Lessing-Theater [Berlin]
type: Item
label: Teatro Lessing @es
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
description: theater in Berlijn @nl
alternative label: Lessing-Theater
EUTA building identifier: 1764
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
GPS: Point(13.3764 52.5225)
Wikidata source: Q261757
opening date: 1888-09-11T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
EEConde: Berlin 46
Address: Friedrich-Karl-Ufer 1 / Kapelle-Ufer 1
Architekturmuseum Berlin Inventory Number: TBS 030
Postal Code: 10117
demolished: 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Hermann von der Hude
Redevelopment date: 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
city section: Berlin-Mitte
Importance: Local importance
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Wikidata instance: Q64654999
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1668
Note: Angelo Neumann and his ensemble performed here in 1891.
Note: Built 1887-1888 by Julius Hennicke and Hermann Philipp von der Hude for the theatre director Oscar Blumenthal, replacing a the circus building Zirkus Krembser. Opened 11 September 1888 with Lessing's Nathan der Weise. Named in honour of the German playwright, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781). Originally 1100 seats (+ 60 standing), later 1033 seats. Destroyed by bombs in April 1945.
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, II. p. 34; Block plan, II. p. 34; General view, II. p; 34; Font elevation, II. PI. 70; Plan area, II. PI. 70: Plan, 1st tier, II. PI. 71 ; Plan, 2nd tier, II. PI. 71 ; Longitudinal section, IP PI. 72 ; Site plan, IIP p. 13 ; Site, III. p. 14; Sketch of ceiling support, III. p. 74; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PI. opp. p. 62 ; Skeleton section of auditorium, IIP PI. opp. p. 62 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 16.