Sweet Memories of the Terrace Restaurant

In 1910, with the decision to build the Centennial Hall complex and hold the Centennial Exhibition, a large restaurant was planned. This largest of the then five restaurants was the only one not planned as a temporary structure. 

Finally, in 1913, a formally modern building with a cuboidal body, preceded by a partially covered terrace, was constructed. Its roof was partially accessible and intended for guests. Above the central, oval hall, there was a glazed dome with a wooden structure. 

This was a reference to the four domes that Hans Poelzig, working with Max Berg, placed over the wings of the art-historical exhibition pavilion - today's Four Domes Pavilion.

The accumulation of domes emphasized the erection of the most modern, largest, and most magnificent dome in the world at the time, which was the ribbed structure of Centennial Hall.

In the Terrace Restaurant, as the restaurant was already called at that time, the walls of the two halls - the eastern and western - were permanent parts of the building. 

Max Berg took care of the finishing of the building and every detail. Already in August 1912, the City Board signed a lease agreement for the Terrace Restaurant. The restaurant, including the terraces, was ready to accommodate 5000 people.

After the main ceremonies of the official opening of the Centennial Hall and Exhibition, the guests walked to the upper terrace of the restaurant, from where they vito the upper terrace of the restaurant, from where they viewed the pond, the Pergola, and the surrounding gardens.

In this state, with minor modifications in 1914 and the 1930s, the restoration survived until spring 1945, when the building suffered significantly in bombings during Festung Breslau.