Johann Aman

189778_cbd902cc-71e6-495d-92d4-f4907eda01df_vasquez.jpg The German Theatre in Pest, once the largest theatre in the city, burned down 175 years ago The side of today's Vörösmarty Square facing the Danube has been lined with many buildings over the past 200 years, the first being the German Theatre in Pest [Pesti Német Színház], which was handed over in 1812. Although excellent Hungarian artists of the time also performed in the huge building, which could accommodate 3,500 spectators, such as Déryné and its second conductor was Ferenc Erkel himself, however, the theater could only be used for 35 years, as it burned down on 2 February 1847.

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