Mellini-Theater [Hannover]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Hannover, Germany
description: theater in Hannover @nl
alternative label: Mellini-Theater
EUTA building identifier: 1870
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Hannover
Wikidata source: Q1919546
GPS: Point(9.7345 52.3765)
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 365158.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
demolished: 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Source URL: https://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/1894
opening date: 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1894
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1889 as a variety and operetta theatre for the magician Hermann Mellini. 1677 seats. Ca. 1933-1945 part of the Nazi Kraft durch Freude programme. 1943 severely damaged by bombs. From 1946 basement used as chamber theatre (Junge Bühne, later Kammerspiele). Demolished 1954 in favour of a bank building.