State Theatre [Saarbrücken]
type: Item
label: Saarländisches Staatstheater @nl
description: Theatre building in Saarbrücken, Germany, opened in 1936
description: theater in Saarbrücken @nl
alternative label: State Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1908
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Saarbrücken
GPS: Point(6.996 49.2308)
Wikidata source: Q208805
Building date: 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
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represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
Internal image: SaarländischesStaatstheaterL1140411 (2).jpg
opening date: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: Schillerplatz 1
Web: www.staatstheater.saarland
architect: Paul Baumgarten
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2538
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1937-1938 by Paul Baumgarten, one of two major new theatre buildings in Nazi Germany (the other one being the Theatre in Dessau). Opened 9 Oct 1938 as Gautheater Saarpfalz (also known as Gautheater Westmark, Westmarktheater or Grenzlandtheater) with Richard Wagner's opera Der Fliegende Holländer, in the presence of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler. 1942 damaged by bombs. Rebuilt after World War II and re-opened as Stadttheater Saarbrücken. 1971 renamed Saarländisches Staatstheater. Home to the resident opera, ballet and drama companies.