Turbinenhalle Oberhausen Explained

Turbinenhalle
Image Alt:	Eastern entrance of the Turbinenhalle complex (2014)
Built:	1909
Opened:	1993
Capacity:	1,500 (Turbinenhalle 1) 1,000 (Turbinenhalle 2)

The Turbinenhalle is a music and cultural venue on Mülheimerstraße in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The complex opened in 1909 to generate power to the Gutehoffnungshütte coal and steel engineering company which was based in Oberhausen until 1986.^[1]

After a number of years derelict, the building was reopened as a disco in 1993 and has since evolved into one of the largest venues in the surrounding area. The complex consists of numerous rooms of varying sizes. The largest room is Turbinenhalle 1 with a capacity of approximately 1,500 - followed by Turbinenhalle 2 which fits approximately 1,100. There are also three nightclubs on site - T-Club, Steffy^[2] and COSMO.

The Turbinenhalle is situated on the Duisburg–Dortmund railway and is a stop on the Ruhrpott Industrial Heritage Trail.

Events and Acts

Several international and domestic acts have performed at the Turbinenhalle including:

Motörhead Judas Priest Saxon (band) W.A.S.P. (band) Slayer Pantera Body Count (band) Alligatoah Amon Amarth Hammerfall Bullet for My Valentine Bushido Caliban Children of Bodom Der W Sodom (band) Overkill (band) Eisbrecher Exodus

Flogging Molly Testament (band) Frei.Wild Heaven Shall Burn Running Wild (band) Helloween In Flames J.B.O. Joe Satriani Kehlani Kevin Russell Lacrimosa

Kreator K.I.Z Korn Nazareth Parkway Drive Peter Frampton Powerwolf Rammstein Riverside

Rob Zombie Sabaton Ska-P Status Quo The Black Dahlia Murder Trivium Tyga Unheilig Uriah Heep

The Turbinenhalle is also a regular venue for Gelsenkirchen-based professional wrestling promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albert Gieseler -- Gutehoffnungshütte Aktienverein für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb.
2. Web site: Steffys.
3. Web site: WXW - We love Wrestling - Oberhausen.