Location:
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Post Date:
Aug 16, 2022 11:20 AM
TAG ID:
dpaphotosfive973334
(RM)
Credit:
Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom
Format:
8167 x 5298 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Hendrik Schmidt
Keywords:
Construction, Communities, Living, GDR
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
16 August 2022, Saxony, Chemnitz: Paint and plaster is peeling off in the foyer of the former Palace of Culture in Chemnitz. The cultural monument will be renovated at a cost of 25 million euros by summer 2024, and construction work is in full swing. The Leipzig-based construction company GRK Immobilien is building 64 apartments with around 5700 square meters in the building. GRK specializes in the renovation of listed buildings and purchased the neoclassical monumental building in 2018. The Palace of Culture in Rabenstein is considered the first of its kind in the GDR. It was built on behalf of the uranium mining company Wismut and inaugurated in 1951. It offered a theater hall with almost 1000 seats. Later, the building was used by GDR television. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa