Ballroom Tegel | Janiesch architecture & design

Original use

Around 1900 the property was built as part of a development on the edge of the district for use as a restaurant with a ballroom.

In 1919, the ballroom of the restaurant “Trapps Festsäle” was converted into a cinema by the owner Fritz Jeschke. The location of this hall can still be seen today from the three bricked-up arched windows of the wing of the building on Buddesstrasse. The cinema had 456 seats and 62 standing places in the stalls and another 155 seats in the tier above and balcony, making it the first large cinema in Tegel.

The silent films were shown with musical accompaniment, with piano and bass violin. The audience could see the two musicians playing on a mirror mounted below the screen stage.

With the renovation
In 1932, Joschek had new parquet seating installed for the sound film cinema, so that his cinema now had a total of 548 seats.

In 1934 the company “Vergleiche Lichtspiele Tegel GmbH” was founded with the partners Wilhelm Werner and Fritz Joschek. The company now operated the three cinemas “Filmpalast Tegel”, “Kosmos-Filmbühne” and “Filmpalast Hennigsdorf”.

Werner had been the sole shareholder since 1935; But the “Filmpalast Tegel” was later - even after 1945 - run again by Fritz Joschek.

Elisabeth Joschek was the owner around 1958 and Klaus Runge around 1960. In October 1965, the owners Korber and Runge closed the cinema and had the hall converted into a discount self-service store.

The property is in need of renovation

Tegel ballroom

The new event hall at Buddestrasse 13 offers a unique area for events, showrooms in which even a car could be presented.

The dance hall will now be used as a modern boxing studio.