# Kurhaus Göggingen

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Kurhaus Göggingen stands in Augsburg’s Göggingen district as a theatre shaped by late nineteenth-century historicism. Jean Keller designed it for Hofrat Friedrich Hessing, who commissioned construction between 1885 and 1886. It remains the only surviving multifunctional Gründerzeit theatre combining glass construction with cast iron. Its two-storey facade carries late Renaissance ornaments, while walkable verandas recall baroque palaces.

Hessing intended the venue to complement his health institution, where relaxation and mental recovery formed part of treatment. English pleasure gardens inspired the surrounding park, whose grottos and paths combine French baroque with English landscape traditions. A hydraulic stage floor, warm-air heating, and electric lighting gave the theatre advanced equipment for its era. After cinema, café, and wartime uses, restoration returned the structure towards its original form for cultural events. Augsburg bought the property back in 1974, and comprehensive restoration began in 1990.

Colourful glass windows filter daylight across prefabricated columns, railings, windows, and ceiling structures. The upper gallery was wheelchair accessible and connected without barriers to the other buildings. Tropical plants once filled the sunken audience area, creating a palm-garden setting beneath the glass roof.

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