Culture Centre Schlachthof, Cultural center in Findorff, Bremen, Germany

Culture Centre Schlachthof occupies the tower complex with its chimney, the boiler house and the magazine buildings of Bremen's former municipal slaughterhouse, built in 1892 and partly demolished in 1981. A glass foyer of about 160 m² on two levels, added in 1998, links the magazine building with the tower and the boiler hall. The boiler hall covers 455 m² with a 10.50 m ceiling and a 92 m² stage framed by fixed stands for 500 seated or 1,000 standing visitors.

The complex consists mainly of the tower with its chimney, the boiler house and the magazine buildings of the municipal slaughterhouse built in 1892 and partly demolished in 1981. To oppose the demolition plans, the Kulturverein Schlachthof was founded in 1979 and saved these structures, later adding modern elements by Volkhard Meyer-Burg. In 1998 a two-level glass foyer of about 160 m² was added, linking the magazine building with the tower and boiler hall. In March 1943 Sinti and Roma from Bremen and northern Germany were deported from the site to Auschwitz; a memorial plaque by HAWOLI was inaugurated on 9 March 1995.

The name Schlachthof recalls the site's origin as the city slaughterhouse; the brick chimney and boiler house remain part of the venue. On the forecourt, a memorial plaque designed by the Lower Saxon artist HAWOLI was unveiled on 9 March 1995, commemorating the Sinti and Roma deported from this site to Auschwitz in March 1943. The Schlachthofkneipe pub and the summer garden serve visitors during events.

The centre sits on the former municipal slaughterhouse grounds beside the Bürgerweide, a short walk from Bremen Hauptbahnhof in Findorff. The glass foyer, added in 1998, links the tower and boiler hall over two levels and serves as the main entrance. The outdoor area holds a 1,000 m² skate park, a summer garden pavilion and an amphitheatre arena with about 300 seats used for open-air events from May to September.

On the forecourt since 1990 there is a roughly 1,000-square-metre skate facility used by skateboarders, inline skaters and BMX riders. Behind it, an amphitheatre-style arena with about 300 seats and a 50-square-metre inner space hosts open-air concerts and theatre between May and September.