Rozrywki Theatre [Chorzów]
type: Item
label: Rozrywki Theatre
description: Theatre building in Chorzów, Poland
description: theater in Chorzów @nl
EUTA building identifier: 504
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Poland
City: Chorzów
GPS: Point(18.9565 50.2963)
Wikidata source: Q9356146
opening date: 1985-09-29T00:00:00Z
Address: ul. Marii Konopnickiej 1, 41-500 Chorzów
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 542
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1889-1890 as Tanz- und Theatersaal within the Hotel Reden. Ca. 1900 converted into a theatre (2000 seats). Re-opened 6 Oct 1900 with a prologue by Felix Dahn and the dramas Beckers Geschichte, In Feindesland, and Fest der Handwerker by the Oberschlesisches Volkstheater company. In the 1930s, major rebuilding. From 1947, used as a steelworkers' house of culture and community centre. 1978-1985 modernization. Reopened as Teatr Rozrywki (entertainment theatre) on 29 Sep 1985. 2006-2008 rebuildings.