Gotha: Landestheater

Country: Germany (Deutschland)
State: Thüringen
District: Landkreis Gotha
City: Gotha
Location: Ekhofplatz (Arnoldiplatz)

Built 1837-1839 by Gustav Eberhard. Opened 2 Jan 1840 as "Herzogliches Hoftheater". 1861-1862 additions. 1919 renamed "Landestheater". Destroyed by a fire caused by warfare on 3 Apr 1945. Remains secured, but 1958 demolished. [Later, a high-rise was built on the site. 1998, the high-rise was demolished and replaced by a department store.]

Notable world premieres:

  • Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha: Santa Chiara (2 Apr 1854)

Link: Wikipedia

Gotha: Landestheater Front Text: "Gotha, Herzogl. Hoftheater"
Publisher: Graph. Verl.-Anstalt, Breslau; 26160
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Ohrdruf to Wenkbach, 1917

Gotha: Landestheater Front Text: "Landestheater"
Reverse Text: "Gotha, eine schöne Stadt"
Publisher: Spezialverlag Horn, Gotha; Nr. 107
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Gotha: Landestheater Front Text: "Gotha, Herzogliches Theater"
Publisher: Kunstverlagsanstalt Bruno Hansmann, Cassel; No. 7509
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Gotha: Landestheater Front Text: "Gotha, Theater"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Gotha: Landestheater Front Text: "Gotha, Landestheater"
Publisher: Verlag Otto Spintler, Gotha; 29 2249
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Gotha: Landestheater Front Text: "Gotha, Arnoldiplatz mit Landestheater"
Reverse Text: "Das schöne Gotha"
Publisher: Spezialverlag Horn, Gotha; Nr. G 30
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Gotha: Landestheater Reverse Text: "Gotha, Landes-Theater"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 18 June 1944
Publisher: Bernhard Mitschke, Bild- u. Kunstverlag, Oberhof
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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