Goetheanum [Dornach]
type: Item
label: Goetheanum
description: Theatre building in Dornach, Switzerland
EUTA building identifier: 1699
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Switzerland
City: Dornach
Wikidata source: Q71727917
GPS: Point(7.6204 47.486)
opening date: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
demolished: 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
architectural style: organic architecture
architect: Rudolf Steiner
Propertylabel: 206
Wikidata instance: Q1763828
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 4555
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Multi-purpose hall, built 1913-1920 by the Austrian esotericist and inventor of Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner. Named in honor of the German poet and playwright, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1759-1832). Opened 1915. Destroyed by a fire on 31 Dec 1922. [1925-1928, a new Goetheanum was built on the site.]