Maiden Bastion (Dresden)
The Jungfernbastei , also called Venusbastei or Bastion Venus , is the eastern end of the Brühl Terrace in Dresden . It was built as a bastion of the Dresden fortifications between 1589 and 1592. In the course of this expansion, the neighboring bear kennel was also built .
In the casemates under the maiden bastion, a laboratory was set up in the early 18th century for Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and Johann Friedrich Böttger , who made significant advances in the development of the first European hard porcelain, the later Meissen porcelain , around 1708 . The Maiden Bastion was the site of several buildings called Belvedere . The Dresden Fortress Museum has been located inside it since 1992 . Today the Brühlsche Garten with the dolphin fountain is located on the Jungfernbastei . At the north-eastern tip of the fortress structure, the Moritz monument was attached to its outer wall . In the railing on the east wall near the monument to Johann Friedrich Böttger you can admire the fingerprint of August the Strong . According to a legend, this imprint in the handrail of the railing should have been left by the Saxon elector himself through his strong powers.
The Albertinum , which emerged from the Dresden armory , is in the immediate vicinity . The art academy , also known as the Lipsius Building, is adjacent to the west . North of the Jungfernbastei runs along the Terrassenufer , the old town embankment street on the Elbe . The street "Hasenberg", on which the synagogue is located, runs to the east . Next to it is the old town bridgehead of the Carolabrücke .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Bernhard Lindau: History of the capital and residence city Dresden, Volume 2. Dresden, 1862 in the Google book search
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 11.2 " N , 13 ° 44 ′ 38.9" E