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20-512: Since 1970, the Clemensbrunnen  [ de ] has stood on Deinhardplatz in front of the theatre. The Koblenz Theatre was commissioned by the Elector and Archbishop of Trier, Clemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen , and built in 1787 by the architect Peter Joseph Krahe in the then new Neustadt district. The construction was supervised by Johann Andreas Gärtner  [ de ] . The building

40-637: A projecting cornice. Attached to this is an attic with a raised central section bearing the Latin inscription ' Musis Moribus Et Publicae Laetitiae Erectum MDCCLXXXVII (To the Muses, to Morality and for the Pleasure of the Public erected 1787). The gable roof is flat and strongly recessed. The present monochrome version in yellow probably corresponds to the original state. Inside is a flat-roofed vestibule. The main entrances to

60-595: Is the only surviving classical theatre building on the Middle Rhine and the earliest surviving example of a rank theatre in Germany (as opposed to the earlier Logentheater  [ de ] ). The exterior of the theatre is characterised by a neo-classical façade with pilasters . The rusticated ground floor has round-arched entrances. The main and mezzanine floors above are connected by colossal pilasters. These are terminated by an architrave with triglyph frieze and

80-591: The Gauleiter , thus preventing its destruction by fire. Since the building offered one of the few rooms that had not been destroyed in the war and was large enough, the constituent meeting of the Beratende Landesversammlung  [ de ] , which discussed the constitution of the newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate , took place in it on 22 November 1946. Since the theatre had suffered considerable damage due to its age, no longer complied with

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140-781: The Koblenz Theatre has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley . Furthermore, it is a protected cultural property according to the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and marked with the blue and white protection sign. 50°21′29.4″N 7°35′58″E  /  50.358167°N 7.59944°E  / 50.358167; 7.59944 Clemensbrunnen (Koblenz) From Misplaced Pages,

160-693: The Koblenz Theatre has organised the impuls!v youth theatre festival in cooperation with the Kulturbüro Rheinland-Pfalz  [ de ] and the Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz  [ de ] In 2000, the theatre, together with the "Institute for German Studies of the University of Koblenz-Landau and the university's circle of friends, donated the Koblenzer Literaturpreis  [ de ] . The Koblenz Theatre

180-453: The Latin inscription "Ridendo Corrigo Mores" (Through laughter I improve morals). The flat hall ceiling pretends to be a dome through illusionistic painting and perspective-distorted coffers . There were no preserved findings for this painting, as the ceiling had once been re-plastered, nor do the architect's plans show the ceiling; during the restoration in the 1980s, it was therefore recreated in

200-430: The architect's preserved original plans; small surviving remnants indicated that it had probably also been executed in this form. The remains found of the original painting (but also of later room paintings) were preserved under the new painting where possible, in order to preserve them for later generations. The stage is flanked by boxes and a fluted pair of double columns. Above the stage is an architrave-like finial with

220-480: The end of the electoral and French periods, it passed into private ownership, with the owners changing several times and doing little to maintain the building or provide an ambitious programme. On 16 December 1851, the Koblenz opera singer Henriette Sontag performed in the theatre. It was the first and only performance in her home town. In 1867, at the instigation of Lord Mayor Karl Heinrich Lottner  [ de ] ,

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280-417: The playing hall are behind a doric pillar position. The central auditorium, decorated in blue, grey and white, is surrounded by a three-storey, free-floating tier arrangement that encloses the hall in a horseshoe shape. This is aligned with the former electoral box and decorated with illusionary painting dating back to Elmar Albrecht 1984/1985. This painting was created during the restoration according to

300-451: The purge function . Titles on Misplaced Pages are case sensitive except for the first character; please check alternative capitalizations and consider adding a redirect here to the correct title. If the page has been deleted, check the deletion log , and see Why was the page I created deleted? Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemensbrunnen_(Koblenz) " Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz From Misplaced Pages,

320-408: The relevant safety regulations and the stage technology was completely outdated, it was comprehensively restored between 1984 and 1985 with the aim of coming as close as possible to its original state of 1787. In the process, the old dimensions of the foyer were restored and the original painting in the auditorium was reconstructed; the façade was also given back its original colour scheme. Since 2009,

340-542: The style of other classicist buildings. A chandelier is mounted in the centre, which further enhances the perspective effect. The Koblenz Theatre is a protected cultural monument according to the Denkmalschutzgesetz  [ de ] (DSchG) and registered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It stands in Koblenz-Altstadt at Deinhardplatz 2  [ de ] . Since 2002,

360-465: The theatre was bought at auction by the city of Koblenz. The city had the run-down building renovated by master builder Hermann Nebel  [ de ] in 1869, and the interior was rebuilt in the style of historicism . In 1937 and 1952, further alterations were made to modernise the appearance of the building and bring it into line with current safety regulations. During the Second World War,

380-505: The theatre was closed in August 1944, but since it was one of the few buildings in the city centre to remain largely intact during the air raids on Koblenz  [ de ] , it was able to reopen on 1 June 1946. Allegedly, two caretakers had diverted the fire brigade from the government building  [ de ] to the theatre after an air raid in November 1944 with an invented order of

400-471: Was modelled on the Italian Logentheater  [ de ] , which was widespread in the 17th century, but above all on the more modern French rank theatres. On 23 November 1787, the theatre, designed as a multi-purpose building, was opened with a performance of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail under the direction of Johann Heinrich Böhm as Kurfürstliches Komödien- und Ballhaus . After

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