Its venues are Großes Haus (Big House), Alte Feuerwache (Old Fire Station), Congresshalle (Conference Hall) and sparte4 (area 4).
[1] While theatre in Saarbrücken has a long history, the present main venue was completed in 1938, with plans commissioned by the Nazi regime.
A municipal theatre was built by Hans Peter Weszkalnys and opened on 18 February 1897 with the opera Mignon by Ambroise Thomas.
[4] The main venue of today's Saarländisches Staatstheater was built in 1937 and 1938, commissioned by Joseph Goebbels and designed by Paul Baumgarten [de].
[5] It was opened on 9 October 1938, called Gautheater Saarpfalz,[2] with a performance of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, in the presence of Hitler, Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler.