Chinese pavilion (Dresden-Weißer Hirsch)
The Chinese Pavilion is a listed building in Dresden , not far from the old Weißer Hirsch town hall . The pavilion with the address Bautzner Landstrasse 17a is located on the southern edge of the forest of the Dresdner Heide about 100 meters northeast of the street. It is probably Germany's only historical original building designed by Chinese architects.
history
The Chinese pavilion was commissioned by the imperial Chinese government on the occasion of the International Hygiene Exhibition in 1911 and built by carpenters from Shanghai in China, shipped in individual parts to Dresden and re-erected on site by Dresden construction workers. To the left of the pavilion there was a three-story pagoda at the hygiene exhibition, but nothing has survived. After the exhibition was over, the Chinese government left the pavilion and interior as a gift. While some exhibits were transferred to the collection of the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden , the community of Weißer Hirsch bought the building for 8,500 marks (according to other sources 7,000 marks) in November 1911 . Under the direction of the architect Max Müller, the pavilion was re-erected in the town hall garden . Due to the local conditions, the originally single-storey pavilion was raised to a basement.
The pavilion was inaugurated again on August 1, 1912, now as a reading café with the holdings of a public reading hall for domestic and foreign newspapers and magazines that had existed since 1907. There were smoking and non-smoking rooms, board games and desks with writing utensils were also available. In 1913, Pfunds Molkerei opened a drinking spa with milk, milk products and mineral water in the basement. After the Second World War, the Chinese Pavilion was reopened as a restaurant in 1951, and again as a reading café in 1961. The first Chinese restaurant in Dresden was opened here in 1992. The building was in poor condition after a fire in the summer of 1997. Through the initiatives of the Association Chinese Pavilion in Dresden e. V., which has owned the building since 2006, has been renovating the building since autumn 2007, the main work was completed in 2015 and the pavilion was opened on October 1st of that year as a meeting place for German-Chinese exchange.
Building description
The Chinese pavilion was originally a single-storey, five-bay Chinese hall construction with a walkway, which was placed on a basement level at the new installation site due to the hillside location. The hall is covered by a hipped roof with a rounded ridge. On the south side, opposite the entrance, an octagon is merged with the hall, which has a helmet-like curved roof.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Clarissa von Spee (2007): The Chinese Pavilion in Dresden: Rediscovery of a historical building . East Asian magazine Neue Serie 14: pp. 32–36. ISSN 1617-9404 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Chinese Pavilion (reading room) - White Deer . Weißer Hirsch / Oberloschwitz Beautification Association (PDF, accessed on January 3, 2014).
- ^ Grand opening of the Chinese pavilion. In: Archive. Chinese Pavilion in Dresden V., October 1, 2015, accessed December 13, 2017 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 50.6 " N , 13 ° 49 ′ 26.8" E