Centennial Hall (Frankfurt)

For other places with the same name, see Centennial Hall (disambiguation).

The Centennial Hall (Jahrhunderthalle) is a congress centre located in Frankfurt, Germany. The centre comprises an events hall, exhibition hall and conference centre, respectively known as Kuppelsaal, Kasino and Konferenzareal.

Centennial Hall

Exterior view of venue (c.2006)
Former names	Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst (1963–99)
Address	Pfaffenwiese 301 Frankfurt, Germany
Location	Frankfurt-Unterliederbach
Coordinates	50°05′57″N 8°31′08″E
Public transit	Farbwerke/Jahrhunderthalle (7 min) 53, 54 Jahrhunderthalle
Operator	DEAG Deutsche Entertainment
Capacity	4,800 (Kuppelsaal)
Construction
Broke ground	August 1961
Opened	11 January 1963 (1963-01-11)
Architect	Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer Ernst Sieverts
Structural engineer	Beck-Gravert-Schneider
Website
Venue Website

The venue, which was designed by architects Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer [de] and Ernst Sieverts [de], opened in 1963 and was built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Hoechst AG.^[1]

Notable past performers include Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington.^[2]

References

1. "Heute vor 50 Jahren öffnete Frankfurts Konzert-Tempel erstmals seine Pforten: Happy Birthday, Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt" (in German). Bild.de. 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
2. Vonhof, Holger (7 January 2013). "Nicht nur Louis Armstrong war da". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2025.