Friedrichstadt (Dresden)

Friedrichstadt ; district and statistical district No. 05 of Dresden
Coordinates	51 ° 3 '33 " N , 13 ° 42' 52" E Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '33 " N , 13 ° 42' 52" E
height	112 m above sea level NN
surface	6.05 km²
Residents	10,038 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1659 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	1836
Post Code	01067
prefix	0351
Website	www.dresden.de
Borough	Old town
Transport links
Federal road
Train	S1, S2
tram	1, 2, 6, 10
bus	75, 94

Friedrichstadt around 1778 ( south )

Friedrichstadt Hospital in the Palais Brühl-Marcolini

The Friedrichstadt is a left side of the same city suburb of Dresden and belongs to the municipality Old Town , but forms its own district . Friedrichstadt is one of the Dresden suburbs .

history

The first mention of this area, at that time the village of Oztrov (or Ostra ), was made in a document from Margrave Dietrich von Meissen dated March 31, 1206, the same document in which Dresden was first mentioned. The Old Sorbian word oztrov means river island and thus characterizes the flood-free area west of the former natural confluence of the Weißeritz into the Elbe, in which Ostra was. To the west were the smaller villages Rostagk and Wernten , which were abandoned in the 15th century and whose land was added to Ostra.

After the village came into the possession of Elector August 1559 , who enlarged the area through purchases, the village of Ostra was dissolved in 1568. In its place the Ostravorwerk was founded, whose task it was to ensure the supply of the court and the Dresden fortress. The previous villagers were resettled and received as compensation mainly formerly monastic lands near Leubnitz , whose ownership had passed to the electoral court during the Reformation . Other villagers were put up with soils near Zschertnitz .

Residents of the surrounding villages were called in to labor for the management of the massively expanded Vorwerk.

In the period that followed, an animal enclosure was built (the Ostra enclosure ) and the suburb of Ostra as a craftsmen's settlement , which was renamed Friedrichstadt in 1730 (in honor of the Saxon elector and later elector Friedrich August II ).

In 1835 Friedrichstadt was incorporated into Dresden.

In 1945 the Catholic Apostolic Church fell victim to the bombing raids.

Population development

Since 1990, Friedrichstadt has been one of the fastest growing districts in Dresden. The population has increased by over 50% since 1990.

year	Population (on December 31st)
1990	5,891
1995	5,369
2000	5,168
2005	5,432
2010	6,558
2014	7,686
2015	9,053
2017	9,156
2019	10,038

Today's cityscape

One of the most important cemeteries in Dresden, the Old Catholic Cemetery, is located on Friedrichstädter Friedrichstrasse (which, by the way, is not named after the same Friedrich) directly opposite the Friedrichstadt hospital . Friedrichstadt is characterized by the listed hospital , the few remaining buildings of the Vorwerk and the technical town hall at the Dresden-Friedrichstadt marshalling yard . As one of the few intact streets near the city center, Friedrichstrasse has numerous residential buildings of this style that are listed as historical monuments in addition to the baroque St. Matthew's Church .

In Friedrichstadt there is also the Alberthafen with the widely visible building of the Dresdener Mühle or Hafenmühle as well as the former municipal cattle and slaughterhouse , today's fair .

traffic

Friedrichstadt is linked directly to regional rail services in the direction of Görlitz and Leipzig via the Dresden-Mitte train station , which is located on the eastern border of the Wilsdruffer Vorstadt district . The S-Bahn connects Friedrichstadt with Dresden Airport in 19 minutes . Trains to Hoyerswerda and Cottbus also stop at the southern Dresden-Friedrichstadt station .

Numerous tram lines also run through Friedrichstadt and the “Bahnhof Mitte” stop is a superordinate traffic junction for tram and bus lines with a connection to the S-Bahn.

The logistics center from which the CarGoTram runs to the Gläserne Manufaktur is also located in Friedrichstadt .

Cultural monuments, sights and technical structures

Sons and daughters

Caroline Friederike Friedrich (1749–1815), still life painter, academy teacher
Christoph Eusebius Raschig (1766-1827), Saxon general staff doctor, professor of medicine
Ludwig Richter (1803–1884), painter and draftsman
Max Preßler (1815–1886), engineer and forest scientist
Minna Hermine Paula Becker -Modersohn-Becker- (* February 8, 1876 in Dresden-Friedrichstadt - † November 20, 1907 in Worpswede ), important German painter and pioneer of Expressionism

Movie

Films that are in or about Friedrichstadt:

2002 ... you save yourself the trip to Venice - little Friedrichstadt flood stories. A film by Ralf Kukula and Ray van Zeschau (balance film).
1992 Little Sister / Teddy goes to Golgatha ( Friends of Italian Opera )
1991 For Vincent (with Susanne Böwe & Katherina Lange )
1990 Sentimental Sea (Friends of Italian Opera)
1988 Dres is still dreaming ( FESA )
1988 The first five minutes after death (Milder Wahn / FESA)
1986 Labyrinth (FESA)

photos

Alberthafen
Dresden mill
Ostragehege with Dresden fair
Yenidze
Evangelical St. Matthew Church
Dresden-Mitte station on the edge of Friedrichstadt
Ice rink Pieschener Allee , old venue of the Dresden ice lions
new ice rink EnergieVerbund Arena
After the birth of Paula Modersohn-Becker , the Becker family moved into a house at "Friedrichstrasse 29"

Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Löbtau Geriatric Rehabilitation Clinic, Altonaer Str.2a

Individual evidence

^ LH Dresden: 1.2 Population development by districts. (PDF) LH Dresden, municipal statistics office, December 31, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2017 .
↑ Matthäuskirche at dresdner-stadtteile.de
↑ today is "Friedrichstrasse 29", house number "46".

literature

Karl Gautsch: The foundation and emergence of Friedrichstadt according to documents and archival sources to celebrate the city's 200th anniversary on July 25, 1870. Dresden 1870 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Friedrichstadt - Collection of images, videos and audio files

dresden.de: Statistics (PDF; 357 kB)
Entry at dresdner-stadtteile.de
Project "A district of Friedrichstadt"
Friedrichstadt in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Ostra in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

[1] LH Dresden: 1.2 Population development by districts. (PDF) LH Dresden, municipal statistics office, December 31, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2017 .

[2] Matthäuskirche at dresdner-stadtteile.de

[3] today is "Friedrichstrasse 29", house number "46".