Municipal Theatre [Freiberg]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Freiberg, Germany, opened in 1623
description: theater in Freiberg @nl
alternative label: Municipal Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1857
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Freiberg
GPS: Point(13.3449 50.9182)
Wikidata source: Q45992095
opening date: 1790-04-07T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1623-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364731.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364732.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364733.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 364734.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365415.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 370329.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
theatrEurope table: HST_0212
member Perspectiv: yes
Capacity: 315
Address: Borngasse 1, 09599 Freiberg
Web: www.mittelsaechsisches-theater.de
Member of: PERSPECTIV
Propertylabel: 68
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1843
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Originally built 1623 as a townhouse. Used as a theatre since 1790. Opened 7 Apr 1790 with a German comedy. 1791 extension by a neighbouring house. 1850 renovations. 1876-1885 extension and major exterior and interior rebuilding. 1896-1897 extension and major exterior and interior rebuilding. 1907 extension. 1951 closed due to structural problems. 1951-1952 renovations. Re-opened 21 Dec 1952 with Schiller's Kabale und Liebe. 1981 collapse of the extension building in Borngasse, subsequently rebuilt. 1986-1991 extensions, major renovations to the 1880 plans. 316 seats (+ 10 standing). One of the homes of the Mittelsächsisches Theater drama and opera companies (together with Stadttheater Döbeln).