Eduard-Bilz-Platz
The Eduard-Bilz Square is located in the district Oberlößnitz the Saxon town of Radebeul , at the intersection of the north-trending Eduard-Bilz-road with the running eastward Augustusweg . It was laid out in the 1870s by Moritz Ziller (1838–1895), the older brother of the two Ziller brothers , as a decorative place and adorned with a victory column from the Ernst March company . Since 2002 the square has been named after the former natural therapist Eduard Bilz (1842–1922).
history
The master builders, the Ziller brothers, developed the former Sophienstrasse around 1877 at their own expense , along which they developed numerous villa plots, most of which they also built themselves. In 1879 the access road was named after Sophie Ziller (1853–1874), a younger sister of the two builders who had already passed away. As early as 1877, the Ziller brothers built the Sophienhof as the first building on this street , a villa with the main view towards Alvslebenplatz in the south and with a tower. On the west side of the tower, facing Sophienstrasse, there used to be a medallion with the bust of Sister Sophie.
In order to upgrade the Sophienstrasse, it was given distinctive designs at both ends. At the southern end at Sophienhof, where the Alvslebenplatz Oberlößnitz, which belongs to Radebeul and Serkowitz, began, Moritz, who is responsible for the public design of the Zillerscher building measures, set up two groups of figures from the Charlottenburg pottery factory Ernst March , the bacchants , on both sides of the street the road stressed.
The chestnut tree-lined street led to a semicircular, square-like extension that opened directly to Augustusweg. Directly on the line of sight of Sophienstrasse was a multi-segmented victory column, framed by trees. This column was a larger than life Victoria from terracotta , which together with the Bacchantes had been procured by Ernst March. The model of the figure was the wreath-throwing Victoria by Christian Daniel Rauch . Below the approximately ten-meter-high column, a lion-headed gargoyle facing south into Sophienstrasse was embedded in the sandstone-lined wall, in front of which there was a fountain basin.
In 1885, the Ziller brothers contractually transferred Sophienstrasse with the square-like extension at the northern end to the rural community of Oberlößnitz, which in future had to take care of maintenance and operation.
In 1905, after the death of the two Ziller brothers, the square was neglected and the gargoyle was out of order. An expert opinion criticized the poor stability of the monument, so that the building committee debated changes to the design of the square. In the period up to 1907, proposals were submitted, including one for an imposing new fountain system by the Zillersche construction company led by Marie Ziller and Max Steinmetz . Due to the importance of the building, the Saxon Heritage Protection Association also had a say. For financial reasons, however, the community only removed the victory column and the fountain. Instead of a new, representative Sophienstrasse monument, a simple flower rondel with a water basin and fountain was installed as an interim solution against protests from the population, framed by an ornamental grille. The square was given its own name to enhance its value: the Saxon King Friedrich August III appeared to dedicate the Königsplatz . in person.
With the incorporation into Radebeul in 1934, the center of Oberlößnitz moved to the edge of the city, and from then on the street directories no longer list Königsplatz. From 1935 on, Sophienstraße became part of the street that stretched from today's main street in Radebeul to Wahnsdorf . In the 1943/44 address book, at the intersection between Augustusweg and Straken (today Eduard-Bilz-Straße), a double location is inserted, but only for Augustusweg, not for Straken: "Königsplatz / Platz der SA."
In 1945, most of the Straken, the section from Hauptstraße to about the Bilz Sanatorium (Eduard-Bilz-Straße 53-57), was renamed Eduard-Bilz-Straße, while the rest of the street was still called Straken. With this renaming, the name Königsplatz was officially deleted.
In October 2002, the Bilz Association for Naturopathy, which is dedicated to the memory of Eduard Bilz and his work, placed a memorial stone for Bilz on the square. Since that event, the square has been called Eduard-Bilz-Platz .
The jewelry square, which has been completely redesigned in its current appearance and now equipped with a water feature and drinking fountain , was inaugurated on June 16, 2017. The stainless steel sculpture "Nymph" by the artist Roland Fuhrmann was realized on the initiative and from donations from the residents .
literature
- Gudrun Täubert: The Königsplatz. Historic jewelry places in the Loessnitz (part 1) . In: Preview & Review; Monthly magazine for Radebeul and the surrounding area . July 2009.
- Eduard-Bilz-Platz. In: Gudrun Täubert, Frank Andert: jewelry places in Radebeul; yesterday and today . In: Association for Monument Preservation and New Building Radebeul (ed.): Contributions to the urban culture of the city of Radebeul . Radebeul 2010, p. 5-9 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Address book Dresden 1943/44, appendix address book for Radebeul, p. 68 ( digital.slub-dresden.de ( memento of the original from October 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check Original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. PDF).
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 28.8 " N , 13 ° 40 ′ 33.5" E