Nationaltheater Weimar [Weimar]
type: Item
description: theatre building in Weimar, Germany, opened 1908
alternative label: Nationaltheater Weimar
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135550
Wikidata source: Q67205958
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Country: Germany
City: Weimar
GPS: Point(11.3247 50.9796)
opening date: 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: Theaterstraße 2
architect: Max Littmann
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
EUTA building identifier: 625
Wikidata instance: Q1060829
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q184271
Carthalia ID: 2139
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1906-1907 as Großherzogliches Hoftheater by Max Littmann for Großherzog Wilhelm-Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, at the site of the old Hoftheater (built 1825, demolished 1906). Opened 17 Feb 1907 with Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris. Renamed Landestheater on 17 November 1918. Renamed Deutsches Nationaltheater on 19 January 1919. Site of the Deutsche Nationalversammlung from 6 February 1919 to 31 July 1919, the constituent parliament assembly for the first German republic later known as Weimarer Republik. Interior destroyed by bombs on 9 Feb 1945. 1946-1948 rebuilding of the interior to modern plans. Re-opened 28 Aug 1948 with Goethe's Faust I. 1973-1975 auditorium renovation and stage modernization. Re-opened 5 October 1975 with Goethe's Faust I. 1997-1999 renovations. Re-opened 31 Jan 1999 with Goethe's Faust I and Faust II.
Burnt down date: 1945-02-09T00:00:00Z