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Ballhaus in Coburg
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During the Habsburg rule each German
appointed dynast had near-sovereignty over
his principality or state, usually holding
the title of Archduke. Among them the Duchy
of Bavaria (Bayern) excelled in size and
prestige, and with the Hohenzollern Court of
Brandenburg (Berlin), became pre-eminent.
Munich was its capital, but the dukes also
possessed residences elsewhere. Duke
Albrecht V (1550-1579) had a tennis court
built constructed at the Trausnitz castle
when his son Wilhelm lived there.
In 1568 a remarkable project was initiated,
unique in the history of tennis: the Duke
had one of the imperial tennis courts at
Innsbruck transported to Trausnitz, where
the Ballhaus was completely rebuilt from
scratch, close to the smaller court that
existed there. In the 17th and early 18th
century the lower nobilty also included
Ballhäuser at their palaces. They were not
of exactly the same size and lay-out. The
Architect Leonhard Christoph Sturm,
1669-1719, in Vollständigen Anweisung
Grosser Herren Palläste, Ballhaus chapter,
complained that he had visited 6 or 7
Ballhäuser for his research but he had
established that there was hardly any
geometrical harmony to be found among them.
As far as we know at least three Ballhäuser
have retained their original exterior, the
tennis courts at Bückeburg and Butzbach
castles, and the Ballhoftheater in Hannover.
The famous Ballhaus of Schloss Wilhelmshöhe
in Kassel, now exhibition centre, is not a
former tennis court, but a dancing hall.
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Trausnitz |
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1567 (indicates first record),
larger Ballhaus for Prins Wilhelm V
in 1568.
München Residenz,
Ballhaus under Wilhelm V in
1579, then Brunnenhoftheater. Residenz bombed in WWW2; 1947 new
Residenztheater on
foundations of Ballhaus, now
corresponds with Cuvilliés-Theater
Ingolstadt, 1594, for
students. Rebuilt 1690, 1783
Warehouse, pulled down in 1945
Regensburg, 1652,
Agidienplatz 7. Theatre 1783 by
Fürsten Thurn und Taxis, pulled down
1912
Augsburg, for Bisschof
Arras, now Stadtbibliothek (?) at
same site
Passau, Ballhaus 1645. Fürstlichen Ballmeister 1670,
1770 Opernhaus, now Stadttheater
Freising, Ismaninger Schloss,
used as theatre in c. 1730
Bayreuth, Schloss St. Georgen
am See, Markgraf Georg Wilhelm,
became Theatre (1717),
Würzburg, Festung Marienberg
Schloss St. Georgen am
See, with tennis court
on the right |
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Schloss Bückeburg |
, Schlossgarten
1517, 2nd in 1620 by Graf Anton
Günther, 1850 pulled down
Oldenburg, Schlossplatz,
1605-1759
Schloss Bückeburg, 1610,
1750 Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe,
now Riding School (Reithaus)
Schloss Bremervörde (before 1645, see Merian)
Schloss Hannover, 1649
von Herzog Georg Wilhelm,
Theatre in 1672, now
Ballhoftheater
Schloss Hamburg, Mecklenburg, Ballhaus
restoration project by architect
Sturm (1718)
Schloss Wolfenbüttel,
Ballhaus became Theatre in 1717
Left: Bremervörde
Ballhaus (letter F)
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Ballhoftheater in Hannover |
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, 1556
Düsseldorfer, near
Schloss, katsbahn
1545, Ballspielhaus, c. 1690
Untere Schloss,
Siegen, 1732 von Friedrich
Wilhelm von Nassau-Siegen.
Destroyed in WWI
Cologne,
kaetsbane 1562
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1530-1760. Theatre
in 1760, now
Maria-Ward School
Rockenhausen,
Schlossgarten, Old
Ball- und Conzerthaus,
later Warehouse
Kirchheimbolanden,
Schlossgarten (1753),
Since 1905 houses,
Neumayerstrasse 16-20
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- Schloss
Blieskastel, 1669 Ballhaus (or
Orangerie?)
Blieskastel, there are still
doubts if this building was
an orangery or a tennis
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Altes Schloss, an der
Planie 1476 (?) - 1780
Heidelberg Schloss ,
Ballhaus1592, 2nd in 1618, 1764 fire
ruined castle, Ballspielhaus is
now used for
performances (see photo below)
- Karlsruhe,
Ballhaus in 1717
- Mannheim
, Schlossplatz, 1795
destroyed, now Uni-Mensa at same
site
- Schwetzingen,
1718 Ballhaus or
Orangerie
- Tübingen
, Ballhaus 1593,
Collegium Illustre, with Ballmeister
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Schloss Ehrenburg, 1628,
became Theatre in c. 1750
Schloss Hornstein, Weimar, 1636,
1638 Ballmeister Jacques Pointel (see
Merian)
Schloss Belvedere, Weimar,
Orangenhaus (c. 1732) became Ballhaus / Reithaus
+ Theatre?
Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha,
1650, became theatre (1681), 24 x 11
metres, 8 metres high, is now
Ekhoftheater in the Western Wing (Westturm)
of the castle
 
Left: Ekhoftheater - Right:
Schloss Friedenstein (Tennis
Court Theatre in left wing) |
- Schloss Altenburg
, became
Theatre (1727), 1904 pulled down
- Schloss Hildburghausen
, Ballhaus
in 1721, became Theatre (1755), now
Stadttheater
Hildburghausen,
original Ballhaus structure has been
retained in the auditorium
Left: Hildburghausen then |
Right: Stadttheater in Hildburghausen now |
- Jena
, 1671, now Ballhausgasse,
University Ballhaus, Goethe planned it
as Theatre in 1796
- Erfurt
, Futterstrasse 16,
Ballhaus in 1716, Theatre in 1750, now
Kaisersaal (since1870)
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- Dresden, Residenzschloss,
Opernhaus in 1664- c.1790, 2nd Ballhaus
next to it (1668-c.1750)
- Leipzig
, 1624 in present
Reichstrasse, University had 2
Ballmeister
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Butzbach, Ballhaus is orange
building towards the right |
- Kassel, Schlossplatz, 1592
Landgraf Moritz (see Merian),
Komödienhaus in 1730
- Marburg
, 1605, Graf Kristian von
Waldeck, 1776 University Ballhaus, also
used as Theatrum Anatomicum, 1781
pulled down
- Darmstadt
, c.1620, Landgraf
Ludwig V after 1st Ballhaus (Schlossplatz)
was pulled down
- Butzbach
, Schloss 1632, by
Landgraf Philip von Hessen, now school
and cultural centre
- Giessen,
Ballhaus 1625,
became Burgkirche (1643-1824)
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- Schloss Weissenfels
, Leipzig,
herzoglichen Ballspiel + Reithaus, 1710.
Burnt down in 1945
- Leipzig,
Bräunigkes Hof,
Herzlochigen Ballmeister 1693, 1712
Ballenhaus
- Halle,
Paradeplatz, 1528, became
University Ballhaus in 1694. Pulled down
in 1738
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- Berlin, Schloss Joachimsbau (?)
1665
Grosse Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm von
Brandenburg. Now Auswärtiges Amt.
1680 2nd in Lustgarten
Kölln an der Spree, Potsdam,
Oranienburg ? (see Merian), Palace of
the Great Elector (?)
Schloss Homburg vor der Höhe,
1826 Ballhaus, converted into stable, in
present Elisabeth Wing
Frankfurt a/d Oder, Schloss,
became Komödienhaus in 1755
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- Rostock, 1623, became
Komödienhaus in 1785. New Theatre (1895)
on same site
- Schwerin,
Schloss Güstrow,
Schlossplatz (Merian), Theatre 1670, now
Schauspielhaus (?)
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- Kiel, Ballhaus became
Stadttheater
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Source: Wilhelm Streib; Gerhard Wunder; see
www.rheinland-pfalz-tennis.de/historie.htm |
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