Leipzig Dresden train station

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Dresden train station around 1860
Dresden train station (right), 1862
Buildings and track systems, 1892

The Dresden station was a train station in Leipzig , which served from 1839 to 1913 as the end point for the Leipzig-Dresden railway , from 1887 to 1913 also as the end point of the Leipzig – Geithain railway line . In addition, there was a direct rail connection to the Bavarian train station from 1851 to 1878 .

history

Eduard Pötzsch , German architect and pioneer of train station architecture , created the Dresden train station , the Leipzig terminus of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway as the first Central European terminus . This was located in the area of ​​the east hall of today's Leipzig Central Station and at that time bordered on the outer buildings of the city. Although a first section of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway, reaching as far as Althen , was put into operation in April 1837 , it took until 1839 for the operating company to build the Dresden station as the “First Leipzig Central Station”. When it opened was terminal station no more than a worn oak pillars open hall, which was provided on the left and right sides with stone annexes. The train station and the associated facilities were expanded several times by the architect's signature due to the annual increase in the volume of people, mail and goods. This last happened in 1887 in order to be able to include the Leipzig-Geithainer Railway . The station building existed until 1913, its hall was 53 m long and 26 m wide and spanned four tracks (14,000 m²) without supporting columns.

The last train left Dresden station with a festively decorated locomotive on February 1, 1913 at 9:37 a.m. Shortly afterwards the buildings were demolished. The area freed up as a result was then built over with the Saxon part of the main train station.

literature

  • Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 .
  • Wolfram Sturm: Railway Center Leipzig - History from the beginning to the present. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-9807201-9-5 .
  • Helge-Heinz Heinker: Leipzig Central Station: a journey through time. Lehmstedt Verlag, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-937146-26-1 .

Web links

Commons : Leipzig Dresdner Bahnhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfram Sturm: Railway Center Leipzig . From the beginning to the present. Pro Leipzig eV, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-9807201-9-5 , pp. 36 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 43 "  N , 12 ° 23 ′ 1.3"  E