Übigau

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Übigau
State capital Dresden
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 17 "  N , 13 ° 41 ′ 57"  E
Height : 112 m above sea level NN
Incorporation : January 1, 1903
Postal code : 01139
Area code : 0351
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Location of the Übigau district in Dresden

Übigau is a district in the northwest of Dresden and belongs to the Pieschen district . It was first mentioned in 1324 as Vbegowe and has the shape of a dead end village in its center . A keystone from 1720 is still preserved on the village square ("Die Tränke" - Altübigau ). In the Baroque period , Übigau gained fame through its castle , but it was only through industrialization that it became more popular (1895: 1,300). In 1903 it was incorporated into Dresden.

Location and history

Despite its close proximity to the Elbe , even the greatest floods could not harm the place because it is eight meters above the Elbe level. In spite of its size and important industry, Übigau has long been part of the old church village of Kaditz , which was founded in 1273 ; with Mickten there was a school community in 1873. In 1559 it was handed over from the episcopal office of Stolpen to the sovereign office of Dresden .

In addition to its quiet location on the outskirts and the castle, Übigau has an interesting industrial history to offer. The first usable steam locomotive in Germany was built in the mechanical engineering institute Übigau in 1839 . The first Saxon passenger steamer was also built here, as indicated by the large 45-tonne ship crane of the Ketten-Werft , or the longest riveted sheet metal girder bridge in Europe, which is included in Übigau, although it is on the corridor of Kaditz . At the beginning of the 21st century, the bridge was replaced by a new building (see Flügelwegbrücke ).

Übigau Castle 1724 and UNESCO 2004

Übigau Castle seen from the Elbe side

With the baroque castle Übigau - seen upstream - the Dresden Elbe Valley begins in the cultural-historical sense. From 2004 until the World Heritage title was withdrawn in 2009, the castle and village center of Übigau were also part of the Elbe Valley designated as UNESCO World Heritage .

The castle was built in 1724/25 by Field Marshal Count Flemming , a minister of August the Strong , on the site of four vineyards on the terraces on the right bank of the Elbe . The architect and court builder Eosander von Göthe also worked on the Berlin City Palace . With seven out of nine axes that lavishly open onto the Elbe Valley in loggias , Übigau Castle looks almost Venetian .

For a large sum, the sovereign took over the building on a hill in 1726. His successor Friedrich August II gave it to his minister Count Sulkowski in 1733 , but bought it back in 1736 after his overthrow. In 1753, a large parade of the Saxon army took place from Übigau to Wilden Mann . Since it served as a pleasure camp, it was given up as a seat and a restaurant was set up there for the citizens of Dresden in 1770 . After looting in 1813, the Saxon court auctioned the castle in 1831 to the Dresden councilor and master carpenter Paul Siemon. After its renovation , it became the seat of the mechanical engineering association of Johann Andreas Schubert and in 1886 the shipyard "Ketten" . When it slowly fell into disrepair around 1920, it almost came to an end ; For several years the castle belonged to the KPD and after the Second World War it became the administration building of VEB Dampfkesselbau, but has been empty since 1991. The city is trying to get the owner of the castle to do some renovation work.

To the north of the castle, the culture house belonging to the Transformatoren- und Röntgenwerk (TuR) was built in 1954 , in which many of the greats of the GDR cultural scene performed. The building, which was renovated in 2000, has been Eberhard Bosslet's studio ever since . Eberhard Bosslet teaches at the Dresden University of Fine Arts.

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