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Theater Museum Magic World of Scenery Meiningen

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Location: Meiningen, Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

September 29, 2021

In 1797 the construction of a stables based on designs by the Hessian architect Heinrich Christoph Jussow began. The result was a structure with a forecourt, stables and riding house, which was not completed for financial reasons. In connection with considerations for a more representative design of the palace square, the demolition of the houses near the stables began in 1834. A large parade ground was created (today a parking lot).

Two decades later, all reconstruction plans in favor of a new stables south of Elisabethenburg Castle were abandoned. The only thing left was the riding arena, which continued to be used as such. Here the theater duke Georg II practiced step sequences on horseback, here his wife Helene von Heldburg received riding lessons. The riding arena was never a representative building. It was more like a mighty city barn. For this reason, the building was clad with festive decorations in 1910 on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Feodora from Meiningen to Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

In 1978 the riding hall was converted into a sports hall. The mighty historical gable roof was replaced by a flat construction, the porches designed according to the model of the festive decorations from 1910. After 1990 the building served as a temporary exhibition hall, and for a short time even as a domicile for a supermarket.

In 1998 and 1999, the plans that had existed since the 1970s to use the riding hall as a theater museum were put into practice. The work was carried out on behalf of the Meiningen city administration, generously supported by funding from the Free State of Thuringia. The conservation objectives of the renovation measures, especially the restoration of the historic roof shape, gave the building a previously unknown dignity.

Source: meiningermuseen.de/pages/die-museen/theatermuseum/das-gebaeude.php

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Loki 🚴

September 5, 2021

The “Zauberwelt der Kulisse” theater museum in the southern Thuringian district town of Meiningen is a museum specializing in historical stage sets for the Meiningen court theater. It is integrated under the roof of the Meiningen museums and is run by the Meiningen-Eisenach Cultural Foundation. The museum building once served as a ducal riding arena.

Source: Wikipedia

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Franzl wandert 🥾

October 5, 2023

The theater museum in the stables of Elisabethenburg Castle is a reminder of Meiningen's great theater history.

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Location: Meiningen, Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

Theater Museum Magic World of Scenery Meiningen

1. Werra at Schlosspark – Meiningen Arch Bridge loop from Meiningen

2. Elisabethenburg Palace – View from the Diezhäuschen loop from Meiningen

3. Meiningen Arch Bridge – View from the Diezhäuschen loop from Meiningen

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