Sachsenplatz (Dresden)
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 View over Sachsenplatz to the regional court |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Dresden |
| District | Inner old town |
| Created | 1875-1881 |
| Newly designed | from 1945 |
| Confluent streets | Terrassenufer , Käthe-Kollwitz-Ufer , Sachsenallee, Florian-Geyer-Straße |
| Buildings | District Court Dresden District Court Dresden |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , public transport , car traffic |
The Sachsenplatz is a central place in Dresden on the southern side of the river . It lies on the border between the districts of Pirnaische Vorstadt and Johannstadt . It was created between 1875 and 1881 in connection with the construction of the Albert Bridge . Sachsenplatz is connected to nearby Güntzplatz via Sachsenallee and to Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz via Albertbrücke .
history
According to plans by Herrmann August Richter , Oswald Haenel and Bruno Adam created the decorative residential development in the neo-Renaissance style on the square. The buildings were clad with sandstone. This development together with the houses built in 1873/1874 on the banks of the terrace by Johann Hugo Strunz , together with the buildings on Marschallstrasse and Sachsenallee and the Jägerkaserne, formed a single, urban complex of houses. The Jägerkaserne was the only barracks in Dresden on the old town side of the Elbe. In February 1945, the development of the square was almost completely destroyed in the air raids on Dresden . After 1945 the merging Marschallstrasse was renamed Florian-Geyer- Strasse, in memory of the army leader from the Peasants' War . In addition, the colonial war memorial that stood on the square was classified as a militaristic monument by the Soviet military administration and was therefore completely removed at the beginning of 1947. Today the square is surrounded by the building of the regional court and the high-rise buildings in Johannstadt-Nord, which were built between 1972 and 1975. The district court is located on Lothringer Straße, which runs parallel to Sachsenplatz. Due to the loss of the row of houses in between, it is completely visible from the square.
Sculptures are placed on the green spaces along Sachsenallee, which connects the square with Güntzplatz. On the east side of the street is the sandstone sculpture “Große Liegende” by Peter Makolies from 1975 and on the west side a sandstone torso by Michael Göttsche .
The most striking tree on the site, a 200-year-old Bur oak , did not sprout in 2013. The cause is suspected to be the flood in 2002 , since death has been observed since then. The oak was felled in February 2014, and a replacement planted later in the year.
Local public transport
Tram lines 6 and 13 run from Sachsenplatz. They serve the Sachsenallee stop .
literature
- City Lexicon Dresden A – Z. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1994, ISBN 3-364-00300-9 .
- Art in public space. Dresden Cultural Office, Dresden 1996.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 18 ″ N , 13 ° 45 ′ 25 ″ E