Wilsdruffer Gate

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Bernardo Bellotto (“Canaletto”, 1721–1780): View of Dresden, the fortress works in Dresden, fortress moat with bridge between Wilschen Tor and post mile column , around 1750

The Wilsdruffer Tor , also called Wil (i) sches Tor in older times , was one of the main gates in the Dresden fortifications . It was the western city ​​gate at the exit of Wilischen Gasse, today's Wilsdruffer Straße . The gate was first mentioned in a document in 1313 and demolished in 1811 in the course of Dresden's fortification. The gate was named after the city of Wilsdruff west of Dresden .

The Wilsche Gate was expanded at the beginning of the 15th century. As part of the fortress renovation, it was expanded in 1548 by Caspar Voigt von Wierandt . Because of the dilapidation, Paul Buchner and Hans Irmisch carried out major renovations after 1568 , such as the construction of a second floor with a roof hood and tower button.

Over the centuries, settlements in front of the gate created the Wilsdruffer suburb , in which there were also various mills powered by the Weißeritzmühlgraben .

The Wilsdruffer Tor shortly before the demolition in 1811

The decongestion of Dresden began in 1809, the Wilsdruffer Tor was demolished in 1811. The demolition and backfilling of the moat enlarged the Wilsdruffer Thorplatz and new building plots were created. In 1865 the place was renamed Postplatz , on the west side of which was the eponymous main post office.

  • Copies of the post mileage column

  • Münzmeisterstrasse

  • Herta-Lindner-Strasse

Two public copies of the Saxon postal mileage column , which was erected in front of the Wilsdruffer Tor in 1722, for example at the corner of Annenstrasse and Herta-Lindner-Strasse, exist in Dresden today. One from 1967 is in Zschertnitz on Münzmeisterstraße and bears the inscriptions from 1722, but on the wrong sides. The other replica from 1997 near Postplatz , not far from the original location, on Herta-Lindner-Strasse at the corner of Freiberger Strasse, bears the inscriptions from 1732 on the correct sides. The latter is considered to be the better reconstruction.

Web links

Commons : Wilsdruffer Tor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anton Weck: The Chur-Princely Saxon widely-called residence and main fortress Dresden, Nuremberg 1680