Waldbühne
type: Item
label: Teatro del Bosque de Berlín @es
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany
description: bouwwerk in Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Forest Stage
EUTA building identifier: 2043
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
GPS: Point(13.229 52.5159)
Wikidata source: Q644028
opening date: 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
EEConde: Berlin 102
Address: Am Glockenturm 1
closure date: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
Postal Code: 14053
city section: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Importance: national or regional importance
Wikidata instance: Q8719053
Wikidata instance: Q1454553
Carthalia ID: 1703
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Open-air theatre, built 1936 by Werner March as a Nazi Thingstätte. Part of the Reichssportfeld complex built for the 1936 Olympic Games. Named Dietrich-Eckart-Bühne after the German author and friend of Adolf Hitler, Dietrich Eckart (1868-1923). Opened 2 Aug 1936 with the world premiere of E. W. Möller's Nazi Thing drama, Frankenburger Würfelspiel (with over 1000 performers). After World War II, renamed Waldbühne [forest stage]. 1982 installation of a stage roof. 22,000 seats. Currently used for pop and classical concerts, and as an open-air cinema.