Kulturhaus Abraxas is a

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of the city of

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

. Here,

Abraxas Abraxas ( grc-x-biblical, ἀβραξάς, abraxas, variant form romanized: ) is a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (), the princeps of the 365 spheres (). The word is found ...

is a

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for ''Atrium, Bühne, Restaurant, Ateliers, experimentelle Musik in Augsburg an der Sommestraße''. The

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was formerly owned by the US forces and became property of the

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. The city of Augsburg rented it in 1995 from the Army and used the former '' Offizierskasino'' of the Somme Barracks region as a 'Family Recreation Center', building a cultural center with a 150-seat

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, an exhibition hall, studios, music practice rooms, and a restaurant. Since January 1996, the cultural center's program has mainly featured music, especially

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, and also theater, demonstrations, and

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s. Since February 1998, the Federal Association of Visual Artists has also been located in the office of Abraxas and uses the exhibition hall. The yearly Lab.30

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festival takes place at Abraxas.Article about Lab.30
in ''

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References

German article in
''Augsburger Algemeine''

External links

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