Strandhalle Bremerhaven, Architectural structure in Bremerhaven, Germany.
Strandhalle is a clinker-brick building at Hermann-Heinrich-Meier-Straße 1, designed by Julius Hagedorn and completed in 1913, its rear facing Willy-Brandt-Platz. A raised tower room sits above two upper salons, and the ground floor holds a winter garden, the Passat restaurant, a bar and the Captains Table.
The building received approval from Bremerhaven city authorities in 1912 and opened to the public in 1913. Major renovations in the 1950s and 1960s transformed it before reopening as a restaurant in 1989.
The building was planned from 1911 as a waiting and dining hall for North German Lloyd staff, mainly those working in the bathing service; the city council approved it on 13 August 1912. Its restaurant rooms carry shipping names: the Passat restaurant, the Lloyd and Columbus salons, and the Captains Table.
The Strandhalle stands at Hermann-Heinrich-Meier-Straße 1, its rear side bordering Willy-Brandt-Platz, next to the Zoo am Meer. The restaurant occupies three levels: a winter garden, the "Passat" restaurant, a bar and the "Captains Table" on the ground floor, the "Lloyd" and "Columbus" salons above, and the tower room at the top. A memorial stone is set into the wall of the west terrace.
The basement aquarium opened with the building in 1913 and was the predecessor of today's Zoo am Meer next door. In 1928 it was enlarged with rock grottoes housing polar bears, sea lions and seals, plus exotic animals sailors brought back from their voyages.
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