Torun: Teatr im. Wilama Horzycy

Country: Poland (Polska) Voivodship: Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie City: Torun (Thorn)

Ticket 19 Sep 1943

Built 1903-1904 as "Stadttheater" for the city of Thorn/Torun by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. Opened 1 October 1904 with O. Lindau's "Als die Preußen kamen" and Schiller's "Wallensteins Lager". Originally intended for German cultural propaganda and therefore only used for performances in German. 1906 renovation. Since 1918 used for Polish theatre performances. Renamed in honour of the Polish author and theatre director, Wilam Horzyca (1889-1959). 842 seats. Link: www.teatr.torun.pl

Front Text: "Thorn, Das neue Stadttheater" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Thorn to Jena (Germany), 1905

Front Text: "Thorn, Theater" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Thorn to Rostock (Germany), 1913

Front Text: "Thorn, Stadttheater" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: by German Forces' Postal Service from Thorn to St. Ludwig (Alsace), 1917

Picture: rear view Reverse Text: "Torun, Teatr Ziemi Pomorskiej, The Pomeranian Theatre, Le Théâtre de la Poméraine, Teatr Pomorskoy zemin" Publisher: Biuro Wydawnicze Ruch; 21-351; 137-IV-62; 3 III 62 Size: Modern Not sent.

Reverse Text: "Torun, Teatr im. Wilama Horzycy (1904 r. wg projektu architektów wiendenskich Frydmana Fellnera i Hermana Helmer)" Publisher: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza Size: Modern Sent: to Plauen (Germany), 1988