Lokschuppen Rosenheim, Exhibition centre in Rosenheim, Germany
Lokschuppen Rosenheim is an exhibition centre in a curved red-brick former locomotive roundhouse with ten arched bays, green doors and a shallow overhanging roof. A gabled brick building with a round window and teal doors marked "CAFÉ L K" stands alongside. The interior offers 1316 m² of exhibition space.
The locomotive shed was built for the Royal Bavarian State Railways' workshop, which opened with the Munich–Kufstein line in 1858 and began operating on 13 November 1858. After the station moved in 1876, the city bought the site in 1878 and used the shed as a warehouse; fires in 1898 and 1921 led to rebuilding, the latter giving the present pent roof. In 1988, after a 1986 competition won by Josef Karg, it reopened as an exhibition centre.
The name Lokschuppen, "locomotive shed", survives from the 1858 railway workshop, and the round forecourt still serves as a parking area and open-air event space. Since opening in 1988 with the Bavarian state exhibition "Die Bajuwaren", the hall has hosted changing exhibitions on cultural history, ethnology and natural history. The Café Lokeria operated here until May 2025.
The Lokschuppen stands on the southern edge of the old town, opposite the town hall. The 2,600 m² forecourt is used for open-air events, and the round forecourt serves as a car park. The exhibition area covers 1,521 m², of which 1,316 m² is gross exhibition space; the rest is foyer.
The roundhouse kept its 19 locomotive stands around a turntable; the semicircular forecourt, created after a warehouse between the head buildings was demolished, covers 2,600 m² and serves open-air events. The conversion by Munich architect Josef Karg won the 1988 BDA Prize Bavaria for combining the historic building with modern additions.
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