Town hall of Kleinzschachwitz
The town hall of Kleinzschachwitz existed from 1902 to 1921 as the town hall of the independent municipality of Kleinzschachwitz in the east of Dresden . The corner building on Kurhausstraße / Hosterwitzer Straße (address 2018: Hosterwitzer Straße 2) was built in 1901/1902. After Kleinzschachwitz was incorporated into Dresden in 1921, it was used by the post office until 1998, most recently by the Deutsche Bundespost . Since the renovation in 1999/2000, it has been purely a residential and commercial building.
history
Mentioned for the first time in a deed of the Altzella monastery on July 6, 1310, the name Kleinzschachwitz prevailed from around the mid-19th century to distinguish it from neighboring Großzschachwitz . At times it had become desolate, but only a few houses were slowly built around today's Altkleinzschachwitz village square. Until the middle of the 19th century, pine forests covered the village corridor. Only with the settlement of Prince Nikolai Abramowitsch Putjatin (1749-1830) did the place become better known: in 1823 the Prince donated the first schoolhouse and the village square. The first companies were founded in 1860, and in 1886 Kleinzschachwitz was given its own steamship station, making the quiet town an interesting destination for excursions as well as a residence for wealthy Dresden residents.
The first municipal office (1872-1897)
The growing number of inhabitants made it necessary, after the formation of an independent municipal administration in 1839 (which initially, as was customary at the time, was mainly housed in the rooms of the respective municipal council), and finally the construction of an independent municipal office . In 1871 the town received three foundations and a legacy of 2000 Talers (2018, rounded: 44,000 euros): from the Sparkasse director Karl Gottlieb Augustin and his wife. With this, the community and poor house could be expanded and rebuilt. It was located at Augustinstraße 2, named after the donors. By demolishing and selling this building in 1897, the foundation funds for the construction of the second parish hall could be recovered and used again there.
The second municipal office (1897–1902)
The second municipal office was located at Carl-Borisch-Straße 6. It was accompanied by the establishment of a first full-time municipal executive , Emil Bernhard Thömel (1858–1941) in 1897. However, it soon no longer met the requirements, especially due to the Growing poor supply, which is why it was decided a little later to build a proper town hall. After its completion, the parish hall was still used as a poor house. a. converted into a library and later into a residential building, as it is still used today (as of 2018).
Town hall Kleinzschachwitz (1901–1921)
The first plans for the town hall were made in 1899, initially planned generally in the vicinity of the forest park. But due to a lack of money, these were initially put on hold because other expansion measures (including the lock ) were more urgent. However, after the municipality succeeded on December 6, 1900 in acquiring a plot of land on the corner of Hosterwitzer and Albert- (Kurhaus-) Strasse very cheaply from a foreclosure auction, the planning and construction progressed rapidly: on January 25, 1901 the construction was decided, approved on April 4 and started in September 1901; The foundation stone was laid on October 9, 1901. The inauguration of the representative building took place on September 6, 1902 after less than 12 months of construction. The construction costs, including the purchase of land, development, paving and fencing, as well as lighting and the inventory, amounted to 81,215 marks (2018, rounded: 543,000 euros).
The municipal office, the local savings bank founded on January 1, 1901, the local tax collection, the registry office and, from August 15, 1902, the imperial post office were housed on the ground floor. The local council Thömel and the head of the post office had their official apartments on the first floor, the first policeman lived on the second floor and there were guest rooms there.
The former town hall (1920 to today)
The administration on the ground floor was partially converted into postrooms as early as 1920, which were used as such until December 28, 1998. For this purpose, the main entrance was moved to the front of the building and a representative entrance with a flight of granite stones was created. The architect of the conversion was Alfred Jahresig, the opening took place on May 20, 1920. The building survives between 1920 and 1990; Since Kleinzschachwitz was not affected by the air raids on Dresden , there was no damage as a result.
After the post office was closed in 1998, the house was renovated and rebuilt and converted into commercial and residential purposes. On February 2, 2002, a “Small Kurhaus” (the entire building has been referred to as such since then) opened in it as a “Center for Holistic Health”.
building
The two- and three-storey new building (the third storey is otherwise designed as a mansard) in the neo-renaissance style was provided with a base area made of sandstone, above it consists of bricks and clinker bricks, T. with sandstone facings. The viewing gable was adorned with a front corner balcony and a clock tower with a clock and a small portal tower, above the clock tower the beaver tail roof is crowned by a telephone tower.
Various sculptures can be found on and in the building: the entrance hall from 1920 is adorned with the official emblem, a ship with a swollen sail. On the corner balcony, a man's head with tufted pine decorations in his hair is supposed to symbolize the coniferous forest. Above him is a woman's head, which is supposed to symbolize the Elbe, recognizable by the adjoining emblems of fish and spring vase.
The architect and builder of the new building from 1901/02 was Robert Wohlfahrt, the executing companies came mainly from Kleinzschachwitz and the surrounding villages.
Due to its overall good state of preservation, the house was placed under monument protection, the renovation of 1998/2000 brought the appearance of 1902 and 1920 to expression again, now under changed conditions of use.
See also
literature
- Gert Scykalka: Kleinzschachwitz. In: Landeshauptstadt Dresden (Ed.): Dresden town halls. A documentation. designXpress, Dresden 2010, pp. 85–91. Without ISBN.
Web links
- The town hall of Kleinzschachwitz on dresdner-stadtteile.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Imperial Post prescribed the use of clinker brick; plaster was only allowed to be used in simple cases, such as the Gittersee town hall , which, however, had to be made of red ocher.
- ↑ Cultural monument: Hosterwitzer Straße 2 . Retrieved January 18, 2018.
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 20.1 ″ N , 13 ° 51 ′ 4 ″ E