Cloth hall

Under Gewandhaus or Cloth Hall is understood since the Middle Ages, a hall -like exhibition or warehouse of Tuchmacherzunft. The term " Gewandhaus " derives from the merchandise of the wall Schneider, who " turned margined " So shopped aufbewahrtes folded cloth and sold it in sections.

Parallel circulating the term Manghaus - the Mange or deficiency is the trowel of the dyer.

List of garment houses

Germany

  • Gewandhaus in Bautzen - the first department store in the Upper Lusatia
  • Gewandhaus in Braunschweig - now used by the Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, in the basement there are two restaurants
  • Gewandhaus in Diehsa - now serves as a registry office and administration buildings
  • Gewandhaus in Dresden - used as a hotel since 1967
  • Destroyed on 16 November 1944 - Gewandhaus in Düren
  • Leipzig Gewandhaus - since the late 18th century seat of the Gewandhaus Orchestra ( and under the traditional name Gewandhaus rebuilt twice as pure concert hall at a new location )
  • Gewandhaus in Zeitz - seat of the Gestapo during the Nazi era
  • Been used since 1832 as City Theatre - Gewandhaus in Zwickau

Poland

  • Cloth Hall
  • Breslau

Belgium

In the cities:

  • Bruges
  • Brussels
  • Tournai
  • Cloth Hall ( Ypres )
  • Ghent
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