White Deer Forest Park

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The concert pavilion in the forest park (1904)
Entrance to the forest park (1910)
The vase of the source of paradise before its destruction (2009)
The listed concert shell (2011)

The Weißer Hirsch forest park is a park in the Weißer Hirsch district of Dresden .

history

In 1876 the local club Weißer Hirsch and Oberloschwitz was founded. The most important project of the association, which called itself "Beautification Association" from 1884, was the creation of the forest park on a 28 hectare strip on the southern edge of the Dresdner Heide (today a landscape protection area ); Soap manufacturer Ludwig Küntzelmann was among the initiators . This park was made possible by a contract concluded with the forest administration in 1877 in order to guarantee the "preservation of the given favorable natural conditions [...] of the forest area adjoining the communal corridor against clear-cutting and against private abuse as a debris dump".

In the years that followed, thousands of young spruce , beech and bushes were planted, bridges over streams and ditches and dry paths were built. By 1882, 100 benches had been set up. In the same year, park rules were introduced, which stipulated, among other things, that servants were not allowed to use the benches and that riding in the park was prohibited. To ensure that order was observed, the association hired a parking attendant. In 1882 a visitor's tax was introduced at the instigation of the association, from the proceeds of which it received 800 marks in the first year and 1000 marks in the second. In the following year a playground for children was built. In addition, two toboggan runs of different lengths were created, for which a ramp was built in 1909 to enable a higher speed. In 1908 a tennis facility went into operation, which served as an ice rink in winter .

The proximity of the Lahmann sanatorium had an impact on the further design of the forest park, which was also called the spa park : a concert area and sports fields were also laid out for the spa guests staying there, and in 1904 the indoor pool , which was open to all strata of the population. From 1900 plans were in progress for a covered stage and a walkway. The walkway with café and music pavilion was built between 1902 and 1904 on the concert square; What has been received is a cost estimate for these buildings from September 1900 from the iron foundry Kelle & Hildebrandt from Großluga-Niedersedlitz for 7725 Reichsmarks. The first concerts are recorded for 1905. In 1921 , a comprehensive redevelopment of the concert area was stipulated in the contract to incorporate the town of Weißer Hirsch into Dresden, now called "Kurort Weißer Hirsch - Dresden". The previous music pavilion was replaced by a concert shell , and a café was opened next to it.

The Moorbad AG was founded in order to stimulate the spa business in the nearby Lahmann Sanatorium in the 1920s ; For the medicinal water required for this, drilling began in the forest park on November 1, 1927, after scientists and a dowser had confirmed the existence of a spring. A well house was built for the so-called Paradise Spring; the water came out of a vase on which a glass bell stood. A bottle filling plant was located in the well building. The tenants changed frequently over the decades, as the well operation was not profitable. In 1982 it was confirmed that the water had no healing properties. In 2016 the fountain vase - the fountain house had not existed for decades - was destroyed by strangers, and the fountain has been without water ever since.

In 1939 the use of the forest park was contractually regulated for five years between the forest administration of Saxony on the one hand and the city of Dresden and the spa administration on the other. After the Second World War , the place was cleared of the needy Dresden population, and in 1946 the Beautification Association was dissolved.

As part of the national reconstruction work , the concert square was restored in the 1950s in 1700 voluntary hours, mainly by the local residents. Among other things, a bar and a movie theater were built; the concert shell was renovated and received a cinema screen. On Easter Monday 1957, the square was reopened in the presence of around 1000 visitors, and in the following years it was primarily used for family-friendly events.

After the fall of the Wall , the Waldpark and Konzertplatz initially degenerated, partly because the ownership structure was unclear. In 1993, the Beautification Association was re-established, which renovated the forest park with the support of ABM workers, while benches, stairs and paths as well as the Holde-Frauen-Brücke were restored. The three springs - the Degele, the sister and the pond spring - were also repaired. In 2003 the pergola at the entrance, which was reconstructed based on the historical model, was completed. The concert space has been in use since 2009 after the Dresden restaurateur Stefan Hermann leased it, set up a beer garden and offered events. The concert shell, which is under monument protection , has been extensively restored, and concerts have been taking place there ever since, including with prominent artists.

literature

  • Jochen Hänsch: The “source of paradise” on the concert square . In: Verschönerungsverein Weißer Hirsch / Oberloschwitz (Ed.): White Hirsch. Reader 2 . Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-936240-35-1 , p. 84-89 .
  • Bernd Hempelmann: The forest park and its concert space . In: Verschönerungsverein Weißer Hirsch / Oberloschwitz (Ed.): White Hirsch. Reader 2 . Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-936240-35-1 , p. 74-83 .

Web links

Commons : Waldpark Weißer Hirsch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MDM Online: Location Guide. In: mdm-online.de. January 1, 1997, accessed May 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Hempelmann, Der Waldpark , p. 75.
  3. ↑ Hempelmann, Der Waldpark , p. 76.
  4. ↑ Hempelmann, Der Waldpark , p. 77.
  5. ↑ a b Hempelmann, Der Waldpark , p. 78.
  6. ↑ Hempelmann, Der Waldpark , p. 76 f.
  7. ↑ Hänsch, Die "Paradiesquelle" , p. 85.
  8. ↑ Hänsch, Die "Paradiesquelle" , p. 89.
  9. ↑ a b Hempelmann, Der Waldpark , p. 79 f.
  10. ↑ The pergola at the entrance to the Weißer Hirsch forest park has been reconstructed. In: dresden.de. November 13, 2003, accessed May 12, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Hempelmann, Der Waldpark , p. 83.
  12. ↑ Monuments in the Dresden city area

Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 55 "  N , 13 ° 49 ′ 25.2"  E