Varaždin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište

Country: Croatia (Hrvatska)
City: Varaždin (Warasdin)
Location: Ulica Augusta Cesarca 1

Built 1871-1873 as "Stadttheater und Redoute"/"Gradsko Kazalište" for the city of Varaždin by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. Opened 25 Sep 1873 with Ivan Kukuljevicá-Sakcinskoga's "Poturica". The complex includes a theatre, a ballroom, and a café and restaurant. Later alterations by Alexander Freudenreich. Conversion of the café and restaurant into a public library. In the 1980s, extension of the orchestra pit and alterations of interior decoration to modern designs. Ca. 600 seats.

Links: www.hnkvz.hr, EUTA, Wikidata

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: West and South façades, seen from the West
Front Text: "Pozdrav iz Varaždina - Stadttheater - Gradsko kazalište"
Publisher: Zakonom zasticcno br. 5630; Palvorine Zabraniene
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Varaždin to Samobor, 1903

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: East façade
Front Text: "Varaždin, Gradsko kazalište"
Publisher: Papirnica Srecko Hartmann; 1912; 9015c-103
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Varazdin to Budapest-Újjpest, 1923

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: East façade (virtually the same card as above, but with a slimmer costume of the lady in the front and a totally different colorization)
Front Text: "Varž, Gradsko kazalište"
Publisher: K. J. Bp. Zakonsko zasticeno; 1917/21 Bc.
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Varaždin to Wien (Austria), 1921

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: East façade
Reverse Text: "Varaždin - Kazalište, Théâtre"
Publisher: Biro za turističko propagandu, Zagreb; 342
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: East façade
Reverse Text: "Varaždin"
Publisher: Vjesnik, Zagreb; 1254
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: South and West façades, seen from the South
Reverse Text: "Varaždin - Kazalište"
Publisher: Foto-Tehnika, Zagreb; 09605-8
Size: Modern
Sent: from Varaždin to Zagreb, 1968

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: West façade
Reverse Text: "Varaždin, Zgrada Hrvatskog narodnof kazališta"
Publisher: NISP Varaždin; Ferinac
Size: Modern
Sent: from Varaždin to Split, 1992

Varazdin: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: aerial view
Front Text: "1873. - 2013. 140 godina zgrade HNK u Varaždinu"
Publisher: VKK br. 181/13
Postmark: "1873.-2013. 140 godina zgrade HNK u Varaždinu", "24.9.2013, 42000 Varaždin"
Type: illustrated cover
Size: 23.0 x 10.9 cm
Not sent.

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