Festsaal
Main festival hall
Capacity
- Other
- up to 1,847
699 m2; published as up to 1,847 people, layout not stated.
Concert hall
4 hireable spaces
Kongress Palais Kassel
Kassel's former Stadthalle, opened in 1914 and now a congress and event centre with neoclassical halls, hosting congresses, concerts and other cultural events, galas and trade fairs.
Up to 1,847
capacity
4 spaces
hireable
Halls and rooms let for congresses, cultural events, galas and fairs; enquire with the event management team.
available for hire
About this venue
The Kongress Palais is Kassel's former Stadthalle, built on the Florapark that the entrepreneur Sigmund Aschrott gave the city in 1911 on condition that a civic hall be built there. Designed by the local architects Max Hummel and Ernst Rothe, it was officially opened on 1 April 1914. It largely survived the bombing of October 1943, served as the provisional home of the Staatstheater until 1959, and became the Kongress Palais in 2002. The Aschrott wing was added in 1995 and the modern Kolonnaden wing in 2011.
Today the house offers about 8,500 m² of space: the neoclassical halls of the historic building, 39 lecture, workshop and meeting rooms, 2,800 m² of exhibition space, 4,210 m² of foyers and two open-air areas, the Holger-Börner-Platz in front and the Konzertgarten with an amphitheatre behind. It hosts congresses, meetings, concerts and other cultural events, galas and public trade fairs. The stage machinery of the Festsaal and Blauer Saal was renewed in 2012 and 2013, a Steinway Model D concert grand was acquired in 2017, and all rooms received new sound, media and lighting technology in 2019. The house is operated by Kassel Marketing.
The Spaces
Kolonnadensaal
Hall in the Kolonnaden wing
Capacity
- Other
- up to 720
796 m2; published as up to 720 people, layout not stated.
Blauer Saal
Historic hall
Capacity
- Other
- up to 660
449 m2; published as up to 660 people, layout not stated.
Rosensaal
Hall
Capacity
- Other
- up to 197
180 m2; published as up to 197 people, layout not stated.
Facilities
- Wi-Fi: Free Wi-Fi for visitors
- Cloakroom
- Catering / kitchen
Technical Specification
Music equipment
- Other: Steinway & Sons Model D concert grand piano
Location
Holger-Börner-Platz 1, 34119 Kassel, Germany
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