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Since the middle of the 19th century the Gymnastics Society (Turnverein) and the Gymnastics Club (Turnerclub) have been in Münchberg.  Gymnastics were practiced in the town hall in 1904, but this was too small, and the bad air and lack of ventilation were unhealthy.  Therefore, the society asked the city if they would be willing to build a gym or support the society in that.  The council was formed for that purpose in 1904, and plans were developed within the year.  In 1910 the building site in Dr.-Martin-Luther-Street was chosen.  For the hall 45,000 Marks were granted.  On September 3, 1910 the building permit application was approved and the inauguration took place in 1911.

In 1912 they requested a license for a taproom for beer, wine, etc. for celebrations in the gymnasium.  The building was also leased the hall for gym lessons for the Gymnastic Club.  They leased the hall for the Fruit- and Garden Society for events.  It is known that the Hansa (Hanseatic) League, with member of the regional Diet, Karl Schrepfer, had ad event on December 11, 1912.  The Singing Club used the hall for musical events and provided a concert wing in 1921.  An exhibition by the German Museum of Hygiene in Dresden was sent in 1926. 

During World War I the hall was furnished as an infirmary in 1914, with up to 36 beds.  This and the weaving school received this designation because in both infirmaries the women of the Red Cross undertook the care of patients.  It was mainly lightly injured soldiers and people needing care.  Also in World War II the building was converted for hygienic purposes.  In the summer of 1943 they erected an emergency hospital here, but the capacity soon reached its limits and it was redesignated as supplementary accommodations. In 1947 the city council decided on the erection of a new hospital.  So the existing hospital in the city park was renovated and expanded in the following years.  As a stopgap they used the city gymnasium until 1958 with 48 beds for adults and ten beds for newborns as “Hospital II”. 

In the second half of the 20th century the buildings were used as school sports halls and also used by the wrestlers. In 2006 the Judo Club took over the city gymnasium on hereditary building right.