Count Court Theatre [Dessau, DE]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Dessau, Germany, opened in 1856
alternative label: Count Court Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 624
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Dessau
GPS: Point(12.2432 51.8334)
Wikidata source: Q60617135
Burnt down date: 1855-03-07T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1922-01-05T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1856-10-27T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1798-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1820-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff
Theaterbrande Id: 323
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 203
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Carthalia ID: 1758
Modern Opera Houses ID: 198
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1856 as Herzogliches Hoftheater by Friedrich Kretzschmar for duke Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau. Opened 27 Oct 1856 with Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable. 1918 donated to a public foundation by duke Friedrich II of Anhalt, and renamed Friedrich-Theater in his honour. Destroyed by a fire on 5 Jan 1922, with only the façade surviving. Remains converted into a café and operated as Kaffee Altes Theater. Destroyed in World War II.