Taschenbergpalais
The Taschenbergpalais was built from 1705 as a baroque aristocratic palace in Dresden . After its partial destruction in 1945, it was reconstructed as the Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski in 1992. The name is derived from the Taschenberg , a hill, no longer recognizable today, on which the building was once erected. It is located next to the Residenzschloss and directly opposite the Dresden Zwinger .
The Semperoper , Theaterplatz , Sophienstrasse , the Hofkirche Dresden and Postplatz are in the immediate vicinity . Externally, the complex represents the lavish Dresden Baroque style , the staircase was also reconstructed in accordance with a listed building, while the interior of the building is otherwise modern.
history
From 1705 the Taschenbergpalais was planned by King Augustus the Strong as a city palace for Anna Constantia von Hoym, and from 1707 Countess Constantia von Cosel .
On the planned building site between the streets Am Taschenberg and Kleine Brüdergasse, on the eastern part of the central part of what would later become the Taschenbergpalais (north wing), the Haugwitzsche House, which was only built in 1693/94, was located, and the western part of the first building was occupied by the rear area of the Einsiedelsche House. This Einsiedel house was an old aristocratic feudal farm on spacious grounds, of which the remains of a tower house from the 13th century are still preserved in today's hotel. Unlike the younger Haugwitz house, the property faced south towards the Kleine Brüdergasse. There were three more narrow town houses to the east and thus south of the Haugwitz house, which were gradually bought up by Countess Cosel until 1707.
A first project for the palace from 1705 envisaged a large four-wing complex around a regular courtyard and a large hall in the west wing on the entirety of these five properties between the two alleys. A first overview plan of the architect Johann Christoph von Naumann has come down to us. A series of plans and facade views was probably drawn with the participation of the master builder Johann Friedrich Karcher , which show the details of a large four-wing project with a large hall, several of which have been preserved. The design language of the facade parts can already be largely recognized here.
In practice, from the end of 1705 onwards, only the north wing of the planned four-wing complex was carried out according to a project that was reduced and modified by the hall, including the cellars and individual walls of the Haugwitz house. An elaborate two-part staircase (today reconstructed) and a (now restored) richly decorated four-storey north facade with 19 window axes facing the Taschenberg were built on the courtyard side. The facade consists of three templates (with 3 and 7 window axes) and two back layers (each with 3 window axes). At that time, the middle entrance was probably decorated by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann with a column portal dynamically rotated off the axis. A design drawing has been received for this. In 1707 the decision was made to leave the existing houses at the rear, abandon the facade designs there and combine the older building fabric with the new building from 1705 to form a somewhat irregular wing system.
After Countess Cosel fell out of favor with August the Strong and was banished in 1713, the Palais der Mode 1715/1716 was furnished in an oriental style and was given the name “Turkish Palace”. From 1718 to 1720, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and Raymond Leplat carried out expansion and furnishing work for the Crown Prince families , giving the palace a new task. At that time, the Einsiedelsche house, which always existed, was given a third floor, in which the private rooms of the spa princess were in the west wing.
The building was expanded several times in the following century and a half: from 1747 to 1750, extensive additions were made on the west side of the older north wing under the direction of Johann Christoph Knöffel , which replaced the Einsiedel house. The two sandstone fountains were set up in the entrance area under Knöffel. Depicted are a triton and a nereid as well as shellwork and putti . In 1990 the fountains were restored and copies made. After Christian Friedrich Exner and Julius Heinrich Schwarze had carried out another expansion of the building complex in an easterly direction from 1756 to 1767 as overbuilding of the garden , further structural changes were made from 1843 to 1848. Between 1854 and 1857 the south-east wing was built as the last extension.
Destruction and rebuilding
The building, which was extensively restored in 1934, was destroyed in 1945 during the air raids on Dresden on 13/14. Destroyed in February 1945 and remained in ruins for almost half a century. From 1992 to 1995, the palace was rebuilt according to old templates and using the original building fabric - such as the preserved outer walls. The reconstruction cost a total of 127.8 million euros, 13.8 million euros for monument protection alone. In Taschenbergpalais was on 31 March 1995 as the first 5 star - deluxe hotel , the Saxony Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden opens.
In September 2014, the previous owner, "Octavian Hotel Holding GmbH", sold the palace to the former Octavian partner Erwin Conradi .
Since 2016, the owner has been RFR Holding GmbH , headquartered in Frankfurt am Main .
Furnishing
In addition to 213 rooms and suites , the hotel operates the Palais Bistro and the Karl May Bar . The Café Vestibül , which is located next to the stairs by the Baroque architect Pöppelmann, is one of the two cafés. There is also a spa area with a pool, steam bath, infrared cabin and sauna, fitness center and beauty farm as well as various massage treatments.
Awards
The hotel was one of the Leading Hotels of the World , but separated from the marketing group in July 2009.
In 1995 it was voted the best new hotel in Germany. In 2008 it was voted the fourth best German hotel on the international top 500 list of hotels. The Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden won 2nd place behind the Ritz-Carlton Berlin in the ranking of the “Best Business Hotels in Germany” by the financial magazine € uro .
Well-known guests of the hotel
On June 4, 2009, the 44th President of the United States of America , Barack Obama , stayed for one night in the Hotel Taschenbergpalais during a visit to Central Germany that took him to Dresden and the former Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar in Thuringia.
In addition to well-known political figures such as Barack Obama, Horst Köhler , Vladimir Putin , Jacques Chirac , Helmut Schmidt and Gerhard Schröder , there are members of the nobility such as Margrethe II , Beatrix Queen of the Netherlands , Prince Albert II of Monaco and many artists such as Udo Jürgens , Günter Grass , Dieter Bohlen , Thomas Gottschalk , Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Jurjewna Netrebko entered the hotel's guest book.
From June 9 to 12, 2016, the Bilderberg Conference of numerous personalities from the western world took place in the Taschenbergpalais.
literature
- The Taschenbergpalais in Dresden. History and reconstruction of the Saxon heir to the throne residence . Published by the State Office f. Preservation of monuments in Saxony. Dresden 1995.
- Stefan Hertzig: The baroque Dresden. Architecture of a metropolis of the 18th century . Petersberg 2013 (here pp. 58–65).
- Henning Prinz: The main building of the Taschenbergpalais . In: Harald Marx (ed.): Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. The architect of the Dresden Zwinger. Leipzig 1989, pp. 225-233.
Web links
- Website Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden
- Film about the reconstruction of the Taschenbergpalais
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karin Wagner: Archaeological rescue excavations in the Taschenbergpalais . In: The Taschenbergpalais in Dresden. History and reconstruction of the Saxon heir to the throne residence. Published by the State Office f. Preservation of monuments in Saxony. Dresden 1995, pp. 23-30.
- ^ Dresden Cultural Office: Art in public space. Dresden 1996.
- ↑ Taschenbergpalais was sold . In: Saxon newspaper . September 4, 2014 ( paid online [accessed September 4, 2014]).
- ↑ Miriam Glaß: RFR buys Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden. In: hotelbau - trade journal for hotel property development. December 20, 2016, accessed on August 15, 2019 (German).
- ^ Leading Hotels of the World. Dispute with Kempinski hotels. In: Focus online on July 24, 2009, accessed on November 24, 2015
- ↑ zeit.de: "Silent Arrival" in Dresden
- ^ Conference location known - Bilderberg Conference in Dresden. In: taz.de. Retrieved April 8, 2016 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '7.2 " N , 13 ° 44' 8.9" E