Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE]
type: Item
label: Volksbühne Am Rosa-luxemburg-platz
label: Volksbühne @it
label: Peoples Theatre
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
description: theater in Berlijn @nl
alternative label: Volksbühne am bülow-platz [Berlin]
alternative label: Volksbühne am Horst-Wessel-Platz
EUTA building identifier: 1007
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
GPS: Point(13.4119 52.5269)
Burnt down date: 1943-11-20T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1914-12-30T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135761
Web: www.volksbuehne-berlin.de
architect: Oskar Kaufmann
Wikicommons gallery: Volksbühne_Berlin
Postal Code: 10178
Propertylabel: 43
city section: Berlin-Mitte
Importance: national or regional importance
Address: Am Rosa-luxemburg-platz
Address: am Horst-Wessel-Platz
Building date: 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Inventory Number: TBS 045
EEConde: Berlin 82

Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE] (Wikidata instance)
Wikidata instance: Q24354

Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE] (Wikidata source)
Wikidata source: Q118144972

Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE] (Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid)
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q192987

Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE] (Carthalia ID)
Carthalia ID: 1702

Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE] (Preservation state)
Preservation state: extant building

Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE] (Preservation state)
Preservation state: Used as theatre today

Peoples Theatre [Berlin, DE] (Note)
Note: Built 1913-1914 by Oskar Kaufmann for Neue Freie Volksbühne e. V. on the site of the demolished Scheunenviertel quarter. Opened 30 December 1914 with a prologue by Julius Bab, and Bjørnson's comedy Wenn der junge Wein blüht. 1933-1945 part of the Nazi Kraft durch Freude programme (name changed to Theater am Horst-Wessel-Platz). 1939 installation of state boxes by Paul Baumgarten. Stagehouse destroyed by bombs on 20 Nov 1943. Remaining parts destroyed by a fire in April 1945. 1953-1954 rebuilding in simplified forms (without the original roof and without the original sculptoral decoration) by Architektenkollektiv Hans Richter. Re-opened 21 Apr 1954 with Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. 1956 installation of the studio stage Theater im 3. Stock in the third floor. 1972 auditorium reconstruction. Originally 1968 seats, 1954: 1174 seats, today: 820 seats.
Source: CARTHALIA