Opened 4 Nov 1865 with the allegorical Festspiel "Was wir wollen" by the theatre's director Hermann Schmid (with music by Georg Krempelsetzer), and Jacques Offenbach's operetta "Eine musikalische Soirée in der Vorstadt".

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Reconstruction: 1945-1948, 1950

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1983 Renovation Seating capacity: 940

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