Freiheitshalle, Performance hall in Hof, Germany.
Freiheitshalle is a concert, club and theatre venue in Munich's Neuhausen district, at Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder-Platz 1, with 399 seats. It occupies a brick hall and chimney that once formed a turbine plant generating power for the railway. Günter Knoll initiated and planned its conversion into an event venue in 2007/2008; it was called Freiheizhalle or Das Freiheiz until 2021.
The brick hall and its chimney were originally a turbine plant generating electricity for the railway. Günter Knoll initiated and planned its conversion into a venue, realised in 2007/2008. Since then the Freiheitshalle in Neuhausen has hosted concerts, club nights, theatre, cabaret and readings, and was renamed from Freiheizhalle in 2021.
The hall's name changed from Freiheizhalle to Freiheitshalle in 2021. Its programme mixes German-language acts such as Gerhard Polt, Jürgen von der Lippe and Voxxclub with international guests like the French singer Louane, alongside comics, readings and club nights.
The hall is at Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder-Platz 1 in Neuhausen, with 399 seats. The brick hall and its chimney survive from a former turbine plant that generated power for the railway. Programmes mix live music, comics, literature, cabaret, comedy and club nights, so check the listing before travelling.
The brick hall and its chimney once formed a turbine plant generating power for the railway. Günter Knoll initiated and planned its conversion into a venue in 2007/2008. The name Freiheizhalle, used until 2021, survives in the current name Freiheitshalle.
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