Plauenscher reason

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The Weißeritztalbrücke of the A 17 in front of the Begerburg crosses the road, Weißeritz and the railway

The Plauensche Grund is a landscape unit in Saxony and forms a narrow section of the Kerbtal of the Weißeritz . The Plauensche Grund breaks through into the Elbe valley basin and connects it next to the Lockwitzgrund with a valley widening in the Erzgebirge foothills . In the past, the name Plauenscher Grund was also used for the Döhlen basin , in which the town of Freital has been expanding since 1922 .

Location and geology

Ground plan of the Plauen reason from 1812
View of the Felsenkellerbrauerei below the Hoher Stein observation tower

The reason begins in the Freital district of Potschappel and extends to Plauen in Dresden . The reason is named after this starting point. Plauensche Grund is about three kilometers long and, due to its proximity to Dresden's old town, forms an important fresh air corridor for Dresden. In narrow places the valley is barely 60 meters wide at the bottom. Due to the narrowness in the valley and the steep slope, the Weißeritz flows strongly during high water and affects its banks. For example, during the floods in 2002 , almost the entire length of the railway line running along the river was destroyed and the embankment was completely washed away in places.

Geologically of interest is the Hoher Stein natural monument above the former rock cellar brewery and the disused council quarry opposite. In the latter, the stratification of the calcareous rock Pläner over the Meissen monzonite is visible.

The bladder caves discovered in the Ratssteinbruch around 1924 (listed in the Saxon cave cadastre of the Dresden cave research group under No. 4948 EG-14) were lined with smoky quartz crystals until they were blown up. Documents and evidence are kept by the research group mentioned.

use

The Plauensche Grund around 1850. Center: the Forsthausbrücke
The bottom at the level of the former Felsenkeller brewery
Powder mill in the Plauen reason

A 70 meter high mountain spur on the southwest flank of the valley, the Heidenschanze, can be noted prehistory and early history . Centuries ago there were some mills in the valley, of which the Bienertmühle (Hofmühle Plauen), the mill at the Dresdner Felsenkeller (with the brewery of the same name ) and the wheat mill with its storage tower are the best known. There were other factories and a powder mill in the valley.

In connection with the construction of the road through the Plauenschen Grund, the Hegereiterbrücke was built, the oldest surviving bridge in Dresden. This former road bridge leads to the former Bienertmühlgraben over the Weißeritz at the level of Felsenkeller / Alter Plauener Bahnhof / Wehr. It was built between 1779 and 1782 as a stone (building material: Pirna sandstone ) three-arched bridge, is 40 meters long and cost 18,616 thalers to build. In 1921 it was taken out of service as a road bridge, until 1968 it was still the entrance to the forester's house. A few years ago it was used again as part of the “Bienert hiking trail” as part of the “Weißeritz district development project”. It survived all the floods of the Weißeritz (including 2002).

The Dresden – Nuremberg long-distance railway line, built in 1855 as the Albertsbahn , runs in the valley . From 1902 to 1974, the Plauenschen Grundbahn , a Dresden interurban tram , ran along the almost parallel street . At the narrowest point, the Ingrid road tunnel was built in 1993 for the state road under the sponsorship of Ingrid Biedenkopf . There are only a few residential buildings in the valley.

The federal motorway 17 crosses the valley halfway up in a "tunnel-bridge-tunnel" combination of Dölzschen tunnel , Weißeritztal bridge and Coschützer tunnel . The bridge over the valley is 220 meters long. Tunnels were set up to avoid a higher bridge construction and additional noise. The Dresden districts of Dölzschen and Coschütz lie on the flanks of the Plauen reason .

The narrow and romantic valley attracted active Romantic artists to Dresden . The typical and natural ruggedness of the valley slopes fascinated those such as B. Caspar David Friedrich . Before the Romantic era, the valley was also difficult to pass. Elector August the Strong celebrated a huge Saturn festival in the “Plauenschengrund” on the occasion of his son's wedding on September 26, 1719 . These rugged rock faces in the valley are also attractive for climbers. Below the Begerburg there are two via ferratas and a climbing garden .

There are a total of six area natural monuments in the area of ​​the Plauen reason and the adjacent slopes . The "lust cave" in Bienert garden is populated by various species of bat to this on the part of endangered Red List species standing Barbastelle . The dipper and the kingfisher have their territory in Plauenschen Grund.

literature

Web links

Commons : Plauenscher Grund  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roland H. Winkelhöfer: The caves of Saxony (without Saxon Switzerland) - cave guide and cadastral documentation. Dresden 2009, ISBN 3-00-013063-2
  2. ^ Paul Dittrich: Between Hofmühle and Heidenschanze. On the history of the Dresden suburbs Plauen and Coschütz . 2nd revised edition, Verlag Adolf Urban, Dresden, 1941, p. 85.
  3. ↑ Peter Weckbrodt: Bats slumber in Bienert's “Lusthöhle” . In: Dresdner Latest News , Edition Dresden, 29./30. October 2016, p. 16.

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 20.7 "  N , 13 ° 41 ′ 25.6"  E