Royal Villa (Strehlen)
The Royal Villa Strehlen was a building owned by the Saxon royal family in the Strehlen district of Dresden .
history
The villa was built in the 19th century on the site of a former forester's house, which was called the “ Red House” and was the seat of the hegereider until the royal hunting districts were reorganized in 1850. During the Battle of Dresden in August 1813, the property was of strategic importance due to its location and was badly damaged in combat operations.
In 1860, Crown Prince Albert took over the area and had the Hegereiterhaus converted into a garden palace, which in 1883 was first referred to as the “Royal Villa”. The associated gardens were designed in a park-like manner by the court gardener Poscharsky. The royal family liked to be in Strehlen, especially in the spring and autumn months.
After King Albert's death in 1902, his widow Carola von Sachsen took over the Strehlen Villa and lived in the house until her death in 1907. Even after the Wettins abdicated in 1918, the Royal Villa remained in their possession, but was converted into a residential building and rented out.
After the National Socialists came to power, the state took over the site for the new development with military facilities. In 1939/40 the building complex of the Luftgau Command was built in the park . The architect of the new building was Wilhelm Kreis . Large parts of the former park fell victim to the construction work. In 1945 the former royal villa was hit by high explosive bombs and completely destroyed in the process. The remaining buildings, largely undamaged during the air raid, were used by the Saxon state government between 1945 and 1952, and then by the "Friedrich Engels" military academy of the National People's Army until 1989 . Today they are used by the Technical University and partly by the Bundeswehr .
- Former breakpoint
In order to be able to reach the Strehlen possessions quickly, King Albert set up a private railway stop on the Dresden - Bodenbach railway line (today the Dresden – Děčín line ). The pavilion, designed by building inspector Gustav Frölich in the neo-baroque style, also served as a reception building for prominent guests of the villa, including Kaiser Wilhelm II.
literature
- Michael Feller: The Royal Villa in Strehlen and your breakpoint . In: "Südhang", edition IV / 2001
- Annette Dubbers: Strehlen - from the history of a Dresden district. Publishing house Dubbers in cooperation with the Umweltzentrum Dresden e. V. and Michel Sandstein Verlag, Dresden, 2009, ISBN 978-3-937199-38-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Royal Villa on dresdner-stadtteile.de
- ^ " Königlicher Bahnhof Strehlen" , Stadtwiki Dresden
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 55.7 " N , 13 ° 45 ′ 23.7" E