Spielbudenplatz
The Spielbudenplatz extends on the south side of the Reeperbahn in Hamburg-St. Pauli from the street at the funnel in the east to Davidstraße , d. H. from the high-rise complex Dancing Towers to the Davidwache . In between are the Operettenhaus , the Panoptikum wax figure cabinet , the Docks , the Schmidts Tivoli and Schmidt Theater and the St. Pauli Theater .
history
In front of the Millerntor , one of the Hamburg city gates , artists and jugglers settled down from 1795 . Their wooden stalls, like the houses in the suburbs of Eimsbüttel, Rotherbaum and Hamm, were demolished or burned down by the French occupation from June 1813 in anticipation of the siege of Hamburg that began in December to gain a free field of fire. The wooden play booths were later replaced by permanent structures. Numerous event venues and theaters emerged, which at the end of the 19th century mostly had magnificent facades and competed with one another. During the Second World War, the eastern part of the buildings in particular was destroyed by bombs and was not rebuilt in the post-war years.
The houses that had already been burned down by the French also included the garden pavilion built in 1805, known as the "funnel", which was rebuilt in an enlarged form with verandas and arbors in 1820, enjoyed great popularity as a "ball house funnel" and as a revue theater. In 1889 it became "Hornhardts Etablissement", a spacious complex with a garden restaurant, music shell, concert hall and observation tower. In 1906 it was extensively renovated by a new owner and became "Carl CE Clausen's Concert Garden". After the destruction in the Second World War, the Astra bowling alley and the Chinese restaurant “Mandarin” were built on the site after 1958 , which later stood empty for a long time. From 1991 to 2009, Leif Nüske and Oliver Korthals used the rooms for “dance floor jazz” events under the name “ Mojo Club ” and “Mandarin Casino”. The Dancing Towers office and hotel complex has now been built there based on a design by the architect Hadi Teherani . The “Mojo Club” was reopened in 2013 in the basement of the towers.
No less eventful is the history of the operetta house, which opened in 1841 under the name "Circus Gymnasticus" with 3000 seats, and of the St. Pauli Theater , also opened in 1841 as the "Urania Theater" , which is the oldest building on the square today.
In “Schmidts Tivoli” the “Tivoli Concerthaus”, built around 1890 according to the plans of the architects Bahre and Querfeld, lives on. The Panoptikum Hamburg is still in the same place as when it was founded in 1879.
From 1863 Carl Hagenbeck sen. operated a menagerie on Spielbudenplatz , which later became the Hagenbeck Zoo in Stellingen. Hein Köllisch , who died in 1901, had had his own theater here since 1896 : Hein Köllisch's Universum , later Köllisch's Lachbühne . One of the first cinemas in Germany was the Spielbudenplatz 19 cinema hall, built in 1906 by Eberhard Knopf , of which remains in the Prinzenbar have been preserved.
Underground bunker
A two-storey underground bunker for 5,000 people was built under Spielbudenplatz between the end of 1940 and mid-1942. In the nights of bombing during the Second World War , however, up to 20,000 people are said to have stayed there. After the war, it was converted into an underground car park for around 430 cars.
Esso station Reeperbahn
At the same time, an above-ground petrol station was built in 1949, which was later moved to Taubenstrasse. The so-called “Kieztanke” was a popular meeting place in Hamburg's nightlife until it closed on December 15, 2013. It was open all the time, had what was supposedly the longest refrigerated drinks shelf in Hamburg in its shop, employed around 50 people and was described as "Germany's best-selling and best-known petrol station" without giving any reliable figures. In May 2014, the demolition of the gas station and the adjacent "Esso houses" began.
1960s
In the 1960s, modernist glass pavilions were built on the square, which twenty years later were very dilapidated and therefore demolished. After that, the 300 meter long area remained empty and unused for a long time.
Approaches to remodeling
Various proposals for redesigning the square failed. The design by Niki de Saint-Phalle , which emerged victorious from a competition in the mid-1990s , was also not implemented because of the artist's death. The design for the installation of two 110-meter-high cranes, from which two monstrous rubber ducks with swimming rings were to hang, was also not implemented, which was ordered from Jeff Koons by Building Senator Mario Mettbach .
Redesign in 2006
In December 2004, an international architecture competition was announced, in which nearly 300 architects , artists and designers took part. The third-placed design by the landscape architecture firm Lützow 7 was implemented: two mobile open-air stages opposite one another without fixed seating for holding regular events.
On June 2, 2006, the 9.7 million euro conversion was officially inaugurated. Two restoration terraces, overhanged by trees, offer the planning of staying opportunities at the "head sides" of the elongated square. On the night of September 8, 2015, the western of the two stage structures was totally destroyed by a fire. The police suspect arson.
In 2004, exhibited designs met with cautious reactions from residents. In 2008, the district and the building authorities criticized the use of the stages not in accordance with the contract. The list of deficiencies with a total of 19 points of criticism included, among other things, the lack of attractiveness of the cultural program, a partial lack of capacity and an unsatisfactory visual design. Most of the criticism was rejected by the operators.
Use since 2006
- from April to the end of September beer garden gastronomy summer gardens with daily live music on cabaret stages
- In the run-up to Christmas, Spielbudenplatz is the scene of Santa Pauli - Hamburg's hottest Christmas market .
- Since March 2007, the St. Pauli night market , a weekly market, has been held every Wednesday between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m.
- Public viewing ascent FC St. Pauli May 2007
- Public viewing soccer World Cup 2006, soccer EM 2008, soccer World Cup 2010
- Big Grand Prix Party, Public Viewing Eurovision Song Contest, as well as live broadcast of the TV programs "Countdown for Germany" and "Grand Prix Party"
Cultural monument
In addition to the Davidwache , the St. Pauli Theater and Schmidts Tivoli , the facade of the former St. Pauli baths at Spielbudenplatz 26 and the remains of Knopf's cinema at Spielbudenplatz 19 are also under monument protection.
photos
The operetta house
Panoptikum wax museum
The new Schmidt theater
Facade of the former St. Pauli baths
Back of the former St. Pauli-Bad (Kastanienallee 30)
St. Pauli Theater
David Guard
Esso Homes (2013)
Esso Homes (2014)
literature
- Ulrich Alexis Christiansen: Hamburg's dark worlds. The mysterious underground of the Hanseatic city. Ch. Links, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-473-0 .
Web links
- Official website of the operating company
- List of monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as of April 13, 2010 (PDF; 915 kB) ( Memento from June 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 894 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bismarcktuerme.de/ebene3/laender/hamburg.html
- ↑ Jan Paersch: “Jan Delay has already hung up on the toilet” . In: The daily newspaper: taz . October 14, 2019, ISSN 0931-9085 , p. 27 ePaper 23 North ( taz.de [accessed October 14, 2019]).
- ↑ http://www.tivoli.de/schmidt-tivoli-kontakt/ueber-uns/schmidts-tivoli.html
- ↑ Ulrich Alexis Christiansen: Hamburg's dark worlds. The mysterious underground of the Hanseatic city. , Pp. 137–142
- ↑ kunst-fuer-den-spielbudenplatz.de ( Memento from March 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ History of Spielbudenplatz. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
- ^ Genevieve Wood: Spielbudenplatz: The renovation has started. July 14, 2005, accessed November 7, 2018 .
- ↑ dpa: The fire at Spielbudenplatz was arson . Abendblatt.de September 10, 2015
- ↑ Heike Müller: "St. Pauli becomes St. Disney": criticism of the Spielbudenplatz plan. July 6, 2004, accessed November 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Marco Carini: Theater around the Spielbudenplatz. July 31, 2008, accessed November 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Spielbudenplatz masters start-up difficulties. June 13, 2008, accessed November 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Spielbudenplatz masters start-up difficulties. June 13, 2008, accessed November 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Marco Carini: Theater around the Spielbudenplatz. July 31, 2008, accessed November 7, 2018 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '58.4 " N , 9 ° 57' 53.1" E