Keppgrund
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 20.9 ″ N , 13 ° 52 ′ 18.6 ″ E
The Keppgrund is a side valley on the right bank of the Elbe, which extends between the Dresden district of Hosterwitz over the Keppmühle to the Schönfeld highlands . The bottom is traversed by the Keppbach , which created the Kerbtal valley , which is 100 meters deep in places . The area is part of the " Elbe slopes Dresden-Pirna " nature reserve .
history
Similar to the nearby Friedrichsgrund , the Keppgrund emerged after the Elbe valley trench collapsed with the formation of the fracture step to the Lausitzer Platte approx. 1 million years ago, into which the Keppbach cut its Kerbtal.
The Keppmühle was listed as Keppmill in the Öderschen land survey in 1592/93 , but has probably existed since the 12th century. The first settlements in the lower part of the Keppgrund outside of Hosterwitz, which was first mentioned in 1406, arose around 1618. In 1721 there were four mills in the Grund, of which only the Keppmühle is preserved today.
In the 19th century, the Keppgrund with the Keppmühle was a favorite place to stay for Carl Maria von Weber . The romantic valley is still a popular destination today.
(Former) mills
In 1721 there were four mills on the Keppbach. Three of them each had a meal. Today only the Keppmühle is left.
Post mill
The post mill, named after its builder Blasius Bock, was located at the confluence of two source rivers of the Keppbach . In 1587 the overshot watermill was acquired by the Dresden miller George Krauße. Today the mill building, together with a modern extension, serves as a residential building.
Karschmühle
Christoff Müller, the son of the first verifiable land and mill owner Blasius Möller, took over the mill in 1568. Until 1621 the overshot water mill was owned by the family. Over the centuries, the mill was named after its owners, Huhlens Mühle, Felgners Mühle and Niedere Mühle im Eichbusch. The mill is currently empty and needs renovation.
Keppmühle
The Keppmühle was mentioned as Keppmill as early as 1592/93 in the Öderschen land survey . Its history probably goes back to the 12th century. In the historical house book of Rockau from 1595 Christoph Richter is named as Keppmüller. The keystone of the half-timbered house bears the year 1781. The older previous building probably burned down. From 1786 a beer and wine bar was set up in the mill.
During his summer stays in Dresden from 1818 to 1823, Carl Maria von Weber was occasionally a guest at the Keppmühle. A plaque on the west facade reminds of this today.
Due to the location of the mill on a rocky cliff, the mill pond is right next to the mill with a favorable height difference to the overshot mill wheel. At first an open sandstone channel led the water in front of the house to the mill wheel, later the inlet was piped.
Since the mill was difficult to get to by carts and, in the 19th century, steam power and electricity were available to operate the mill in more easily accessible places, the milling operation (as one of the last water mills on the right of the Elbe) was stopped in 1902. At the beginning of the 20th century the grinding equipment was completely removed and the mill was completely converted into an inn with guest chambers. In 1927 a garden terrace was laid out. In 1984 the restaurant was closed due to old age.
The Keppmühle has been owned by the Kynast family since 1988. They bought these with the aim of reopening the inn. Since, however, after the end of the GDR, a profitable operation was considered impossible, the mill is now only used as a residential building.
Hosterwitzer mill
The Hosterwitzer mill was first mentioned in 1476. The Keppbach was dammed above the grain mill and led to the mill via a mill ditch. In 1786, Camillo Marcolini bought the mill and the mill pond was enlarged to 45 by 25 meters. The mill had one grinder, the diameter of the overshot water wheel was four meters. Grain was still being ground in the Hosterwitzer mill in 1863. In 1882 Emil Kuhnert expanded this mill into a modern steam sawmill. Towards the end of the Second World War , the sawmill and planing mill was destroyed by an aerial mine . The sawmill was rebuilt and operated until the sixties. Today there is a house on the mill's property, which was built on the foundation walls of the board mill.
Views
In the Keppgrund near Hosterwitz ( C. G. Carus , approx. 1850/55)
Keppgrund and south side of the Keppmühle
Keppgrund in spring
Trivia
For the play Der Freischütz , written by Carl Maria von Weber , the Keppgrund served as a template for the “Wolfsschluchtszene” , in addition to the Uttewalder Grund in Saxon Switzerland .
literature
- Gotthold Weicker: The Keppgrund . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter 9 (1963) 1, pp. 69-76
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Keppgrund . Dresden districts. 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ Sieghart Pietzsch, local association Pillnitz e. V. (Ed.): Chronicle of Hosterwitz 1406-2006 . Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden.
- ↑ Anita Urban: Right Dresden mill areas. (PDF; 1.59 MB) (No longer available online.) Dresden-mühlen.de, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved July 5, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
