Hebbel-Theater [Berlin]
type: Item
label: Hebbel-Theater
label: Teatro Hebbel @es
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
description: bouwwerk in Duitsland @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1769
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
GPS: Point(13.3873 52.5)
Wikidata source: Q1592692
opening date: 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362767.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362768.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362769.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362770.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362771.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362772.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362773.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362774.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362775.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362776.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362777.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 362778.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365286.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365287.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365288.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 131536
Web: www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
architect: Oskar Kaufmann
Postal Code: 10963
Propertylabel: 34
city section: Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Importance: Local importance
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q185358
Carthalia ID: 1657
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1906-1908 as Hebbel-Theater by Oskar Kaufmann for the impresario Eugen Robert. Named in honour of the German playwright, Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863). Opened 29 Jan 1908 with Hebbel's Maria Magadelena. 1911 renamed Theater in der Königgrätzer Straße. Mainly used for classical and modern drama performances. 1930 renamed Theater in der Stresemannstraße. 1934 renamed Theater in der Saarlandstraße. 1936 interior renovation. During World War II, operated as part of the Nazi Volksbühnenverbund. Minor damages in World War II, subsequently repaired. 1945 re-renamed Hebbel-Theater. Re-opened 15 Aug 1945 with Brecht/Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper. 1946-1947 rebuilding with various alterations by Karl Friedrich Demmer. 1960 interior alterations by Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach. 1972 bought by the city of Berlin. Closed in the early 1980s. 1987-1988 renovation to the original designs. Re-opened 1988. Subsequently mainly used for modern drama and ballet performances by local and international companies. Since 2003, operated as HAU 1 by the Hebbel am Ufer theatre company. Ca. 800 seats.