterinsel is located in Gubin , a city in the Polish part of Niederlausitz , which was part of Guben until 1945 . It extends to around 370 meters in the Lausitzer Neisse and is named after a theater from 1874 that was once built there.

The island was used by the city's rifle club in the 19th century . She built on protecting island a shooting range and a clubhouse. From 1873 to 1874, a theater with a classical facade was built in just 15 months according to plans by Oskar Titz , which offered space for around 750 visitors. The opening took place on October 1, 1874. Although it survived World War II , it was set on fire by arsonists on September 23, 1945. Today a newly built entrance portal with original column remains reminds of the building.

Theater from 1874

After the end of the Second World War, the island was in the immediate border area between Poland and the GDR and could not be entered by the population. It was not opened to the public again until the 1990s, and when Poland joined the Schengen Agreement in December 2007, it was made accessible by an additional wooden bridge towards Guben. The opening was preceded by a dispute that lasted for years and was sparked by the lack of a Polish building permit . The German construction management assumed that a building permit from Poland was not required. The Polish building supervision in Krosno , however, regarded the bridge, which cost 650,000 euros, as "illegal construction" and demanded a fine of 60,000 euros from the Guben mayor. After mediation talks between the district administrators of the two municipalities, the building was subsequently legitimized by the Polish side. In 2010, the island was redeveloped for around 900,000 euros from EU funds from the “Touristic Management of the Theater Island in the European City of Guben / Gubin” program.

Gold treasure by Julian Zaplatynski

At the southern tip are the remains of a monument erected in 1905 for the actress and singer Corona Schröter , an honorary citizen of Guben .

In the middle of the island, which is up to 37 meters wide, there is a sculpture by Julian Zaplatynski entitled "Treasure of Gold". It shows a fish carved from a log, which was created as part of a sculpture workshop, Island of Fantasy . With his work, the artist wants to commemorate the gold treasure of Vettersfelde . This treasure find from 1882 consists of a pendant, a choker, a sword scabbard and a fish. Parts of the treasure belong to a Scythian armor that dates back to around 500 BC. And are now in a museum in Berlin .

From the point of view of the city administration in Guben, the development of the theater island is seen as a "key project".

Web links

Commons : Theaterinsel  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Von der Doppelstadt zu Deppenstadt , website of Niederlausitzer Verlag Guben, accessed on July 4, 2013.
  2. Theaterinsel Gubin ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2014 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. , Website of Marketing und Tourismus Guben eV, accessed on July 4, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / touristinformation-guben.de
  3. Jan Sternberg: The bridge that divides . In: taz , August 27, 2008, accessed July 5, 2013.
  4. Agata Chroboczek: Dispute about building a bridge . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 13, 2008, accessed on July 5, 2013.
  5. Jörg Ciszewski: The stage is clear on the Theaterinsel on the Gubener Neisse . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , June 25, 2010, accessed on July 5, 2013.
  6. Guben makes the future - urban development as a process , website of the IfS Institute for Urban Research and Structural Policy GmbH, (PDF; 6.2 MB), accessed on July 4, 2013.