Belvedere Weesenstein

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Foundation walls of the Belvedere

The Belvedere Weesenstein , also known as the hunting pavilion , was a belvedere on a hill above the valley of the Müglitz in the corridor of the district Meusegast in the municipality of Müglitztal . The building, erected in the middle of the 18th century, served as a lookout point at Weesenstein Castle and was demolished in 1951.

location

The Belvedere stood on a hill about two kilometers from the old Old Dresden-Teplitzer Poststrasse . It belonged to the Weesenstein Castle and Castle Park. Initially, the Belvedere was surrounded by extensive English-style gardens with valuable ornamental trees. From the castle you could easily get through the park to the Belvedere via an ascent. From there, a wider dirt road ran directly to the former Meusegast manor .

history

Sign board

The Lords of Bünau had the Belvedere built above the English Park of Weesenstein around 1750. The Saxon master builder and carpenter Johann Andreas Hünigen was possibly more responsible . At the end of the Second World War , the pavilion was used to accommodate resettlers . At times, three families lived in the unsuitable building. In autumn 1945 two brick chimneys were added to the long sides so that the rooms could be heated in winter. In the course of the GDR land reform , the Weesensteiner Belvedere was demolished in 1951 despite popular protests. They wanted to receive building material for a new farm in the post-war period. However, the building material was unsuitable for reuse. The rubble was removed by 1970. Also during the land reform period, the valuable ornamental trees in the baroque park were felled and used as fuel. With the demolition of the Belvedere, the structural completion of the park facilities is now missing and the entire facility has been reduced in size. Only the foundation walls remained ; a notice board describes the fate of the building.

Construction and equipment

The two-storey baroque building with its 24 meter high tower rose on a floor area of ​​13 × 15 meters. The building made of natural and field stones was provided with a colored plaster facade. The roof was covered with burnt red roof tiles and the tower with its baroque shape was clad with slate shingles. The tower hood was made of sheet copper. All door and window frames were made of shredded Cotta sandstone . All the windows had oak shutters . These lasted until the building was demolished. The Belvedere had four roof gables, which were decorated with terracotta vases.

The ground floor was divided into utility rooms and, since 1800, had been equipped with an apartment for the manorial hunter. The upper floor was reached via two sandstone stairs. The upper floor was dominated by a large hall and had two large false chimneys with built-in baroque tiled stoves . The plastered wall design and structure was decorated with pilasters and pilaster cornices between the windows and doors. The ceiling was decorated with a central stucco rosette. There were stucco reliefs with hunting motifs and decorations above the doors. In the tower there were built-in closets next to the wooden staircase.

  • overall view

  • View from the Belvedere to the palace

  • Remains of the foundation

literature

  • Richard Steche : Weesenstein . In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony . 1. Booklet: Official Authority Pirna. CC Meinhold, Dresden 1882, pp. 93-95.
  • Theodor Gampe: Weesenstein Castle in the Müglitzthale . Dresden 1880, p. 29.
  • Lutz Hennig: Weesenstein Castle: a park guide . Weesenstein Castle Administration, 1998.
  • Winfried Müller , Martina Schattkowsky (eds.): Between tradition and modernity: King John of Saxony 1801–1873. Leipziger Univ.-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-936522-86-3 .
  • Gustav Adolf Pönicke: Album of the manors and castles in the Kingdom of Saxony. Lusatia-Verlag, Bautzen around 1860, Section II, p. 182.
  • Inga Pany: water and tears. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8448-1993-9 .

Web links

Commons : Belvedere Weesenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Adolf Pönicke : Album of the manors and castles in the Kingdom of Saxony. Section II, p. 182.
  2. ^ Hermann Heckmann: Hünigen, Johann Andreas . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '52.3 "  N , 13 ° 51' 55.5"  E