Host joke

Host joke District of the state capital Dresden Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 54 ″  N , 13 ° 51 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	110–220 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	01326
Area code :	0351
Location of the Hosterwitz district in Dresden

Maria am Wasser Church in Hosterwitz

Hosterwitz is a district of Dresden . It is located on the Elbe between Niederpoyritz and Pillnitz , was incorporated on July 1, 1950 and has belonged to the Loschwitz district since the new federal states were formed . Together with Pillnitz, it forms the statistical district of Hosterwitz / Pillnitz .

history

Hosterwitz and its neighboring villages on a map from the 19th century

Keppschloss

The first written mention comes from 1406 and names the place Hostembricz . It probably goes back to the Latin “hospes” and would thus designate the place as a hostel along the roads and trade routes into Lusatia. However, excavations in the local area show that there was a Slavic fishing settlement here earlier . Before the document mentioned, there was a Vorwerk in Hosterwitz in 1371 , which was owned by the von Carlowitz family for a few decades, but was later dissolved. The first village center was built directly on the banks of the Elbe, around which nine cottagers settled on Keppgrund and Dresdner Strasse up to the 17th century . The place did not have any economic significance; it belonged to the von Loss family in Pillnitz. When the behest of their labor services in 1623 should be extended, there was an uprising and in consequence of looting and destruction in the town. The Thirty Years' War also left its mark, so that around 1680 the village fell almost desolate . The landlords sold the largest estate (Laubegaster Strasse 2) to Johann Weißkopf in 1687. Not much later, the estate came to August Zenker, who turned it into a plantation and supplied the electoral court with the products. In addition, the sculptor Lorenzo Mattielli moved into the property for a short time (in 1745) in order to produce the figures of saints for the Dresden court church in his studio . In 1749, Count Heinrich von Brühl acquired the plantation property and ran a factory for snuff and smoking tobacco on the premises . This manufacture was followed by a silkworm breeding with silk manufacture and a mulberry tree plantation , which existed until around 1800. In 1801, Count Marcolini leased the Hosterwitzer estate and had Brühl's residence on the Elbe slope converted into a Keppschloss . After his death in 1814, the previously connected property was divided up and the plantation property dissolved.

The Hosterwitz waterworks were built on part of the area between 1905 and 1908 . It was built according to the plans of City Planning Director Hans Erlwein . Most of the former manor fields have served as an orchard since then.

In the 19th century, residents of Dresden built their first summer houses in Hosterwitz, including Carl Maria von Weber . The house he used was bought by the Saxon Homeland Security Association in July 1925 and converted into a memorial. With this acquisition, the building known as the Weber House at Dresdner Strasse 44 achieved the status of a monument .

The Wettins also settled in the village and bought a country house in 1864.

Hosterwitz waterworks (middle) with Elbe and Rockau (above)

The old village center with the boatman's church Maria am Wasser , the rectory, the choir and several other historical buildings were badly damaged in the 2002 flood . Everything could be rebuilt in a short time.

Infrastructure

The Pillnitzer Landstrasse runs through Hosterwitz from Loschwitz to Pillnitz . One of the 3 Dresden waterworks that guarantee the city's drinking water supply is located in Hosterwitz ( Hosterwitz waterworks ). It was inaugurated in 1908 and is still in operation today with new technology. In addition, the district currently has its own primary school, a grocery discounter, a bank branch and two chapels: "Maria am Weg" belongs to the Catholic Church and " Maria am Wasser " to the Protestant church. The latter is a popular wedding church due to its location on the Elbe and its proximity to Pillnitz Castle .

Personalities

Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum

The most famous residents of Hosterwitz were primarily romantics such as the composer Carl Maria von Weber , whose house is now the home of the Carl Maria von Weber Museum , and the polymath and painter Carl Gustav Carus (a friend of Caspar David Friedrich ) and Ida von Lüttichau . For the opera Der Freischütz , written by Weber , the wild and romantic Keppgrund served as a template for the Wolfsschlucht scene , in addition to the Uttewalder Grund in Saxon Switzerland .

From 1887 to 1936, the glass artist Leopold Blaschka (1822–1895) and his son Rudolf (1857–1929) worked in their workshop for Professor George Lincoln Goodale, founder of the Harvard Botanical Museum . Goodale's former student Mary Lee Ware and her mother Elizabeth Ware had financed their work. The Blaschkas made over 3000 glass models of 847 different types of plants. Lifelike models of invertebrates were also created . The models were presented at Harvard University in honor of husband Charles Eliott Ware. In the 21st century, 120,000 people annually visit the Harvard collection, one of the most important attractions in the Boston Area.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Hosterwitz

Web links

Commons : Hosterwitz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hosterwitz at dresdner-stadtteile.de
• Hosterwitz in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ^ News from everywhere - Dresden In: Vossische Zeitung , July 19, 1925, morning edition, p. 5.
2. ↑ The glass models of the Blaschkas at www.hmnh.harvard.edu; accessed on December 16, 2014.