Clärchens Ballroom

Clärchens Ballroom has a history of more than a hundred years.


Fritz Bühler (1862–1929) and his wife Clara Bühler (1886–1971) opened Bühler's Ballhaus on September 13, 1913 in the rear building at Auguststrasse 24-25. The house was built around 1895 with two halls: the dance hall on the ground floor and the hall of mirrors on the upper floor.

The front building was in World War IIdestroyed, but operations resumed after the end of the war. Clärchens Ballhaus always remained a private company during the GDR era. In 1965, after much pressure, the ruins of the former front building were removed, the area is still undeveloped today.

After the previous operators left the Ballhaus on New Year's Eve 2004, Christian Schulz and David Regehr took over the location and left it largely unchanged. Since then, the space in front of the Ballhaus has also been managed, where the front building stood before the Second World War. The hall of mirrors on the upper floor, which was only used as a storage room for years, has since been used as an event room.

During the GDR era, it was known to both East and West Germans as a meeting place. It also served as a filming location for movies Stauffenberg (2004), Inglourious Basterds(2009) and We Do It For Money (2014). In 2019 Max Raabe's MTV Unplugged concert was recorded in the Ballhaus .

In addition to evening events, dance courses also take place in the Ballhaus.

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