Ostravorwerk
The Ostravorwerk was an agricultural property owned by the respective sovereign in the Friedrichstadt district of Dresden , which mainly served to supply the electoral court.
history
The core of the Vorwerk was based on a larger agricultural estate near the old mouth of the Weißeritz , which was owned by Duke Georg the Bearded until 1535 , and then to the Freiberg mint master Dr. Georg von Kommerstädt belonged. In 1550, the Saxon Elector Moritz acquired the estate and the land belonging to it. After his death, his brother, Elector August, took over the area and converted it into a modern, large-scale agricultural operation to supply the Dresden court. For this he acquired the village of Ostra from the Meißner bishops in 1559, had its residents relocated to Zschertnitz and Neuostra and rebuilt and expanded the existing works.
The core of the model operation formed the actual Vorwerk, consisting of several buildings and courtyards, at today's Friedrichstrasse 60 with a cattle yard, stables, barns and administration buildings. In addition, about 600 hectares of usable area belonged to the Ostravorwerk. The cultivation had to be carried out by farmers from the villages in the Dresden area, who were obliged to perform regular plowing, tensioning and manual services . After the Thirty Years' War , Bohemian religious refugees also worked in the fields of the Kammergut, which were housed in the so-called “threshing houses”.
In the 18th century, the supply function of the Ostravorwerk moved into the background in favor of the hunting interests of the court. Parts of the Gutsfelder now served as a pheasantry and zoo ( menagerie ). In addition to cattle, pigs and sheep, exotic species such as partridges, beavers, buffalo and at times even camels were kept. With increasing development in Friedrichstadt, agricultural use continued to decline. Instead, dairy products were made in the remaining manor buildings. The management was the responsibility of changing tenants who lived in the Villa Friedrichstrasse 62, which was built in 1835 and is still intact.
In 1917 the operation of the Ostravorwerk was finally stopped and the former stables and barns were rented to the Dresden Transport and Storage Company . A large part of the building was bombed in 1945 . Only a barn and the former cowshed have survived to the present day and are under monument protection, as is the tenant villa at Friedrichstrasse 62. During the GDR era, the Ostravorwerk site was used by the secondary raw material trading company SERO , and after 1990 by a recycling company.
On April 18, 2012, the Committee for Urban Development and Construction of the City of Dresden decided to draw up a project-related development plan for the former Ostravorwerk. This provides for modern residential buildings to be built on the site, with the two remaining historic buildings being renovated and included in the concept.
literature
- Otto Trautmann: Das Ostravorwerk: Zeitbilder from 7 centuries , Verlag des Verein für Geschichte, 1918
- Volker Helas : Monuments in Saxony - City of Dresden - Friedrichstadt , monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, Verlag der Kunst Dresden / Basel, 1994, ISBN 978-3364002804
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the Ostravorwerk on Dresden city districts - website accessed on March 14, 2013
- ↑ Information on the Ostragehege - website accessed on March 14, 2013
- ^ Dresden themed city map. Accessed on March 13, 2013
- ^ Resolution of the Committee for Urban Development and Building Documents (pdf) in the Council Information System of the City of Dresden
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 42 ″ N , 13 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E