Tauberphilharmonie Weikersheim, concert and multi-purpose hall in Weikersheim, Germany
Tauberphilharmonie Weikersheim is a concert and multi-purpose hall in the small town of Weikersheim, in the Tauber valley of Baden-Württemberg. The building is 65 meters long and about 11.5 meters tall, with a clean, modern exterior in pale concrete and large windows.
In 2009 and 2010 the town of Weikersheim ran a feasibility study, and in June and July 2011 a citizens' congress voted against renovating the Alte Stadthalle and for a new concert and event house. An international architects' competition was announced on 11 December 2011; on 7 December 2012 the jury chose the design by the office HENN. The building permit was issued on 19 May 2014, and the hall opened in July 2019.
The name links the Tauber river with the philharmonic mission of the house. Its main user is the Musikakademie Weikersheim, run by Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland, which brings around 9,000 young people to the town each year. The building replaced the Alte Stadthalle, which had served the town for concerts before.
The hall stands on the Tauberwiesen meadows north of the old town, reached via the roundabout where the Romantische Straße meets August-Laukhuff-Straße. The Tauberwiesen car park west of the site holds over 150 vehicles and has an electric charging point. A wooden footbridge from its southern end crosses the Tauber to the Musikakademie's Logierhaus.
The building's two interlocking cubes have a roughly pentagonal footprint, with the longest side about 65 metres. The Great Hall, its roof and the walls of the Small Hall are solid construction for acoustics, while the rest is timber cladding meant to echo the bodies of classical instruments. The glazed foyer is the only large opening, facing the town.
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