Stadthalle Bad Godesberg, Convention center in Alt-Godesberg, Germany
Stadthalle Bad Godesberg is a multi-purpose hall and event venue at the eastern edge of Kurpark in Bad Godesberg, Bonn. The building is a listed architectural monument and contains several halls of different sizes, used for concerts, conferences, and public gatherings.
The hall was built in 1955 on the site of the Volksgartensaal, whose demolition began in March 1955; the architects were Wilhelm and Dirk Denninger, and the steel skeleton structure had its topping-out ceremony on 15 July 1955. In 1959 the SPD adopted the Godesberg Program here. The building has been a listed monument since July 2012 and has been fully closed since 27 May 2020 because of the risk of collapse.
The hall is named after the Godesberg spa district, and its foyer carries a black sign reading "HAUPTEINGANG" and "RESTAURANT" beside the glass doors. Since 2020 the adjoining Kurfürstenquelle drinking pavilion, built in 1969, has been run by the association Bürger.Bad.Godesberg, which serves the mineral water and uses the room for cultural events.
The hall is fully closed since 27 May 2020 because of a risk of collapse, so the building cannot be entered. It stands at the eastern edge of the Kurpark, next to the Kurfürstenquelle drinking pavilion, and the Stadthalle U-Bahn station of the 1994 tram tunnel ends directly at it. The entrance doors face the park side.
The architects were Wilhelm and Dirk Denninger, a father-and-son team from Bonn, not two people sharing initials. The hall was built in steel-skeleton construction, and its foundation stone replaced the Volksgartensaal, demolished from March 1955.
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