Blasewitzer Strasse
| Blasewitzer Strasse | |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Dresden |
| District | Johannstadt |
| Created | 16th Century |
| Newly designed | 1863 |
| Cross streets | Schumannstrasse, Reissiger Strasse, Lortzingstrasse, Kreutzerstrasse, Fetscherstrasse , Augsburger Strasse / Fiedlerstrasse, Mildred-Scheel-Strasse, Schubertstrasse |
| Places | Trinitatisplatz, Königsheimplatz |
| Buildings | Bridge "Blue Wonder" |
| use | |
| User groups | Motor traffic , trams , pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 3.1 km |
The Blasewitzer street in Dresden district Johannstadt is part of a major arterial road between the Dresden city center and the Schillerplatz in Blasewitz .
location
In the east of Dresden is today's 3.1 kilometer long main traffic axis Blasewitzer Straße , starting at Trinitatisplatz (at the Trinitatiskirche ) and ending at Königsheimplatz . The district boundary between Johannstadt and Blasewitz runs between Augsburger Straße and Schubertstraße. Some sections on the southern side of the street belong to the Striesen district , the non-congruent statistical district Striesen-West has a slightly longer border along the street.
history
A traffic route between the Pirnaische Vorstadt in Dresden and the Slavic farming and fishing village of Blasewitz already existed in the Middle Ages . The settlement east of Dresden developed into a sought-after villa location, especially in the 19th century, and was incorporated by the city of Dresden in 1921. The Blasewitzer Straße is thus one of the oldest traffic connections in today's urban area. It has been connecting Johannstadt with the neighboring village of Blasewitz since the 18th century. It began at the so-called Ziegelschlag at Eliasfriedhof and ran in an easterly direction through the forest area at the time , the Blasewitzer Tännicht . Only the Blasewitz Forest Park has survived today. Blasewitzer Strasse, named around 1850, forked at Trinitatisplatz, where Fiedlerstrasse branched off . The tangent road ends at Königsheimplatz and turns into Loschwitzer Straße towards Schillerplatz.
1870
In 1872, on September 26th, the Dresdner Pferdebahn , operated by the Berliner Continental-Pferdeeisenbahn-Actiengesellschaft , began operating between Pirnaischer Platz and Blasewitz. The horse-drawn tram stopped when called, but also had fixed stops, such as on Trinitatisplatz and in Blasewitz on Siegesplatz. After electrification there were only fixed stops and these were served according to the timetable. On Blasewitzer Strasse, in the direction of Königsheimplatz, after the Trinitatisplatz stop, the other stops were Lortzingstrasse, Fürstenstrasse (today Fetscherstrasse), Augsburger Strasse, Schubertstrasse, and Königsheimplatz. In 1874, the current construction ban for the Johannstadt area was lifted. The meadows and arable land previously used for agriculture as well as the local brickworks were converted into building land. This also included the Ratziegelerei located on today's Sachsenplatz , which produced a large part of the bricks for the city. With a development concept approved by the Dresden city council, various construction companies began to build multi-storey residential buildings on Blasewitzer Straße. The result was a purely residential area with four to five-storey apartment buildings, between Blasewitzer Strasse and the area around Blumenstrasse, some small industrial entrepreneurs found their location.
1900
Around 1900 a number of smaller companies were established on Blasewitzer Strasse. Cigarette manufacturers such as the Kunze company at number 10, Jasmatzi & Sons in Blasewitzer Strasse 17 , Sulima at 49 and Monopol at Blasewitzer Strasse 68 to 70. Sächsische Kartonnagen-Maschinenfabrik AG was in house number 21 . The famous Dresden art print shop Römmler & Jonas was located at Blasewitzer Strasse 27. A branch of the large DREMA dairy had its domicile at Blasewitzer Strasse 66. In addition to the independent companies and commercial buildings, visual artists, sculptors, painters and writers as well as craft businesses lived on Blasewitzer Strasse. At today's Blasewitzer Strasse 41, a plaque commemorates the inventor of the first 35mm SLR camera, Karl Nüchterlein . He works as a foreman at Zeiss Ikon , and later at Ihagee .
1945
During the multiple bombings of Dresden in 1945, all but a few buildings were destroyed. Within 20 minutes, a previously flourishing district sank into rubble and ashes. Of the more than 85,000 inhabitants, only around 4,000 lived in the Johannstadt district around 1946. Blasewitzer Strasse with the adjoining clinic was a desert of rubble up to Königsheimplatz. On the uneven side of the street, the Blasewitzer Strasse 9 building was slightly destroyed and all the others were totally destroyed. This building was renovated after 1990. The buildings at Blasewitzer Strasse 41 and following were badly destroyed and were provisionally prepared for the use of the Ihagee camera works until the 1950s . Without exception, all buildings on the even side of the house number were destroyed and not repaired. A distinction was made between so-called degrees of destruction:
| No. | damage | Degree of destruction | building |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light | until 10 % | 2 |
| 2 | medium | 30% | 4th |
| 3 | heavy | 60% | 11 |
| 4th | conditionally totally | 75% | 31 |
| 5 | Total | 100% | 46 |
Extensive clearing of rubble began in 1946, with no consideration being given to buildings or parts of buildings that were worth preserving. In the end, a cubic meter of rubble was charged at 13.37 RM or 7.40 per ton. The debris was sorted on Dürerplatz in the Johannstadt district and then transported to the dump on the debris train . The dump was on the banks of the Elbe between Fetscherstrasse and Blasewitz. Around 1.5 million cubic meters of rubble were dumped there. A total of more than 20 different construction companies, including Elbtal Hoch Tief , Strabag , Philipp Holzmann , Dyckerhoff & Widmann and other companies participated in clearing the more than 15 km² of destroyed urban areas.
1954
While some of the destroyed buildings were occasionally repaired so that they could be used again, the hesitant actual reconstruction of the Johannstadt and Blasewitz districts began in 1954. For this purpose, a concrete plant was built on Gerokstrasse and put into operation. Large block panels for residential construction were created from crushed rubble. From 1960 to 1990, WBS 70 prefabricated buildings were built .
After 1990
After the political change in the GDR, the aimless construction ended due to failed planning, material shortages and austerity constraints imposed by politics. This is how new, modern office and commercial buildings, nursing homes, residential buildings and industrial buildings were created. The desolate road surface was partially renewed and the tram tracks of lines 6 and 12 modernized. These lines serve the aforementioned stops and are supplemented by bus lines 62 and 64. The ruinous camera works of the former Pentacon combine were demolished and replaced by a new office building complex. The student dormitory, built in 1953, was also renovated in 2011 and today houses the Dermotalogical Polyclinic belonging to the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden .
literature
- Walter May , Werner Pampel, Hans Konrad: Architecture Guide GDR - Dresden District. VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1979.
- Michael Lenk, Ralf Hauptvogel: The Dresdner Trümmerbahnen , Special Issue B August 1999; Historic Feldbahn Dresden eV, Stralsunder Strasse 5 in 01109 Dresden. S9ff.
- Annette Dubbers: Blasewitz. From the history of a Dresden district. Sandstein, Dresden 1996, ISBN 3-930382-14-8 .
Web links
- Blasewitz - All Schiller or what? , so-lebt-dresden.de
- History of the Dresden district of Blasewitz ( Memento from July 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- dresden.de: Statistics (PDF; 374 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Streets and squares in Blasewitz. In: dresdner-stadtteile.de. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Blasewitzer Strasse. In: dresdner-stadtteile.de. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Dresden address book 1944 ( online ).
- ^ A b c Michael Lenk, Ralf Hauptvogel: Die Dresdner Trümmerbahnen , special issue B August 1999; Historic Feldbahn Dresden eV, Stralsunder Strasse 5 in 01109 Dresden. S9ff.