Westfalenhallen
Westfalenhallen Dortmund | |
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The Westfalenhallen seen from the east | |
Data | |
place | Strobelallee 45 Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia |
Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '47 " N , 7 ° 27' 21" E |
owner | Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH |
operator | Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH |
start of building | 1920s |
opening | 1925 1952 (after being destroyed in World War II ) |
surface |
Parquet PVC - Flooring ice artificial grass wooden velodrome (m 200 to 2011) |
capacity | 15,400 seats (maximum) |
The Westfalenhallen Dortmund are a trade fair , congress and event center on the Rheinlanddamm in Dortmund . A total of three subsidiaries operate under the management of the parent company Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH: Messe Dortmund GmbH, Kongress Dortmund GmbH and Westfalenhalle GmbH. The city of Dortmund is the sole shareholder of Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH. The company's annual turnover is between 40 and 50 million euros.
The Westfalenhallen comprise a total of nine exhibition halls with a total area of around 60,000 square meters and an entrance hall. The best known is the listed Westfalenhalle (no number). It is one of the most traditional event arenas in Germany. The area also includes the Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund, the congress center Westfalenhallen and the Mercure Hotel Messe & Kongress Westfalenhallen.
The Westfalenhallen have around 1.7 million visitors annually. In 2009 the 100 millionth visitor since 1952 was welcomed.
history
The Westfalenhalle
The Westfalenhalle is registered as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Dortmund .
1925 to 1943: construction and first events
The first Westfalenhalle was built between April and November 1925 in just seven months at the suggestion of the then city building councilor Hans Strobel as a wooden structure for 15,000 visitors in Dortmund and was at times the largest hall in Europe . It was officially opened on November 28, 1925.
The hall included several ballrooms, a riding arena and stables for 400 horses. It was the scene of trade fairs and stage festivals, track and field competitions, equestrian and ice sports tournaments and political events.
In 1927, the Westfalenhalle went down in boxing history when Max Schmeling defeated Fernand Delarge from Belgium and became European champion.
Between 1926 and 2008, a total of 67 six-day races took place in the Westfalenhalle . In 1935, the Münster-based architect Clemens Schürmann installed a 200-meter-long cycling track .
In 1932, Adolf Hitler visited the Westfalenhalle on March 10th and October 30th as part of his election campaign. After the National Socialists came to power, the hall was often used for propaganda purposes. After the start of the war with the attack on Poland, the Wehrmacht confiscated the Westfalenhalle. The Wehrmacht then set up the prisoner-of-war team main camp, or main camp VI D for short, in the surrounding wooden barracks in the hall and later, when there was not enough space in the hall . Up to 10,000 prisoners of war, mainly Poles, Russians and French, were housed in this POW camp at the same time. A total of 77,000 prisoners passed through Stalag VI D, who were employed as workers in Dortmund's heavy industry.
1944 to 1953: destruction and new construction
On May 23, 1944, the Westfalenhalle was destroyed by a bomb attack. Thousands of prisoners of war who were defenseless against the attacks died.
Immediately after the war, the Dortmund City Council decided in 1945 to rebuild the Westfalenhalle.
On February 2, 1952, Federal President Theodor Heuss opened the new 118 m long, 98 m wide and 29 m high hall. The hall planned as a concrete structure by the architects Walter Höltje , then 28 years old, and Horst Retzki has a cantilevered roof structure - so there are no annoying supporting pillars in the interior. The cycling track was replaced by a new track by Schürmann.
1968 to 2002: The U on the Roof and Pink Floyd
A large illuminated "U", which is the symbol of the Dortmund Union brewery , has been rotating on the roof since 1968 .
1981 was the Westphalia hall, next to Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena , Earls Court ( London ) and Nassau Coliseum ( New York ), one of only four worldwide venues in The Wall tour of Pink Floyd .
2003 to 2012: Renovation of the Westfalenhalle
In 2003 the cycling track in the Westfalenhalle was renovated.
The picture Mayday V by the German photographer Andreas Gursky , published in 2006, shows the glass facade of the Westfalenhalle during the annual techno event Mayday . By means of photo montage, Gursky creates the illusion of an 18-story tower.
In 2011 and 2012 the interior of the Westfalenhalle was rebuilt. The cycling track was expanded in 2011, as there was no longer any need for it due to the elimination of the six-day race in 2008. The resulting space gains increased the capacity to up to 15,400 spectators.
In the same year, a C was added to one side of the roof advertising, the logo of the advertising partner “Die Continentale ”.
Others
For many years the Golden Westphalia Hall was awarded in the Westfalenhalle . Prize winners include a. James Last , Udo Jürgens , Freddy Quinn and Otto Waalkes .
More than 30 world championships and over 50 European championships have already taken place in the hall. The concert statistics include well over 1,000 artist names. For some stars, such as Chris de Burgh and Marius Müller-Westernhagen , a concert in the Große Westfalenhalle was even the breakthrough on the way to becoming a superstar.
Concert recordings of their appearances in the large Westfalenhalle have been published on CD or DVD by a large number of well-known performers, including world stars such as Bob Marley , Iron Maiden , Joe Cocker and Prince .
The former Westfalenhalle 1 has only been called Westfalenhalle since April 1, 2019, because the focus is on the importance of the hall.
Development of the exhibition grounds and the other halls
The Westfalenhallen event, exhibition and congress center comprises a total of nine exhibition halls, including the Westfalenhalle.
The numbers of the halls mentioned correspond to the designation at the time of opening.
1926 to 1953: congress center and gold hall
The rose terraces were opened in 1926. A year later, the Goldsaal followed, which, for example , made history for the establishment of the Bundesliga by the DFB resolution there on July 28, 1962 .
1954 to 1988: New halls and rooms
The first additional hall, Hall 2N, was opened in 1954. Hall 2 was added a year later. Halls 3 (from 2004: 3A), 4 and 5 were added in 1959. The exhibition area grew to 20,000 m² in a total of 6 halls. Halls 2 and 3A are part of the congress center.
In 1973 it was decided to build 13 new conference rooms for the congress center. This is seen as the actual birth of the convention center.
Hall 6 was completed in 1985 and thus expanded the exhibition grounds by another 7,000 m² of exhibition space. In the same year a trade fair center was inaugurated, which connects Halls 4 and 5 and offered an additional entrance.
1989 to 2007: Growth almost doubled in area
Four years later, in 1989, the site was expanded to include an eighth hall, Hall 7 with 6500 m². Thus the Westfalenhallen offered an exhibition area of 42,000 m².
Another seven years later, in 1996, Hall 8 was opened, expanding the exhibition area to 47,700 m².
The largest hall, Hall 3 with 10,600 m² of exhibition space, was opened in 2004. Since then, the exhibition area has not grown any further and no further exhibition halls have been built.
A media center was set up in Hall 3 (then 3B) for the 2006 World Cup . The remaining areas were converted into overnight accommodation for external visitors and had a capacity of almost 4,000 beds. In addition, a big "Fan Fest" was held for four weeks.
On Maundy Thursday 2007, a memorial stone was inaugurated in front of Westfalenhalle 3 to commemorate the prisoner-of-war camp there
2015 to 2019: New entrance to the fair and new numbering of the halls
The congress center was modernized in 2015 and 2016.
In January 2016, the Westfalenhalle announced the "Welcome2018" project. This project is about a 4500 m² entrance hall which should offer various advantages. On the one hand, the visitor guidance and the entrance area should be significantly simplified and also designed to be barrier-free and modern. Before that, the ticket counters were spread over the site and depending on the event, someone else had to be found. These areas were partly outside the halls and therefore required waiting outside of weather-protected areas. In addition, new catering areas were created, new conference rooms, a separate entrance for exhibitors and a new forwarding and logistics office. The north entrance to the trade fair opened at the end of March 2019 and was used for the first time in May.
With the opening of the north entrance to the exhibition center in April 2019, the hall numbering was changed. The names of the halls changed as follows:
Until March 2019 | From April 2019 | ||
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1 | "Westfalenhalle" only | ||
2 | 2U | 1 | 1U |
2N | 1B | ||
3A | 2 | ||
3B | 3 | ||
4th | No change | ||
5 | |||
6th | |||
7th | |||
8th |
future
In spring 2019, the city of Dortmund worked with the Westfalenhallen on a future project over the next 20 to 30 years for the Westfalenhallen and the area around them. If Olympia 2032 comes to Dortmund, this project should be implemented within 15 years. The plan is to demolish halls 4 to 8 and build nine new halls and another entrance hall on the same area. The riding club will clear the area for this. The construction of the new halls should be more orderly in order to maximize the use of space, a 2-4-3 division of the halls is planned, with the middle four halls being longer than the five others. The northern row, however, also consists of three halls, one of which is the already built north entrance to the trade fair. The southern three halls will be built with a congress center and supplemented by a western south entrance. The halls in a row are of a comparable size. All halls are connected by two main roads.
In the traffic area, Strobelallee is to have two roundabouts, which will either divert traffic temporarily during events or permanently, even if no event is taking place. The exhibition center is to be given a road to bypass it in order to improve the logistics within the site. The northern parking lots are to be rearranged and the traffic flows of pedestrians and cyclists are to be changed.
The current A8 car park, west of the Westfalenhallen, is to be built with a congress hotel and also offer a logistics area.
The ice sports center is to be closed by a three to four-story building in the north. This new building is to be used for sports.
The financing is unclear, however. It is calculated with costs in the lower three-digit million range, since these are not to be financed by the city and the Westfalenhallen alone, state and federal funds are to be tapped.
Halls
The compact hall ensemble, which is spread over an area of 300 × 750 m, is characteristic of the trade fair. Each hall is a maximum of 200 m from the main entrance.
The Dortmund Exhibition Center has nine air-conditioned halls with an area of between 1000 and 10,600 square meters. The newest hall, Westfalenhalle 3, was opened in autumn 2004 with an area of 10,600 m². In total, Messe Dortmund offers an exhibition area of around 60,000 m². This puts Dortmund in the mid-size range on the German trade fair market.
Hall | Exhibition space | ||
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Westfalenhalle | 4,700 m² | ||
1 | 1B | 970 m² | 1800 m² |
1U | 1,000 m² | ||
2 | 1,730 m² | ||
3 | 10,600 m² | ||
4th | 8,300 m² | ||
5 | 5,100 m² | ||
6th | 7,200 m² | ||
7th | 6,000 m² | ||
8th | 5,500 m² |
Convention center
The Westfalenhallen congress center comprises around 30 halls and halls in which congresses and meetings for 10 to 10,000 participants can be held. The congress center looks after around 1,000 appointments each year. The congress center also manages halls at Dortmund Airport .
In 2015 the congress center was modernized.
The Rosenterrassen restaurant is located there.
Corporate structure
Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH
The city of Dortmund is the sole shareholder of Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH. The company's annual turnover is between 40 and 50 million euros.
The company owns "Westfalenhalle GmbH", "Messe Dortmund GmbH" and "Kongress Dortmund GmbH".
executive Director
Previous managing directors of the Westfalenhallen since 1952:
- 1952–1953: Wilhelm Wortelmann, sports journalist
- 1953–1971: Helmut Körnig , former athlete
- 1971–1985: Hermann Heinemann , politician
- 1985– July 2011: Ludwig Jörder , lawyer and notary
- since August 2011: Sabine Loos
Westfalenhalle GmbH
The Westfalenhalle GmbH includes the Westfalenhalle and Halls 1 to 2. The flagship of the corporate group is the Westfalenhalle with a capacity of 15,400 people.
Messe Dortmund GmbH
Messe Dortmund GmbH operates halls 3 to 8 and organizes, among other things, leading European or even world-wide trade fairs such as Jagd & Hund , Creativa , Intermodellbau or InterTabac.
Congress Dortmund GmbH
KHC stands for "Congress Center - Hotel - Catering", which outlines the company's three major fields of activity. In addition to the Mercure Hotel Dortmund Messe & Kongress Westfalenhallen and the Westfalenhallen congress center, Kongress Dortmund GmbH also operates the Rosenterrassen restaurant at the Westfalenhallen and external locations: the “Lokalmanufaktur” restaurant in Dortmund's town hall and the catering facilities and conference rooms at Dortmund Airport. The company offers high-quality catering, cooking events and cooking courses under the “cateringmanufaktur” brand.
Trade fairs and events
Regular events
- ADAC Super-Cross
- Night of the Proms
- Mayday
- Syndicate Festival
- Holiday on Ice
- Signal Iduna Cup international equestrian and jumping tournament
Regular trade fairs
More than 8,000 exhibitors take part in around 35 trade fairs every year.
Public fairs
- Hunting & dog
- motorcycles
- Creativa
- Dog & pet
- Intermodellbau
- Dortmund autumn
- FAIR TRADE & FRIENDS
- Dog & horse
Trade Shows
- Glasses & co
- Best of Events International (*)
- Laundry and more ...
- easyFairs bulk goods + other easy Fairs fairs
- Electrical engineering
- InterTabac / InterSupply
- DKM - International Trade Fair for the Finance and Insurance Industry
- THE INITIAL
World championships
- 1952 : World Championships in Figure Skating
- 1955 : Games of the ice hockey world championship
- 1959 : 25th table tennis world championship
- 1961 : Games of the men's handball world championship
- 1964 : World Figure Skating Championships
- 1965 : Finals of the women's handball world championship
- 1966 : World Championships in Gymnastics
- 1975 : Games of the ice hockey world championship
- 1980 : World Figure Skating Championship
- 1982 : Games of the men's handball world championship
- 1983 : Games of the Ice Hockey World Championship
- 1983 : World Championship of Latin American Dance Professionals
- 1984 : 4th World Skat Championship
- 1985 : World championship for professionals in standard dances
- 1988 : World Championship for Professionals in Latin American Dances
- 1989 : 40th table tennis world championship
- 1990 : World Championship of Professionals over ten dances
- 1992 : World Championship of Professionals over ten dances
- 1993 : Games of the Ice Hockey World Championship
- 1994 : World Championship for Professionals in Latin American Dances (Freestyle)
- 1994 : boxing world championship in the light heavyweight : Henry Maske / Germany - Ernesto Magdaleno / USA and Henry Maske / Germany - Andrea Magi / Italy
- 1994 : World Team Championships in gymnastics
- 1995 : World Light Heavyweight Boxing Championship: Henry Maske / Germany - Graciano Rocchigiani / Germany
- 1996 : World Light Heavyweight Boxing Championship: Henry Maske / Germany - Duran Williams / USA
- 1996 : World Championship of Professionals over ten dances
- 1998 : All-round dance world championship for professionals
- 1999 : Skateboard World Championship
- 2000 : World Championship of Professionals in Latin American Dances
- 2000 : Skateboard World Championship
- 2002 : 21st Skateboard World Championship
- 2003 : 22nd Skateboard World Championship
- 2004 : 23rd World Skateboard Championship
- 2004 : World Figure Skating Championships
- 2005 : 14th ITF - Taekwon-Do World Championship
- 2006 : 11th FIRA RoboWorld Cup
- 2007 : Games of the handball world championship
- 2012 : World Table Tennis Championships 2012
European championships
- 1955 : Light heavyweight boxing for the European championship: Gerhard Hecht defeated Willi Hoepner by knockout.
- 1956 : European championship for bicycle stayers
- 1966 : European Indoor Games 1966
- 2011 : European Wrestling Championships 2011
literature
- Artur Poppe, Andreas Weber: Westfalenhallen Dortmund. The Chronicle. Dortmund 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030023-3 .
- LWL media center for Westphalia (ed.): Erich, let it run! The films of Elisabeth Wilms . Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-939974-16-1 . (DVD, including the film "Dortmund's new Westfalenhalle - the giant among the sports palaces" with recordings from 1951/52 about the construction work)
Web links
- Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe GmbH
- Westphalia regional: Westfalenhallen in Dortmund - 100 million visitors
- Description of this sight on the route of industrial culture
- New Westfalenhalle under construction
- Concert list of the Westfalenhallen (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Dortmund: Good business year 2016 for Westfalenhallen. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
- ↑ No. A 0570. List of monuments of the city of Dortmund. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: dortmund.de - Das Dortmunder Stadtportal. Monument Authority of the City of Dortmund, April 14, 2014, archived from the original on September 15, 2014 ; accessed on June 12, 2014 (size: 180 kB).
- ↑ Jacq van Reijendam: 6-daagsen statistics 2009 . No. 17. Published by the Union International des Vélodromes
- ↑ Westfalenhallen. In: arch INFORM .
- ↑ a b velodromes.com
- ↑ Florian Heine: With the eyes of the painter. Rediscovered arenas of art . CJ Bucher Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7658-1612-3 (Chapter: Mayday V, p. 156f).
- ↑ The end of the Radrennbahn on derwesten.de v. November 2, 2010
- ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/dortmund/c-dockt-auf-westfalenhalle-an-dem-u-an-id6043572.html
- ^ A b Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH: Chronicle of the fair. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ^ Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH: Chronicle of the Congress Center Hotel Catering. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ New North Entrance to Messe Dortmund Exhibition Center opened. March 27, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019 (German).
- ^ Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH: Modernization. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Numbering of the halls until March 2019. Accessed on June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH: Strategic development of the exhibition center /: March 28, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ alexpressedo: City of Dortmund presents mega plans for event, sports and event mile around Strobelallee. April 16, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019 (German).