Private company
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Voluntary association founded in 18461
The Deutscher Bühnenverein is an organization representing 430 theatres, opera houses, drama, ballet and opera companies and orchestras in Germany. It is involved in artistic, legal, organisational and political questions relevant to its members and publishes annual reports. The Deutscher Bühnenverein is based in Cologne.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards
The Deutscher Bühnenverein is an organization representing 430 theatres, opera houses, drama, ballet and opera companies and orchestras in Germany. It is involved in artistic, legal, organisational and political questions relevant to its members and publishes annual reports. The Deutscher Bühnenverein is based in Cologne.2
It was started in Oldenburg in 1846 under its first president Karl Theodor von Küstner, of the Königliches Schauspiel in Berlin. The Nazi Propaganda Ministry banned it in 1935 and it was not re-founded until 1947. In 1990, the East German Deutscher Bühnenbund merged with the Bühnenverein.
From Wikipedia’s article on Deutscher Bühnenverein, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
