His descendants continue to lead their own circuses, carrying the Renz name. When he died in 2012, he was the oldest recorded circus director at the age of 91. In 1940, Ernst Renz' great-nephew, Bernhard Renz, re-established a touring circus under the family name. On 28 October 1899 Albert Schumann (1858–1939) took over the Berlin circus building and operated his own Circus Schumann until 1918. In 1888 the auditorium was augmented to 5.600 seats.Įrnst Renz' son Franz had to close the company on 31 July 1897 due to financial difficulties. On 20 April 1879 the circus moved into the former Berlin market hall (later Friedrichstadt-Palast). Because of the construction of Berlin Friedrichstraße station, the property had to be abandoned. ![]() On Johann Strauss II and Benjamin Bilse' Band gave the Berlin premiere of The Blue Danube in that building. The circus' Berlin headquarters was established in 1842 as Circus Olympic.
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