Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe
The Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe, located in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany is the largest inner-city congress centre in Germany, operated by Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH. It is located within walking distance of the main railway station and comprises about of exhibition space in four halls arranged around the Festplatz.
The congress centre consists of the Stadthalle, the Konzerthaus, the Schwarzwaldhalle and the Gartenhalle. The centrepiece of the convention centre, the Stadthalle, has been under renovation and closed since mid-2017.
Building
Stadthalle
The Stadthalle has five event halls for 4,000 people, five conference rooms as well as 17 seminar rooms and 3 foyers with a total area of. The listed portico was taken over from its predecessor, originally built in 1915 by Robert Curjel and Karl Moser as an exhibition hall. The current Stadthalle, built according to plans by Herman Rotermund and Christine Rotermund-Lehmbruck as Haus im Haus, was opened in 1985.Until the opening of the Messe Karlsruhe in 2003, the congress centre was also used to hold trade and public fairs. Among other things, the large regional trade fair Offerta and the Learntec were held here. In 1980, the founding party conference of the Alliance 90/The Greens was held in the Stadthalle.
Konzerthaus
The neoclassical Konzerthaus was built between 1913 and 1915 according to plans by the architects Robert Curjel and Karl Moser. The listed hall has a large and a small hall as well as three seminar rooms and two foyers.The Säulenportikus, destroyed in World War II, was not restored until 1993/94. Since 1996, a concert scene by Stephan Balkenhol with six musicians made of glazed ceramics has replaced the relief Birth of Venus originally mounted in the pediment. After the destruction of the theatre at Schlossplatz in 1944 and until the opening of the new building at Ettlinger Tor in 1975, the Konzerthaus served as a temporary venue for the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe;