Volkstheater Frankfurt

Under the direction of its founder and Wolfgang Kaus [de], the theatre established itself as an important cultural institution in Hessen.

Ernst Nebhut [de] wrote the Hessian "folk musical" Zur scheene Fraa for Liesel Christ in 1971 and thus gave this small dialect stage its first great success.

However, he cancelled because "after careful examination of the economic situation of the theatre and its organisational structure" it turned out "that both are ailing.

At a press conference on 20 April 2012, it was announced that the Volkstheater would close at the end of the 2012/13 season, as the theatre building would be demolished and a move with new facilities would not be financially viable.

[5] In 2013, the city of Frankfurt decided to restore the Cantatesaal as part of the construction of the Deutsches Romantik-Museum.