Polski Theatre [Bielsko-Biała]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, opened in 1889
description: theater in Bielsko-Biała @nl
alternative label: Polski Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 980
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Poland
City: Bielsko-Biała
GPS: Point(19.0453 49.8211)
Wikidata source: Q9356128
opening date: 1890-09-30T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1889-06-24T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363797.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363798.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363800.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363801.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 363799.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Web: teatr.bielsko.pl
architectural style: eclectic architecture
architect: Hermann Helmer
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Emil von Förster
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 536
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1888-1890 by Emil Ritter von Förster as Stadttheater for the city of Bielitz. Opened 30 September 1890 with Anton Freytag's Das neue Musenheim and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. 1904-1905 interior rebuilding and modernization by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. 1909 crumbling of the auditorium ceiling during a performance, subsequently removal of stucco decoration. After 1945 renamed Teatr Polski [Polish Theatre]. Originally ca. 450 seats (+ 200 standing), after 1905: ca. 1000 seats.