Types of suction
Four historical game reserves in the forest area of the Dresden Heath are designated as suction gardens . Wild boars that had been caught were kept in the suction gardens until the 1820s and were then released for court hunts . The suction gardens were walled in and contained a small homestead. Their ground was often boggy and each of them was crossed by a small stream. Today they are all on the territory of the Saxon state capital Dresden .
Dresden suction types
Laid out as a 0.4 hectare Treybegarten around 1560, the Dresden is the oldest of the suction gardens and was also the only one until the 18th century. The choice of the location fell in the middle of the Dresden Heath , as it was to be the main starting point for the hunts of the Saxon electors . In this context, the cartographer who created John Humelius also a new star-shaped network of trails , which focused he is. The numbers 1 to 8 on the pillar placed at this point symbolize the eight star wings that extend from here. In 1710 MD Pöppelmann built a small hunting lodge for August the Strong here , which was demolished around 1850. His stones were reused in the construction of the terrace walls below Albrechtsberg Castle . The Saxon Heritage Protection Association donated a memorial column with inscriptions in 1926.
Liegauer suction types
After the Dresdner Saugarten was no longer sufficient, the approx. 1 hectare old Saugarten was built between the forest paths "Kuhschwanz" and "Unterringel" in the 18th century . This game reserve, later called Liegauer Saugarten, is located south of Liegau-Augustusbad on the city limits, but still in Dresden. A memorial stone with a small rest area and low wall remains remind of the facility, which was removed again in 1876.
Langebrücker suction types
The Langebrücker Saugarten is the best preserved and largest of the four suction gardens. It is located about 500 meters from the edge of the village of Langebrück. The area covers an area of 1.27 hectares comparable in size to the Dresden Altmarkt and was created in 1781/82 as the “New Suction Types” and a third facility of this type in the Dresdner Heide. A stone wall fenced off part of the suction garden. A stone house, which still exists today, was built into the wall at Sternbrückenhübelweg, in which hunting equipment could be stored.
Langebrück was a popular destination for members of the Dresden court, who mostly stayed in the Hotel zur Post , which still exists as an inn today. In 1818 King Friedrich August I came to the Langebruecker Revier twice a week to hunt boars for two months. In the 19th century were coursing out of fashion, so that all Saugärten were already abandoned in fact. In the village chronicle of Langebrück, however, it is noted in 1883 that King Albert I came to hunt Langebrück once or twice a year during his reign.
In 1875, over 50% of the stones that were used to build the Dresden Albrechtsschlösser were removed. As early as 1868, after the fire in the village of Klotzsche , parts of the wall were used to rebuild it. After 1945, an enclosure for mouflon was created on the site of the suction garden, but the remaining structural fabric of the wall was not maintained. The Langebrücker Saugarten was partially renovated from 1992 to 1994 by ABM workers on behalf of the Saxon Forest Office. The badly dilapidated wall and the tool shed were renewed and teaching boards were put up.
There are also two so-called lady's stepping stones opposite the tool shed. These were stones hewn in the shape of a staircase that the ladies of the hunting parties used as climbing aids when mounting on the horses.
Lausaer suction species
The Lausaer Saugarten, sometimes also referred to as "Sausprudel", was created in the 18th century between Langebrück and Weixdorf . It is named after Lausa , part of the village of Weixdorf, and is located in southern Sauerbusch, on the Alte Zehn. Dismantled in 1869, no remains of it have survived. The last trace was a single wooden pillar that still existed at the beginning of the 20th century. A small educational trail now runs around the former Saugarten. This also leads to a sandstone pillar with a wooden roof, popularly known as “mushroom”, which is reminiscent of the last parforce hunt in the Dresdner Heide in 1827.
literature
- F. Arnold, C. Gutekunst, W. Albeshausen, H. Seifert: Langebrück, a new district on the edge of the Dresdner Heide , in: Stadtmuseum Dresden (ed.): Dresdner Geschichtsbuch 11 , pp. 87–120, 2005
- Oskar Pusch: The Dresdner Saugarten in the Dresdner Heide . in: Communications of the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz Volume XVI, Issue 1–2 / 1927, Dresden 1927, pp. 32–36
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Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 31 ″ N , 13 ° 49 ′ 33 ″ E