Weiberstein

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The Weiberstein (also Wettin memorial stone or Wettin memorial stone ) is a memorial stone for two peasant women in Radebeul . The listed monument is located on Kötzschenbrodaer Straße between the current districts of Kötzschenbroda and Serkowitz , just outside of the Serkowitz village center.

Wettin-Denkstein (Weiberstein) near Serkowitz, on the road to Kötzschenbroda, today on the side facing away from the Elbe

history

Wettin-Denkstein on the Elbe side, 1890
The Elbe near Serkowitz , especially the deliberate Elbarm west of the village. Picture by Johann Alexander Thiele from 1750.
Excerpt from a south-east map from 1790. The location of the street to the right of the village, directly at the edge of the edge of the Elbarm, is clearly visible (map location corresponds to the Thiele picture).
Expansion work on the Elbe from 1785 to 1788, map laid out 14th Martini 1797

On October 18, 1784, a hunting party with Elector Friedrich August the Righteous , later King Friedrich August I, drove down the old Meißner post and country road , which was washed away by the Elbe . In the amount of the Wettin memorial stone (Weiberstein) donated by Serkowitz citizens to mark the 100th anniversary of the event in 1884 , two peasant women prevented the carriages from continuing because the street was badly washed away and threatened with demolition, whereby Elector Friedrich August and his companions (including Anton the kind ) were saved from an accident. The women received a lifelong pension from the elector.

Due to this event, extensive construction work was carried out in the Elbe from 1785 to 1788, until 1788 today's Meißner Strasse was laid out as a new post and country road between Dresden and Meißen and in 1788 the inn "Weißes Roß" was built on this new country road. Later, on Napoleon's orders , the new road was extended to the road by digging ditches and planting trees along the road .

In 1984 the memorial stone was worn and soiled by the weather, so that the reason for the stone could no longer be read. A complete renovation of the stone was considered, due to delivery difficulties in the procurement of sandstone, it was decided to chisel the stone off all sides by 20 mm, grind it and give it a new inscription and a new coat of arms. On June 29, 1989, on the 900th anniversary of the enfeoffment of the House of Wettin with the Margraviate of Meissen , the monument was ceremoniously unveiled at its current location.

Stone inscriptions

left side front right side

In memory of
the happy salvation of
Friedrich August the Just
And Anton the Kind

(Electoral Saxon coat of arms)
1784
and
1884
on October 18

God's grace
and women
once protected the house of
      Wettin
May it continue to flourish in blessings

literature

  • Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
  • Gudrun Täubert: Art in the public space of the city of Radebeul . In: Association for Monument Preservation and New Building Radebeul (ed.): Contributions to the urban culture of the city of Radebeul . Radebeul 2002.

Web links

Commons : Weiberstein  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Large district town of Radebeul (ed.): Directory of the cultural monuments of the town of Radebeul . Radebeul May 24, 2012, p. 23 (Last list of monuments published by the city of Radebeul. The Lower Monument Protection Authority, which has been based in the Meißen district since 2012, has not yet published a list of monuments for Radebeul.).

Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 48.8 ″  N , 13 ° 39 ′ 20.5 ″  E