The Walpurgis Hall () is a hall on the Witches' Dance Floor near

Thale Thale () is a town in the Harz (district), Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. Located at the steep northeastern rim of the Harz mountain range, it is known for the scenic Bode Gorge stretching above the town centre. Geography The ...

in the

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, Germany, built in the

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Hermann Hendrich Hermann Hendrich (31 October 1854 in Heringen, Thuringia – 18 July 1931 in Schreiberhau in Niederschlesien) was a German painter. Life Hermann Hendrich was born in the vicinity of the storied Kyffhäuser, his parents were Auguste Frieder ...

and

Bernhard Sehring Ernst Bernhard Sehring (1 June 1855 in Edderitz, Anhalt – 27 December 1941) was a German architect. Life Sehring came from a petty-bourgeois village background and was the son of a Dessau construction foreman. He was boarded by Professor Ha ...

. The hall was opened in 1901 and is a museum today. Whilst Sehring designed the architecture of the building to Hendrich's guidelines, Hendrich himself was responsible for the five large paintings in the interior of the hall. These portray scenes of the

Walpurgis Night Walpurgis Night (), an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German language, German ), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve) and Walpurgisnacht, is the Vigil#Eves of religious celebrations ...

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known as the: ''Will-o'-the-Wisp Dance'', ''Mammon's Cave'', ''Witches' Dance'', ''Bride of the Wind'' und ''Gretchen's Appearance'' (''Gretchen's Tragedy'').

Paintings

Walpurgishalle Irrlichtertanz.jpg, Will-o'-the-Wisp Dance Walpurgishalle Mammonshöhle.jpg, Mammon's Cave Walpurgishalle Hexentanz 2.jpg, Witches' Dance Walpurgishalle Windsbraut.jpg, Bride of the Wind Walpurgishalle Gretchenerscheinung.jpg, Gretchen's Appearance

External links

''Walpurgishalle''. Painting by Hermann Hendrich
Buildings and structures in the Harz Museums in Saxony-Anhalt Buildings and structures completed in 1901 Walpurgis Night Goethe's Faust {{SaxonyAnhalt-struct-stub