Stadthalle Hannover

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Stadthalle Hannover
HCC Kuppelsaal Hannover.jpg
Stadthalle Hannover
Location Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Coordinates 52°22′33″N9°46′10″E / 52.37583°N 9.76944°E / 52.37583; 9.76944 Coordinates: 52°22′33″N9°46′10″E / 52.37583°N 9.76944°E / 52.37583; 9.76944
Capacity 3,600
Construction
Opened1914 (1914)
Architect
Website
www.hcc.de

The Stadthalle Hannover (Municipal hall) is a concert hall and event venue in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. The large hall is called Kuppelsaal, after its dome. The hall was opened in 1914. It is the largest hall for classical music in Germany, seating 3,600. Severely damaged during World War II, it was restored slightly altered. The hall is now part of the Hannover Congress Centrum  [ de ]. The listed historic building is a landmark of the city.

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Interior of the Kuppelsaal, 2010 Stadthalle-Hannover02 hg.jpg
Interior of the Kuppelsaal, 2010

Location

The Stadthalle is located in the district Zoo, near the Eilenriede [1] and the Eilenriedestadion, right next to the Stadtpark Hannover  [ de ] with a Japanese tea garden and a rose garden. It is connected to the highway system by Messeschnellweg, and can be reached by bus.

History

The Stadthalle was designed by architects Paul Bonatz, a young architect from Stuttgart, and his partner Friedrich Eugen Scholer  [ de ], who won a competition in 1910. It was built from 1912 to 1914. [1] [2] The domed hall in neoclassical style was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome. [1] [3] It was conceived as a multi-functional municipal hall for concerts, congresses and conventions, with a rising podium for 80 players and 400 to 600 singers. Seating an audience of 3,600, [1] it is the largest hall for classical music in Germany by capacity. [4] The hall was opened in 1914 with a large Musikfest. It proved an impressive space (beeindruckendes Raumerlebnis), but had problematic acoustics. [1]

The hall was severely damaged by bombing in World War II. It was restored slightly altered, supervised by the original architect Bonatz. Changes were made to the roof and the tholobate. [5] After the founding of Lower Saxony in 1946, with the city to be the state capital, the state parliament met there temporarily from 1947 until the new building in the Leineschloss was completed in 1961. [1]

The Kuppelsaal was restored again from 2015 to January 2016, including technical modernisation, more comfortable seating and improved acoustics. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kreykenbohm, Susanne (August 2014). "100 Jahre Kuppelsaal Hannover". Deutsche Bauzeitschrift (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kuppelsaal erstrahlt in neuem Glanz". architektur-bildarchiv.de (in German). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Röhrbein, Waldemar (2015). Hannover. Kleine Stadtgeschichte (in German). Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet.
  4. 1 2 "Stadthalle Hannover" (in German). Hanover. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Broschüre 100 HCC Hannover Congress Centrum

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