Theater Gießen

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The Theater Gießen, official name Stadttheater Gießen (Gießen Municipal Theatre), is a theatre in Gießen, Germany, a cultural center for the university city and the region. The main building was designed in Neo-classical style with influences of Jugendstil by architects Fellner & Helmer and completed in 1906. It has two stages, seats around 700 visitors and presents opera, musical, operetta, plays and modern dance theatre.

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• Magistrat der Universitätsstadt Gießen (ed.): [Ludwig Brake, Eckhard Ehlers, Friedhelm Häring]: Theater vor dem Theater; zur Geschichte des Theaterspiels in Gießen. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung vom 11. Mai bis 6. Juni 2007 im Stadttheater Gießen, Eigenverlag Stadt Gießen, Gießen 2007.
• Manfred Godehardt: Gießen 2007 – Ein baukulturelles Jubiläumsjahr (2) - 100 Jahre Stadttheater Gießen, 13. August 2012
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• Stadttheater Gießen Denkmalpflege Hessen (in German)

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