Marx-Halle, Iron construction event hall in Landstraße, Vienna, Austria.
Marx-Halle is a protected former cattle market hall in Landstraße, Vienna, built of wrought iron. Its two three-nave halls, originally 224 m long, 175 m wide and 17 m high, are linked by a covered intermediate hall. The interior has slender light grey-green iron columns with lattice and X-shaped bracing, a glazed barrel-vaulted roof, wooden gallery floors on iron brackets, and concrete flooring. The exterior shows red brick below, pale grey vertically ribbed walls above, and arched grid windows.
The building was constructed in 1880 as a livestock market facility, originally designed to hold cattle auctions. It was repurposed over time to become the multifunctional event venue it is today.
The name Marx-Halle, adopted in 2014, replaced the historical name Rinderhalle St. Marx. Since 2014 the hall has housed the cabaret theatre Globe Wien, run by Michael Niavarani and Georg Hoanzl. The building is divided into four separately usable rooms across 20,000 square metres.
The hall sits in Landstraße near the St. Marx slaughterhouse site, and the U3 line stops at Schlachthausgasse nearby. The building was shortened to 175 metres in 1980 and again in 2003 for the A23 motorway, so the entrance side faces the road. Four separate rooms covering 20,000 square metres can be used independently, so check which hall your event is in.
The hall was originally 224 metres long; it was shortened to 175 metres in 1980 and again in 2003 to make room for the A23 motorway. The roof was completely rebuilt between 1947 and 1949 after wartime damage. Since 2014 the Globe Wien cabaret theatre, run by Michael Niavarani and Georg Hoanzl, has occupied part of the building.
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