Apollo-Theater was a theatre in

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. Located on Königsallee, corner of Adersstraße, in Düsseldorf, it existed from 1899 to 1966. The neo-baroque building was opened on 16 December 1899 after one and a half years of construction. The theater was built on the site of the former Cologne-Minden Railway Company station, designed by the Düsseldorf architect Hermann vom Endt. It was intended to host operettas and comedies, as well as variety and circus performances.Boris Becker: ''Düsseldorf in frühen Photographien 1855-1914.'' Schirmer und Mosel, München 1990, p. 128.

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