Turkish Cammer

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Turkish Cammer: weapons and riding gear

The Türckische Cammer includes the Ottoman part of the Dresden armory and belongs to the Dresden State Art Collections . It is located in the Dresden Residenzschloss .

Over a period of several centuries , the Electors of Saxony collected oriental as well as orientalizing works of art, mostly of Ottoman provenance, in the Türckische Cammer . The majority of these pieces were diplomatic gifts or targeted purchases. Only a relatively small part reached Dresden as booty from various battles against the Ottomans. The armory holds a total of almost 1,000 objects.

The Türckische Cammer is one of the world's most important collections of Ottoman art.

history

The first inventory from 1674
Ottoman three-mast tent, the largest object in the exhibition

The roots of the Türckische Cammer go back to the 16th century, when the first objects that have survived to this day came to Dresden. Since 1591, this collection has been documented as an independent part of the Dresden armory in the stable building (today's Johanneum ). The name Türckische Cammer was first used in this spelling in 1615. Many of the objects, which already filled 100 pages in the inventory of 1606, were gifts from high-ranking personalities. Of particular importance were the magnificently decorated gifts from Emperors Rudolf II , Matthias and Ferdinand II (1602, 1617 and 1620).

The first independent inventory of the Türckische Cammer, created on behalf of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg II and revised again in 1677, already contained 385 objects at that time.

The Turkish wars in the second half of the 17th century also brought simpler utility weapons to Dresden, which stand in stark contrast to the usually lavishly furnished showpieces in the collection. In the course of the Turkish fashion , the Türckische Cammer reached its climax under the government of August the Strong (1694–1733; Elector Friedrich August I of Saxony and King August II of Poland). Primarily diplomatic gifts and purchases made in Istanbul allowed the collection to grow. After the death of Augustus the Strong, the collection quickly lost its importance. The permanent use of the holdings of the Türckische Cammer for elevators, festivals and opera productions caused the holdings to shrink.

After the Turkische Cammer and the armory were temporarily housed in the Secret War Chancellery (1722–1832) and in the Dresden Zwinger (1832–1877), the collection was exhibited again in the Dresden Johanneum until 1942 . After the Second World War, only a few pieces from the Türckische Cammer were shown in the permanent exhibition of the armory (then the Historical Museum) in the Zwinger.

Since March 6, 2010, a new permanent exhibition of the Türckische Cammer has been open in the Dresden Residenzschloss . The move of the remaining armory from the Zwinger into the castle took place in February 2013.

exhibition

The over 600 exhibits in the Türckische Cammer include eight original-size horses carved from wood. The Ottoman reflex bows with the original covering , the oldest of which dates from 1586, are also unique .

One of the most important exhibits is a 20 meter long, 8 meter wide and 6 meter high Ottoman three-masted tent. It was purchased in 1729 on the occasion of a troop display with a field camp of the entire 27,000-strong Saxon army, which went down in history as the Zeithainer Lustlager from 1730.

See also

literature

  • Holger Schuckelt: The Türckische Cammer: Collection of oriental art in the electoral Saxon armory in Dresden . 1st edition. Sandstein, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-940319-89-0 .
  • Hans-Joachim Böttcher : The Turkish wars in the mirror of Saxon biographies, Gabriele Schäfer Verlag Herne 2019, ISBN 978-3-944487-63-2 , pp. 245-257 (XIII. The so-called Turkish fashion).

Web links

Commons : Türckische Cammer (Dresden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Armory (Dresden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Holger Schuckelt: collection of oriental art in the electoral Saxon armory Dresden . Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940319-89-0

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