Gewandhaus

Concert hall in Leipzig, Germany, the home of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Also called Neues Gewandhaus. There were actually three halls bearing this name: - The first Gewandhaus was built in 1781 by architect Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe. - The second opened on 11 December 1884, and was destroyed in the fire-bombings of World War II between 1943 and 1944. - The third Gewandhaus (Neues Gewandhaus) on Augustusplatz opened on 8 October 1981. From 1944 to 1945, the Gewandhausorchester played in the movie theater Capitol, from 1946 to 1981 at the Kongreßhalle am Zoo.