Hotel de Pologne (Dresden)

Johann Carl August Richter (1785–1853): Hotel Pologne, facade facing Schloßgasse

The Hôtel de Pologne was a hotel building on the northern corner of Schloßstraße and Große Brüderstraße in Dresden , which existed in its original form from 1767 to 1869, was rebuilt that year and demolished in 1926.

Building history

According to tradition by the Dresden chronicler Johann Christian Hasche (1746–1827), the previous building of the Hôtel de Pologne was one of the most prestigious houses in Dresden under the name of Müllersches Traiteurhaus . The chancellor Nikolaus Krell lived in this house in 1591, which on January 15, 1763 came into the possession of the Electoral Saxon court commissioner and later court chef Friedrich Daniel Hess. After the front houses at Schloßstraße 7 were demolished in 1766, the house was rebuilt - designed from the start as a hotel - the side facade to the Große Brüdergasse was extended to 17 window axes , and a side building at the Große Brüdergasse had already been built in 1753. On March 30, 1769, Hess reported that he had:

"... the two houses located next to each other on Schloßgasse [...] were completely rebuilt from scratch in the years 1766 and 1767 to form an auberge, the so-called Hôtel de Pologne, to decorate the city with heavy costs."

The new front at Schloßstraße 7 was nine window axes wide. The building was designed by Samuel Locke in the Rococo style .

Joseph Kaskele (around 1770 - 1807), son of the founder of the Kaskel bank , Jacob Kaskele, ran a bills of exchange at the Hotel de Pologne together with his father-in-law Philipp Aaron.

In 1869 the facade at Schloßstraße 7 was fundamentally changed during the conversion to the Sächsische Bank zu Dresden according to plans by Karl Eberhard in the style of historicism and provided with a bay window. The building was demolished in 1926.

Building description

Facade to Schloßstraße

An engraving by Johann Carl August Richter shows the former east facade facing Schloßstraße. The ground floor had round or arched windows. In the middle there was a three-axis central projectile with a wide basket arch portal and elaborate architectural decorations. On the first floor there was a wide balcony on four heavy rococo consoles, which was stepped on both sides and convexly rounded in the middle. The stone parapet was provided with oval openings. The three middle windows on the three upper floors were accentuated by roofing windows . Over the middle window on the first floor was a canopy with arched arches, flanked on each side by a straight canopy. On the second floor there was a triangular canopy over the middle window, to the left and right of which there was again a straight canopy. Individual decorative elements were attached under the central roofs.

Facade to the Große Brüdergasse

The first floor of the south-facing façade facing Grosse Brüdergasse, with a plaster groove and a cornice at the top, had windows with arched arches. The middle portal was also closed at the top. Above it, the cornice of the first floor swung convexly upwards. In the space between was a rococo cartridge , framed by palm fronds and flower chains. In the middle of the long facade there was a central projection , which was five axes wide and divided by pilaster strips . Its three central axes were once again stepped out. All windows showed finely profiled frames . The building decorations were particularly emphasized on the central projectile. The both sides of the central axis disposed on the first floor window had laterally Fensterverdachungen empty triangular gable, which with guttae provided consoles were underlaid and cleaning fields. In the middle there was a segment arch as a window roof. The building was covered with a mansard roof with a row of standing dormer windows .

Famous guests

Maria Theresia Paradis , March 2 to approx. 27, 1786
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , April 12-17, 1789
Johann Strauss (father) , 1834
Johann Strauss (son) , 1852

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Stefan Hertzig: The late Baroque town house in Dresden 1738–1790 . Society of Historical Neumarkt Dresden e. V., Dresden 2007, ISBN 3-9807739-4-9 , pp. 179 .
↑ Joachim Felix Kaskel: FROM HOPE FACTOR TO DRESDNER BANK. THE KASKEL ENTREPRENEURIAL FAMILY IN THE 18th AND 19th CENTURIES, in: Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte / Journal of Business History, 28th year, no . 3. (1983), p. 177 JSTOR 40694811

↑ Stefan Hertzig, Walter May, Henning Prinz: The historic Neumarkt in Dresden: Its history and its buildings . Sandstein, Dresden 2005, ISBN 3-937602-46-1 , p. 129 .

^ Stefan Hertzig: The late Baroque town house in Dresden 1738–1790 . Society of Historical Neumarkt Dresden e. V., Dresden 2007, ISBN 3-9807739-4-9 , pp. 179-181 .

literature

Fritz Löffler : The old Dresden: history of its buildings . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-363-00007-3 , pp. 285 f . (Fig. 351 “The Schloßgasse after the Altmarkt”).
Stefan Hertzig : The late Baroque town house in Dresden 1738–1790 . Society of Historical Neumarkt Dresden e. V. , Dresden 2007, ISBN 3-9807739-4-9 , pp. 178-181 .

51.050871 13.737105Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 3.1 ″ N , 13 ° 44 ′ 13.6 ″ E

[Hertzig_179-1] A ^b Stefan Hertzig: The late Baroque town house in Dresden 1738–1790 . Society of Historical Neumarkt Dresden e. V., Dresden 2007, ISBN 3-9807739-4-9 , pp. 179 .

[2] Joachim Felix Kaskel: FROM HOPE FACTOR TO DRESDNER BANK. THE KASKEL ENTREPRENEURIAL FAMILY IN THE 18th AND 19th CENTURIES, in: Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte / Journal of Business History, 28th year, no . 3. (1983), p. 177 JSTOR 40694811

[Hertzig_May_Prinz_128-3] Stefan Hertzig, Walter May, Henning Prinz: The historic Neumarkt in Dresden: Its history and its buildings . Sandstein, Dresden 2005, ISBN 3-937602-46-1 , p. 129 .

[4] Stefan Hertzig: The late Baroque town house in Dresden 1738–1790 . Society of Historical Neumarkt Dresden e. V., Dresden 2007, ISBN 3-9807739-4-9 , pp. 179-181 .