New City Theatre of Vienna [Vienna]
type: Item
label: Wiener Stadttheater @it
description: Theatre building in Vienna, Austria
description: theater in Wenen @nl
alternative label: New City Theatre of Vienna
EUTA building identifier: 1262
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Austria
City: Vienna
GPS: Point(16.3463 48.2133)
Wikidata source: Q2569106
opening date: 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367923.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367924.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367925.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367926.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367927.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367928.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367929.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367930.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367931.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 367932.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
architect: Oskar Kaufmann
Wikidata instance: Q3053337
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 62
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1913-1914 by Oskar Kaufmann. Originally the theatre was to be built for the Wiener Schauspielhaus GmbH as a home to the Freie Volksbühne Wien company. Due to financial problems, the unfinished theatre was sold to Anton Kleibel and Siegmund Bergmann in 1913. Opened 1 May 1914. Used for drama performances. 1918 interior rebuilding by Hermann Helmer. Subsequently used for operetta performances. Slightly damaged in World War II. Demolished 1960-1961. - [1968-1969 a library (Haus des Buches) and a hotel were built on the former site of the theatre. The original complex by Kaufmann also included an apartment block that survives until today.]
demolished: 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z