Small ballroom
The Small Ballroom is a 120 square meter room in the Dresden Residenzschloss .
history
The hall was set up for the first time between 1865 and 1868 on the second floor of the Georgenbau "in order to be used as a locality for the parties to be given at the royal court with a limited number of invitations, namely chamber balls". This was part of the living area of the Saxon Queen Amalie Auguste . The hall was designed by the court architect Bernhard Krüger (1821–1881), a student of Gottfried Semper . The hall with its rich decoration made of gold leaf , marble and stucco is an important testimony to historicism , here based on the example of the High Renaissance . Fine ornaments , putti making music and flower children give it a festive atmosphere. The hall is the most important building project by King John of Saxony in the residential palace. During the air raids on Dresden in 1945, the hall and the entire palace were badly damaged.
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The historical hall
With a length of 11.9 meters and a width of 9.5 meters, the rectangular hall has a floor area of around 113 square meters; there are also areas at the entrances and a niche. The two-story height is 10.9 meters. An elaborate panel parquet forms the floor . The hall is divided vertically by simply held wall surfaces made of marble, stucco marble and Stuccolustro , a profiled and provided with painting large fillet occupied the gallery and with elaborate decoration and richly gilded ceiling. There are also doors with glossy veneer on the walls, a representative niche on the south wall and a fireplace. The hall is surrounded by a gallery with a completely gold-plated railing made of 2,440 zinc cast parts. The hall is completed by magnificent crystal chandeliers and a large skylight .
In the years 1941/1942 an organ was built for the hall by Hermann Eule Orgelbau, Bautzen. This organ, opus 235 of the company, was built on behalf of the NSDAP, Dresden district. Gerhard Paulik, organist of the Johanniskirche in Dresden, designed the disposition and was invited to the project as an expert. The organ was handed over on February 28, 1942 and placed in the gallery.
The arrangement of the organ was:
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- Coupling : Oberwerk / Hauptwerk, Hauptwerk / Pedal, Oberwerk / Pedal, Oberwerk / Hauptwerk lower octave
- Playing aids : Tremulant, 1 free combination, pleno, roller, tongue holder, roller off, trigger
reconstruction
The ruins of the Georgenbau were cleared in the post-war years. The building was rebuilt from 1962 to 1967, missing walls and ceilings were installed. The space was first used between 1965 and 1985. From the original building, part of the lower area of the wall cladding and above areas of the original stucco marble were preserved in the wall niche on the south wall.
An extensive reconstruction of the hall took place between 2009 (planning order) and the reopening on January 25, 2019. The hall was well documented by historical building documents, photographs and building bills. The original areas have been partially restored and are visible today. The three candlesticks on the fireplace are also restored originals.
Around 78,000 sheets (that is about 1.4 kg) of gold were used for the gilding of the ceiling and the gallery railing. For the fire gilding of the chandeliers and two standing lights, around 3.6 kg of gold were required, so that the material value is around 300,000 euros. 7,863 crystal parts were used for the lights, including 86 originals. A chandelier weighs around 550 kilograms. The measurement system of the hall is based on the Saxon cubit (56.64 centimeters).
The small ballroom was originally on the top floor of the Georgenbau. This allowed daylight to penetrate through the skylight. When the castle was rebuilt in the 1960s, a floor was added which now houses the coin cabinet . Lamps are installed above today's skylight, which adjust their brightness to the time of day and the right daylight.
The small ballroom is one of the few rooms in the Dresden Palace that has been rebuilt in its original form. It is planned to use it as a special exhibition area. The total construction costs for the reconstruction amounted to 6.1 million euros, financed by the Free State of Saxony and the federal government .
Fireplace with restored original chandeliers
chandelier
East Side
Panel parquet
Music-making putti and flower children
View from the hall over the stable yard to the Frauenkirche
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literature
- Staatsbetrieb Sächsische Immobilien- und Baumanagement (Ed.): Reconstruction of Dresden Castle . Small ballroom. WDS Petermann, Dresden January 2019.
- Juliane Richter: Great splendor in the small ballroom. In: Sächsische Zeitung , 26./27. January 2018, p. 19.
Web links
- Information on the Small Ballroom on the Dresden State Art Collections website
Individual evidence
- ↑ SKD - The Small Ballroom - Collotype after a photograph, 1896 (accessed on January 29, 2019)
- ↑ Alfred Reichling: The celebration organ in the small ballroom of the Dresden Palace (1942-1945), opus 235 of Hermann Eule . In: Ars Organi . 68th century, no. 1 , March 2020, p. 27-31 .
- ↑ Juliane Richter: Great splendor in the small ballroom . In: Saxon newspaper . January 26, 2019 ( paid online [accessed January 28, 2019]).
- ↑ Handed over the small ballroom in the Residenzschloss in Dresden. www.mdr.de, January 25, 2019, accessed on January 26, 2019 .
- ↑ DNN - Dresden Residenzschloss has a new ballroom. www.dnn.de, January 26, 2019, accessed on January 27, 2019 .
- ↑ The small ballroom in the residential palace is ready. www.sächsisches-tageblatt.de, January 25, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 10.7 ″ N , 13 ° 44 ′ 17.1 ″ E