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Theater Schloss Maßbach

Theatre company in Maßbach, Lower Franconia, Germany1

Fränkisches Theater Schloss Maßbach is a private theatre in Maßbach, Lower Franconia, Germany which is run as GmbH. Since 2003 Anne Maar, the granddaughter of the founder couple, is the director. The theatre is home to three permanent venues in Maßbach castle, the Intimes Theater (87 seats), the open-air theater (326 seats) and the TiP - Theater im Pferdestall (the youth theater venue) with 60 seats.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Fränkisches Theater Schloss Maßbach is a private theatre in Maßbach, Lower Franconia, Germany which is run as GmbH.2

The story

1946 Formation of "Coburger Kulturkreises" by Lena Hutter and Oskar Ballhaus as a predecessor of the "Fränkisches Theater Schloss Maßbach"

1948 Move of the theatre to the Schloss Wetzhausen after a performance in Schweinfurt

1955 Move of the theater to Schloss Stöckach (Hofheim in Lower Franconia) after the water supply and the structural condition of Schloss Wetzhausen were getting worse and a renovation was beyond the financial capabilities

1960 Move to Schloss Maßbach

1961 The outdoor stage was built

1972 Death of theatre founder Oskar Ballhaus, continuation by his ex-wife Lena Hutter and her second husband Herbert Heinz

1977 Formation of the "Freunde des Fränkischen Theaters Schloss Maßbach"

2000 Granddaughter Anne Maar joined the management of the private theatre

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2002 Death of the director and theater manager Herbert Heinz

2003 Death of co-founder Lena Hutter, Anne Maar became sole theatre manager

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