page_title: Friedrichstadt-Palast
section_title: Beginnings
hierarchical_section_title: Friedrichstadt-Palast / History / Beginnings
caption_attribution_description: Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekGreta Kuckhoff, Haber (München), Dr. Barbara v. Renthe (Berlin)
context_page_description: The Friedrichstadt-Palast, also shortened to Palast Berlin, is a revue in the Berlin district of Mitte. The term Friedrichstadt-Palast designates both the building itself, and the revue theater as a body with his ensemble. The present building is distinct from its predecessor, the Old Friedrichstadt-Palast, and therefore now also called the New Friedrichstadt-Palast.
context_section_description: The history of the Friedrichstadt-Palast goes back to an earlier market hall, which is about 200 meters southwest of present-day location between the Bertolt-Brecht-Platz and the road was at the circus, official address was in 1867 at the 1st Circus.
  The building was built from 1865 to 1867 on behalf of the Berlin real estate stock company under the plans of the Privy building advice of Friedrich Hitzig. This was under the direction of the architect who built Lent and on 29 September 1867, Berlin's first market hall was opened. The building was 84 meters long and 64 meters wide. Just seven months after its opening, 18 April 1868, for economic reasons, which arose from the bad traffic situation at that time, it closed. The building was empty at first and was later used as a food depot. During the German-Prussian War of 1870–71 the Prussian Army command sent in the construction of a replenishment arsenal. After the war the hall was again unused.
caption: Closing speeches of the German Women's Congress for Peace in March 1947. November 1947, the founding anniversary of the FDJ. It was also used for other social events.
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