MORITZBASTEI - LEIPZIG
Contact
Name of the responsible structure : Moritzbastei B Gmbh
Type of structure : Foundation (“GmbH†) created in 1993
Profile of the initiators of the project : FDJ (national youth-organisation in the German Democratic Republic)
Continent : Europe
Country : Germany
Address/tel/fax :
Università¤tsstr.9/ PF 1027
04109 Leipzig
tel. : (+49) 341/ 70259-0
fax : (+49) 34170259-59
mail: info@moritzbastei.de
www.moritzbastei.de
Contact : Gerald raunig , Frank Heinecke
Description
Moritzbastei (mb) is a cultural centre open every day. It is intended mainly for students but also for every kind of audience. It presents music (about 3 or 4 concerts of different styles each week), theatre, literature, films, discussions, parties (on a max. of 5 floors with completely different music), exhibitions (comics, cartoons), festivals…
Former use of the building: part of the city-wall (built from 1551-53 by Hieronymus Lotter)
18th century: one of the first non-confessional schools in Germany
19th century: women’s professional school (closed in the 1930s by the Nazis)
1945: bombed; a ruin under a “green hill” until 1972 (start of renovation)
Name of the architect of the former building: Hieronymus Lotter
Name of the architect of the new building: Bernd Lauenroth (†)
Total surface of the global site : 1400 m2
Total surface of the indoor space: 1400 m2 + 3 outside spaces, 2 courtyards, the terrace, the terrace-roof all used in fine weather
Ownership: the city of Leipzig
Type of occupation: loan negociation to the foundation with city council
Foundation year of the centre : 1979
Infrastructures / Facilities
Bar: 7
Restaurant: 1 cafeteria
Cinema: periodically
Art gallery in cafeteria, specialised in cartoons and comics (monthly exhibition)
Venue for dance and theatre
Social and artistic disciplines
Comics, cartoons
Music: all except classic
Clubs: 5 floors – 5 styles (“all you can dance”)
Theatre: once a week
Multimedia
Video
Graphic creation: for posters and other promotion
Cinema: diffusion
The Moritzbastei is primarily a venue for cultural events, but it co-operates
with associations of foreign students, for instance with the “AIDS-Hilfe” but also with organisations of handicapped people and many others.
Financial support
The City of Leipzig (for the loan contract and for some projects)
Country of Saxonia (Sachsen)
University of Leipzig
Sponsors: some small gastronomic enterprises
Networks
Trans Europe Halles