Passion Playhouse [Hořice na Šumavě]
type: Item
label: Passiespelen van Hořice na Šumavě @nl
label: Hořické pašijové hry @cs
label: Passion Playhouse
description: Theatre building in Hořice na Šumavě, Czech Republic, opened in 1892
description: theater in Hořice na Šumavě @nl
EUTA building identifier: 956
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Czech Republic
City: Hořice na Šumavě
GPS: Point(14.1723 48.7588)
Wikidata source: Q22692359
opening date: 1893-06-25T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
Importance: national or regional importance
Building relation: freestanding building
type of operator: Amateur theatre
Preservation state: stage preserved
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
building purpose: Theatre operation building
Note: pašijové divadlo @cs
Note: Theatre built 1893 for the Höritz Passion Play, a German-language play documented locally since 1816. Used until 1948, when the passion play was forbidden by the Communist government. Subsequently used as a sheep pen and straw warehouse. 1966 demolished by blasting, together with the nearby Saint Anne Chapel. - [Since 1993 a new Hořice passion play in Czech language has been performed in a new open-air theatre Pašijové Divadlo near the village.]
Theatre space character: performing arts building
closure date: 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1000
Wikidata instance: Q11183017
Wikidata instance: Q1349065
Carthalia ID: 244