The castle Osterburg is located in the Thuringian Vogtland. It lies prominently above the river Weida and the town of the same name. And is worth visiting.
The cinema Osterburg-Theater was built in 1928 in the New Building style. Bauobersekretär Otto Becker from Weida was the architect. It had more than 800 seats. It was also equipped with a stage, stage building, fly loft and orchestra pit for a variety of uses like films, stage shows, variety shows, theater and concerts.
The postcard was sent in 1950 from Weida to Görlitz. Unfortunately, no publisher or artist is noted on it. It is still in very good quality today. Especially the strong paper is striking. I think the postcard was printed as early as around 1930.
When taking a tour of the old center of Weida, you will notice that the cinema is one of the few buildings there built after 1918.
In 1977/78 there was a comprehensive renovation, among this the installation of a Visionsbar (vision bar). The vision bar was a speciality in East German cinemas. In the 1970s, parts of the cinema hall were partitioned off with a pane of glass and fitted with armchairs and tables. You could eat and drink during the cinema performance. So really a mixture of cinema (vision) and bar.
Films were shown in the Osterburg-Theater until 1993.
A Pentacon film projector, which was used until 1993, stands in front of the former cinema.
A modern postcard shows the former cinema, now the community center Bürgerhaus top left. The photos was taken and the postcard was made by Silva Görner.
Für meine Freundin Astrid aus Weida!
Wünschendorf with the former cinema Lichtspiele der Freundschaft is 5 km away. But there isn't any cinema building now.
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