Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle

In the location's words:

The Georg-Friedrich-Händel Halle is the first new congress and concert hall to be built in the new federal states after 1989.

Just a five-minute walk from the Händel-Haus, the new Händel HALLE has a total usable area of 4,300 square meters and can accommodate 1,550 guests in its Great Hall. The interior dimensions are reminiscent of the New Frankfurt Opera, the tier rises very steeply and allows even the last rows of seats to be surprisingly close to the stage. Thanks to an ingenious acoustic system with many wooden surfaces, a satisfactory sound image is also possible in the side areas.

Four months before its opening in autumn 1998, the new temple of music already appeared in the program of the Handel Festival. Under the direction of Heribert Beissel, the Philharmonic State Orchestra gave an enthusiastically received construction site concert to a standing audience. Since October 2000, the large concert organ built by Johannes Klais from Bonn has enriched the repertoire of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel HALLE. The organ's specification comprises 56 sounding stops, which are divided into Hauptwerk (15), Oberwerk (14), Schwellwerk (13) and Pedal (14). The console is equipped with three manuals and pedal as well as six couplers.