page_title: Messe Freiburg
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Messe Freiburg / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Stadthalle am alten Messplatz - zur Zeit der Aufnahme vorübergehende Unterkunft der Universitäts-Bibliothek UB 1 Freiburg English: former civic centre of Freiburg which currently accommodates the library of the university.
context_page_description: Messe Freiburg is an event area and exhibition grounds in Freiburg im Breisgau.
context_section_description: Markets are undividedly connected to the history of the City of Freiburg. In the year 1120, the establishment of the city tumbled with the market rights. Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen shows all in all that the first fair was allowed to take place because of King Wenzel of Prague in 1379. Subsequently, Freiburg was on the International Commercial Centre on many occasions during this year. The Münsterplatz, and also the Stühlinger Kirchplatz, used for leisure activities, were very important centres. Between 1885 and 1914, at least six "people shows"
  (human zoo) ethnological expositions took place because of the spring and autumn fairs in Freiburg, which were dedicated to people from Africa and Sri Lanka (previously named as Ceylon). The current ancient fair ground was inaugurated in the east of Freiburg in 1929. This had been used in the past for sporting events. The civic hall, situated on the Schwarzwaldstraße, was established to the east of the ancient fairground in 1954. This was according to the designs of Albert Maria Lehr. In the five decades that followed, the civic hall was used for social events, festivities, concerts, exhibitions and fairs. It was used as the provisional University Library from autumn 2008 until the new UB was completed in July 2015. Since the end of 2015, it served as emergency accommodation for refugees. In the meantime, the hall is under the protection of historic buildings and monuments.
  The decision to move the Messe to the north of Freiburg was made in the nineties. The first construction stage, together with its three halls, was made up of 18,500 m² of floor space and service areas and was only implemented after just short of one and a half years. On January 17, 2000, three years after the appropriate municipal council resolution, the construction stage was put into action. Due to the relocation of the Messe, building sites emerged on the “Alten Messplatz”. These enriched the current surrounding areas of Wiehre, Oberau, Waldsee and Littenweiler, including 180 new residences and a huge shopping centre (Zentrum Oberwiehre).
  The first public festival took place in autumn 1999 on the new outdoor area known as the "Freiburger Herbstmesse". Due to the investment of 75 million Euros, Freiburg had four times more exhibition space at its disposal than before. Cultural events can now take place in hall 2 with up to 10 000 viewers. On March 25, 2003, the local council in Freiburg decided to build a fourth hall: the Rothaus-Arena. In November 2004, the construction began. The country supported the second construction phase of the Messe with a grant of 2,9 million Euros from the promotion program for investmenting in exhibitions.  The total investment for the fourth hall was around 22,9 million Euros, which was predominantly provided by regional companies. The designs for the construction of the first three halls, subsequently the Rothaus-Arena and the expansion of its foyer were award-winning, making it an achievement for the architect, Detlef Sacker, who is from Freiburg. The new hall was inaugurated in 2006 as “Intersolar”, where the singer Pink made her appearance at the International Trade Fair.
  The first construction stage, as well as the necessary connections to the roads and local public transport, including any further costs were paid with around 12,5 million Euros by the Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus. 4 million Euros came directly from the state Baden-Württemberg. Another 7 million came into the city treasury through selling property to the state Baden-Württemberg, which was used for expanding the University. The city invested more than 10,5 million Euros in creating the Messe Freiburg. Through the commercialization of the old trade fair in the east of the city, on which a new part of town and a shopping center were built, 12 million Euros were generated. The city paid more than 9 million Euros for the external development of the new trade fair and the demoliting of the buildings in the old location. The federal government and the state of Baden-Württemberg paid roughly 10 million Euros. All
caption: The civic hall as temporary quarters of the university library
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