Lichtbild-Theater in Varnsdorf / Czech Republic

 

Varnsdorf (German: Warnsdorf) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic and lies on the border with Germany.

The cinema was built by the Varnsdorf company Schmidt & Röttig as the first permanent cinema in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1912. The owner Ferdinand Pietsch used the building as a cinema and concert hall. 

Later there was a Kinoklub and Kinokavárna (Cinema Café). Now closed, but still standing.

Today there is the cinema Centrum Panorama in Varnsdorf, opened in 1971 and famous for its 70mm-film projection.