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Dresden
Dresden One Day Itinerary
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Day 1
10:00 Brühl's Terrace
11:05 Dresden Frauenkirche
11:55 Fürstenzug
12:55 Dresden Cathedral
13:45 Dresden Castle
15:50 Zwinger
10:00 Brühl's Terrace / Brühlsche Terrasse
Visit Duration: 1 hour
Brühl's Terrace (German: Brühlsche Terrasse ) is a historic architectural ensemble in Dresden, Germany. Nicknamed "The
Balcony of Europe", the terrace stretches high above the shore of the river Elbe. Located north of the recently rebuilt Neumarkt
Square and the Frauenkirche, is one of the favourite inner-city places of both locals and tourists for walking, people watching,
and having a coffee.
History and character

The present-day terrace was part of the city's fortifications, rebuilt upon the 1546/47 Schmalkaldic War at the behest of Elector
Maurice of Saxony and his successors Augustus and Christian. The name Brühl's Terrace is a reference to Count Heinrich von
Brühl, Minister of Elector Frederick Augustus II, who from 1737 had a city palace with a gallery, a library and adjacent gardens
built on the location. In 1747 the whole terrace was given to him by the Saxon elector as a gift for the innovative introduction of
a betterment tax.
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After the Saxon defeat at the Battle of Leipzig and the occupation by Russian troops, military governor Prince Nikolai Image Source:
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Grigorjevich Repnin-Wolkonski ordered the opening to the public in 1814. He charged the architect Gottlob Friedrich Thormeyer
with the building of a flight of stairs at the western end to reach the terrace from Castle Square and Augustus Bridge. The Brühl
Palace was demolished in the course of the building of the Saxon Ständehaus in 1900. Address: Georg-Treu-Platz 1, 01067 Dresden,
Germany
The ensemble was totally destroyed in February 1945 when the city centre was heavily hit by the Allied Bombing of Dresden
Phone Number: 0351 501501
during the end phase of World War II. Today, it has been rebuilt; the precise amount restored is difficult to say as a percentage,
Admission:
but in general one can say the emsemble looks very much the same today as it did in the past.
Opening Hours:
Today, Bruehl's Terrace is again one of the main city landmarks besides the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady), Dresden Web:
Castle, the Hofkirche and buildings on Theatre Square such as the Zwinger and the Semperoper, which are all located in the http://www.dresden.de/de/tourismus/sehen/sehenswuerdigk
vicinity. At the Bärenzwinger students' club near the monument for Johann Friedrich Böttger, one can see a fingerprint in a
guard rail of the terrace garden. This dactylogram is said to be proof of the strength of August the Strong, who is said to have
left the mark - but is only one of many myths surrounding August, such as the legend that he fathered 365 children.
Architectural parts of the terrace

Most people enter the terrace from the Schlossplatz (Castle Square) on the west end of the terrace. Besides Saxony's Supreme
Court a staircase with four sculptures ( The Four Times of Day ) leads from the Schlossplatz (Castle Square) up to Brühl's
Terrace. One of the next buildings to the right is the Academy of Fine Arts. There is an ensemble of important buildings, such as
the Albertinum.
Sächsisches Ständehaus by Paul Wallot

Rietschelmonument by Johannes Schilling
Sekundogenitur
Academy of Fine Arts
Semperdenkmal, monument for Gottfried Semper by Johannes Schilling
Jungfernbastei (Belvederehügel)
Moritzmonument
Bärenzwinger basement vault
Hofgärtnerhaus
Albertinum
Delphinbrunnen
Monument for Johann Friedrich Böttger
Staircase by Gottlob Friedrich Thormeyer
By the staircase, the "Four Times of the Day" group ( Vier Tageszeiten ) by Johannes Schilling
The balconies of Europe and of Dresden

Brühl's Terrace is known as the "Balcony of Europe", a name which was first thought up and used at the beginning of the 19th
century and which since then has been used in all kinds of literature.
The name "Balcony of Dresden", on the other hand, is more regionally used for a tower six kilometers further to the East on a
slope by the Elbe in Loschwitz, an area known for expensive living.
11:05 Dresden Frauenkirche / Dresdner Frauenkirche
Visit Duration: 45 mins
0.4 KM, 5 minutes walking from Brühl's Terrace
The Dresden Frauenkirche (German: Dresdner Frauenkirche , IPA: [fankç] , Church of Our Lady ) is a Lutheran church in
Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. An earlier church building was Catholic until it became Protestant during
the Reformation, and was replaced in the 18th century by a larger Baroque Lutheran building. It is considered an outstanding
example of Protestant sacred architecture, featuring one of the largest domes in Europe. It now also serves as a symbol of
reconciliation between former warring enemies.
Built in the 18th century, the church was destroyed in the bombing of Dresden during World War II. The remaining ruins were
left for 50 years as a war memorial, following decisions of local East German leaders. The church was rebuilt after the
reunification of Germany, starting in 1994. The reconstruction of its exterior was completed in 2004, and the interior in 2005.
The church was reconsecrated on 30 October 2005 with festive services lasting through the Protestant observance of
Reformation Day on 31 October. The surrounding Neumarkt square with its many valuable baroque buildings was also Image By: Jörg Blobelt
reconstructed in 2004. Image Source:
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The Frauenkirche is often called a cathedral, but it is not the seat of a bishop; the church of the Landesbischof of the
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony is the Church of the Cross. Once a month, an Anglican Evensong is held in English, by
Address: Neumarkt, 01067 Dresden, Germany
clergy from St. George's Anglican Church, Berlin.
Phone Number: 0351 65606100
History Admission:
Opening Hours:
A church dedicated to 'Our Lady' (Kirche zu unser Liebfrauen) was first built in the 11th century in a romanesque style, outside Web: http://www.frauenkirche-dresden.de/
the city walls and surrounded by a grave yard. The Frauenkirche was the seat of an archpriest in the Meißen Diocese until the
Reformation, when it became a Protestant church. This first Frauenkirche was torn down in 1727 and replaced by a new, larger
church with a greater capacity. The Frauenkirche was re-built as a Lutheran (Protestant) parish church by the citizenry. Even
though Saxony's Prince-elector, Frederick August I, had converted to Catholicism to become King of Poland, he supported the
construction which gave an impressive cupola to the Dresden townscape.
The original Baroque church was built between 1726 and 1743, and was designed by Dresden's city architect, George Bähr,
who did not live to see the completion of his greatest work. Bähr's distinctive design for the church captured the new spirit of the
Protestant liturgy by placing the altar, pulpit, and baptismal font directly centre in view of the entire congregation.
In 1736, famed organ maker Gottfried Silbermann built a three-manual, 43-stop instrument for the church. The organ was
dedicated on 25 November and Johann Sebastian Bach gave a recital on the instrument on 1 December.
The church's most distinctive feature was its unconventional 96 m-high dome, called die Steinerne Glocke or "Stone Bell". An
engineering feat comparable to Michelangelo's dome for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Frauenkirche's 12,000-ton sandstone
dome stood high resting on eight slender supports. Despite initial doubts, the dome proved to be extremely stable. Witnesses in
1760 said that the dome had been hit by more than 100 cannonballs fired by the Prussian army led by Friedrich II during the
Seven Years' War. The projectiles bounced off and the church survived.
The completed church gave the city of Dresden a distinctive silhouette, captured in famous paintings by Bernardo Bellotto, a
nephew of the artist Canaletto (also known by the same name), and in Dresden by Moonlight by Norwegian painter Johan
Christian Dahl.
In 1849, the church was at the heart of the revolutionary disturbances known as the May Uprising. It was surrounded by
barricades, and fighting lasted for days before those rebels who had not already fled were rounded up in the church and
arrested.
For more than 200 years, the bell-shaped dome stood over the skyline of old Dresden, dominating the city.
Burials include Heinrich Schütz and George Bähr.
Destruction
On 13 February 1945, Anglo-American allied forces began the bombing of Dresden. The church withstood two days and nights
of the attacks and the eight interior sandstone pillars supporting the large dome held up long enough for the evacuation of 300
people who had sought shelter in the church crypt, before succumbing to the heat generated by some 650,000 incendiary
bombs that were dropped on the city. The temperature surrounding and inside the church eventually reached 1,000 °C
(1,830 °F). The dome finally collapsed at 10 a.m. on 15 February. The pillars glowed bright red and exploded; the outer walls
shattered and nearly 6,000 tons of stone plunged to earth, penetrating the massive floor as it fell.
The altar, a relief depiction of Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives by Johann Christian Feige,
was only partially damaged during the bombing raid and fire that destroyed the church. The altar and the structure behind it, the
chancel, were among the remnants left standing. Features of most of the figures were lopped off by falling debris and the
fragments lay under the rubble.
The building vanished from Dresden's skyline, and the blackened stones would lie in wait in a pile in the centre of the city for the
next 45 years as Communist rule enveloped what was now East Germany. Shortly after the end of World War II, residents of
Dresden had already begun salvaging unique stone fragments from the Church of Our Lady and numbering them for future use
in reconstruction. Popular sentiment discouraged the authorities from clearing the ruins away to make a car park. In 1966, the
remnants were officially declared a "memorial against war", and state-controlled commemorations were held there on the
anniversaries of the destruction of Dresden.
11:55 Fürstenzug
Visit Duration: 1 hour
0.2 KM, 4 minutes walking from Dresden Frauenkirche
The Fürstenzug (English: Procession of Princes ) in Dresden, Germany, is a large mural of a mounted procession of the rulers
of Saxony. It was originally painted between 1871 and 1876 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Wettin Dynasty, Saxony's
ruling family. In order to make the work weatherproof, it was replaced with approximately 23,000 Meissen porcelain tiles
between 1904 and 1907. With a length of 102 metres (335 ft), it is known as the largest porcelain artwork in the world. The
mural displays the ancestral portraits of the 35 margraves, electors, dukes and kings of the House of Wettin between 1127 and
1904.
The Fürstenzug is located on the outer wall of the Stallhof (Stables Courtyard) of Dresden Castle.
History
By 1589, the outer wall of the recently built Stallhof (Stables Courtyard) of the Dresden Castle was already decorated with a Image By: Nillerdk
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For the upcoming 800th anniversary of the House of Wettin in 1889, another stucco version of a large-scale mural was
commissioned. It was painted by the artist Wilhelm Walther between 1871 and 1876. Since the picture rapidly deteriorated, it Address: Augustusstraße 1, 01067 Dresden,
was replaced with about 23,000 Meissen porcelain tiles between 1904 and 1907. The mural depicts the 35 Saxon margraves, Germany
electors, dukes and kings from Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, who ruled in the 12th century, to George of Saxony who was king Phone Number: 0351 501501
for only two years in the 20th century. The only ones missing are Heinrich I von Eilenburg (c. 1089) and the last king of Saxony, Admission:
Frederick Augustus III, who ruled from 1904 to 1918. Also shown are 59 scientists, artisans, craftsmen, children and farmers. Opening Hours:
Web:
Only minimal damage to the tiles resulted from the February 13, 1945 bombing of Dresden.
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Panorama
Shown noblemen
The 35 noblemen, Margraves, Electors, Dukes and Kings, are shown on horseback while foot soldiers and other people
accompany them. The name of each ruler is inscribed below his image. Everyone depicted wears contemporary clothing.
Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1127–1156)

Otto II, Margrave of Meissen (1156–1190)
Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1190–1195)
Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen (1195–1221)
Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1221–1288)
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1288–1307)
Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1307–1324)
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1324–1349)
Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1349–1381)
Frederick © I, 2014-2017
Elector of Saxony (1381–1428)
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Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428–1464)
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1464–1486)
Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1486–1500)
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1486–1525)
John, Elector of Saxony (1525–1532)
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1532–1547)
George, Duke of Saxony (1500–1539)
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1539–1541)
Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1547–1553)
Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1553–1586)
Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1586–1591)
Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1591–1611)
John George I, Elector of Saxony (1611–1656)
John George II, Elector of Saxony (1656–1680)
John George III, Elector of Saxony (1680–1691)
John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1691–1694)
Augustus II the Strong (1694–1733)
Augustus III of Poland (1733–1763)
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1763)
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1763–1827)
Anthony of Saxony (1827–1836)
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1836–1854)
John of Saxony (1854–1873)
Albert of Saxony (1873–1902)
George of Saxony (1902–1904)
Dimensions
The Fürstenzug is 101.9 metres (334 ft) long and 10.5 metres (34 ft) high. Due to 18 windows in the upper part, the tile area
comprises only 968 square meters. Each tile measures 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) by 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in). Hence,
approximately 23,000 tiles are placed on the wall.
12:55 Dresden Cathedral / Katholische Hofkirche
Visit Duration: 45 mins
0.1 KM, 1 minutes walking from Fürstenzug
Dresden Cathedral , or the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dresden , previously the Catholic Church of the
Royal Court of Saxony , called in German Katholische Hofkirche and since 1980 also known as Kathedrale
Sanctissimae Trinitatis , is the Catholic Cathedral of Dresden.
Always the most important Catholic church of the city, it was elevated to the status of cathedral of the Catholic
Diocese of Dresden-Meissen in 1964. It is located near the Elbe river in the historic center of Dresden,
Germany.
It is one of the burial sites of the House of Wettin, including Polish monarchs.
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The Hofkirche stands as one of Dresden's foremost landmarks. It was designed by architect Gaetano
Chiaveri from 1738 to 1751. The church was commissioned by Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of
Address: Schloßstraße 24, 01067 Dresden,
Poland while the Protestant city of Dresden built the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) between 1726 and Germany
1743. Whilst the general population was Protestant its rulers were Catholic. The Catholic Elector built the Phone Number: 0351 4844712
cathedral for his own use and for the use of other high-ranking officials, connecting it to his home, Dresden Admission:
Castle, with an ornate high level walkway. Opening Hours:
Web: http://www.bistum-dresden-meissen.de/
The church was badly damaged in February 1945 during the bombing of Dresden in the Second World War. It
was initially restored during the mid-1980s by the East German government. It was further restored in the
early 21st century following reunification, including the rebuilding of the bridge to the castle. Today it is the
cathedral of the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen. Free entry is permitted during the daytime.
The cathedral features a carefully restored organ, the last work of the renowned organ builder Gottfried
Silbermann. It also contains a Rococo pulpit by Balthasar Permoser.
Burials
In the crypts the heart of King Augustus the Strong is buried along with the last King of Saxony and the
remains of 49 other members of the Wettin family, as well as the remains of people who married into the
family, such as Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, wife of Anthony of Saxony.
The oldest of four crypts, the Founders' Crypt, holds the tombs of King Augustus III of Poland, one of very few
Polish Kings to be buried outside the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, and last Queen of Poland Maria Josepha.
It is also burial place of the heart of King Augustus the Strong, whose body was interred in the Wawel
Cathedral, and of Polish ruler and first Saxon King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. Polish princes and
princesses are buried in the Founders' Crypt and the Great Crypt.
13:45 Dresden Castle / Dresdner Residenzschloss
Visit Duration: 2 hours
0.2 KM, 4 minutes walking from Dresden Cathedral
Dresden Castle or Royal Palace (German: Dresdner Residenzschloss or Dresdner Schloss ) is one of the oldest buildings in
Dresden, Germany. For almost 400 years, it was the residence of the electors (1547–1806) and kings (1806–1918) of Saxony
of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin. It is known for the different architectural styles employed, from Baroque to
Neo-renaissance.
Today, the residential castle is a museum complex that contains the Historic and New Green Vault, the Numismatic Cabinet, the
Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and the Dresden Armory with the Turkish Chamber. It also houses an art library
and the management of the Dresden State Art Collections.
History
The original castle was a Romanesque keep, built around 1200. The Hausmannsturm was built at the beginning of the 15th Image By: Tieul
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century. From 1468 until 1480, the keep was extended by the master builder, Arnold von Westfalen, becoming an enclosed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dresdener_Schloss_bei_na
four-wing construction. In the middle of the 16th century, an addition was added in the Renaissance style.
After a major fire in 1701, Augustus II the Strong rebuilt much of the castle in the Baroque style. The collection rooms were Address: Taschenberg 2, 01067 Dresden,
created at this time in the western wing. The Silver Room, Heraldic Room and the Pretiosensaal were built from 1723–1726 and Germany
the Kaminzimmer , Juwelenzimmer (Jewel Room), Ivory Room and Bronze Room were built from 1727–1729. Phone Number: 0351 49142000
Admission:
The 800th anniversary of the House of Wettin, Saxony's ruling family, resulted in more rebuilding between 1889 and 1901. A
Opening Hours:
Neo-renaissance renovation was undertaken, followed by various modernizations, such as in-floor heating and electric lights in
Web:
1914. On the outside of the Stallhof (Stall Courtyard), which links the castle complex with the adjacent Johanneum, the
https://www.skd.museum/besuch/residenzschloss/
"Procession of Princes" was painted by the artist Wilhelm Walther. The 102-meter-long mural represents the history of the
Wettins. Since it quickly faded, it was transferred to about 23,000 Meissen porcelain tiles between 1904 and 1907.
Most of the castle was reduced to a roofless shell during the February 13, 1945 bombing of Dresden in World War II. Three
rooms of the Green Vault were destroyed. However, the collections survived, having been moved to safety at Königstein
Fortress in the early years of the war.
For the first 15 years after the end of the Second World War, no attempt was made to rebuild the castle, except to install a
temporary roof in 1946. Restoration began in the 1960s with the installation of new windows and has occurred rapidly since
then. The castle's restoration was completed in 2013.
Museums
Dresden castle houses five museums, the Historic Green Vault and the New Green Vault, the Numismatic Cabinet, the
Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and the Dresden Armory with the Turkish Chamber.
Also accessible is an art library ( Kunstbibliothek ) with approximately 260,000 volumes of special literature on art history. The
character of the holdings is closely related to the collecting focal points of the museums.
The Gallery of the Electors and the Hausmannsturm , once Dresden's largest tower, can be visited as well.
Historic and New Green Vault
The Green Vault ( Grünes Gewölbe ) is a museum that contains the largest collection of treasures in Europe. Founded by
Augustus II the Strong in 1723, it features a unique and rich variety of exhibits from the period of baroque to classicism. The
museum consists of the Historic Green Vault ( Historisches Grünes Gewölbe ) and the New Green Vault ( Neues Grünes
Gewölbe ).
The Historic Green Vault is known for its treasure chambers, and is itself a baroque work of art. The New Green Vault is more
modern. The Historic Green Vault is located on the ground floor of the Dresden Castle and visits require an advance booking;
admittance to the New Green Vault, which is on the second floor, is not limited.
The Numismatic Cabinet ( Münzkabinett ), with its nearly 300,000 pieces, is one of Dresden’s oldest museums, dating back to
the early 16th century. It contains one of the largest universal collections in Europe. Its broad spectrum ranges from classical
antiquity to present-day coins. Some 30,000 Saxon coins and medals represent different periods in Saxony's history. The
collection also includes orders and insignia, bank notes and historic bonds, models, seals, minting dies for coins and medals, as
well as minting machines and equipment.
The exhibition is open from April to October. It shows around 300 outstanding objects, which represent a cross-section of the
various parts of the collection. The Numismatic Cabinet is also a center of scholarly research and has a public library of some
30,000 volumes.
The Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs ( Kupferstich-Kabinett ) shows work by renowned artists from numerous
countries. There are approximately 515,000 objects by more than 20,000 artists across eight centuries. It holds drawings and
prints by old masters such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Caspar David Friedrich, as well as later artists, like
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pablo Picasso. Engravings by Martin Schongauer and woodcuts by Lucas Cranach the Elder
are shown along with photographic works. There is also a collection of drawings and graphic art by Käthe Kollwitz.
Dresden Armory with the Turkish Chamber
Originating from weapons owned by Saxon Dukes and Electors, the Dresden Armory ( Rüstkammer ) owns one of the most
valuable collections of weapons and armory in the world. The exhibition includes around 10,000 objects, including helmets,
shields, swords, rapiers, daggers, sabres and maces, pistols and rifles, riding equipment and ceremonial clothes.
15:50 Zwinger
Visit Duration: 2 hours, 30 mins
0.2 KM, 3 minutes walking from Dresden Castle
The Zwinger (German: Dresdner Zwinger , IPA: [dezdn tsv] ) is a palace in the German city of Dresden, built in Baroque style
and designed by court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. It served as the orangery, exhibition gallery and festival arena of
the Dresden Court.
The location was formerly part of the Dresden fortress of which the outer wall is conserved. The name derives from the German
word Zwinger (an enclosed killing ground in front of a castle or city gate); it was for the cannons that were placed between the
outer wall and the major wall. The Zwinger was not enclosed until the Neoclassical building by Gottfried Semper called the
Semper Gallery was built on its northern side.
Today, the Zwinger is a museum complex that contains the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery), the
Dresden Porcelain Collection ( Dresdener Porzellansammlung ) and the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon (Royal Cabinet of
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Mathematical and Physical Instruments). Image Source:
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Current inner city location
The Zwinger covers an area on the northwestern edge of the Innere Altstadt ("inner old town") that is part of the historic heart of
Dresden. It is located in the immediate vicinity of other famous sights, including Dresden Castle and the Semperoper. The
Zwinger is bounded by Sophienstraße in the southeast, Postplatz in the south, Ostra-Allee in the southwest, the Am
Zwingerteich road in the northwest and Theatre Square ( Theaterplatz ) in the east. Nearby buildings include the Dresden State
Theatre to the southwest, the Haus am Zwinger to the south, the Taschenbergpalais hotel to the southeast, the west wing of the
palace with its Green Vault to the east, the Altstädtische Hauptwache to the northeast, the Semper Opera to the north and the
former royal stables to the northwest. Within view lie the Catholic Court Church and the Italian Village in Theatre Square, the
Wilsdruffer Kubus on Postplatz and the Duchess Garden with the remnants of the former orangery building in the west. The
terraced banks of the Elbe river are located 200 metres northeast of the Zwinger.
History
Origin of the name
The name Zwinger goes back to the common medieval German term for that part of a fortification between the outer and inner
defensive walls, or "outer ward". Archaeological evidence indicates that the construction of the first city wall took place in the
last quarter of the 12th century. A documentary entry as civitas in 1216 points to the existence of an enclosed Dresden
Fortification at that time. In 1427, during the Hussite Wars, work began on strengthening the city's defences and they were
enhanced by a second – outer – wall. These improvements began near the Wildruffer Tor gate. Step by step the old moat had
to be filled in and moved. The area between the two walls was generally referred to as the Zwinger and, in the vicinity of the
castle, was utilised by the royal court at Dresden for garden purposes. The location of the so-called Zwingergarten from that
period is only imprecisely known to be between the fortifications on the western side of the city. Its extent varied in places as a
result of subsequent improvements to the fortifications and is depicted differently on the various maps.
This royal Zwingergarten , a garden used to supply the court, still fulfilled one of its functions, as indicated by the name, as a
narrow defensive area between the outer and inner defensive walls. This was no longer the case when work on the present-day
Zwinger palace began in the early 18th century, nevertheless the name was transferred to the new building. Admittedly the
southwestern parts of the building of the baroque Dresden Zwinger including the Kronentor gate stand on parts of the outer
curtain wall that are still visible today; but there is no longer any trace of the inner wall.
Early development of the city in the area of the Zwinger
Until well into the 16th century, the area of the present-day Zwinger complex was still outside the city fortifications. Close by ran
an old stretch of the Weißeritz river that no longer exists, which emptied into the Elbe by the Old Castle. In 1569, major work
began on redevelopment and new buildings by the fortifications west of the castle based on plans by master builder, Rochus
Quirin, Count of Lynar, who came from Florence. The embankments needed in the area of the river confluence proved to be a
major challenge. In spring 1570 the Weißeritz caused severe flood damage at an embankment, which hampered the building
project for a short time. Then, in 1572, the rebuilding work by the fortifications came to a temporary halt.
Early history
Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, returned from a grand tour through France and Italy in 1687–89,
just at the moment that Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles. On his return to Dresden, having arranged his election as King
of Poland (1697), he wanted something similarly spectacular for himself. The fortifications were no longer needed and provided
readily available space for his plans. The original plans, as developed by his court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
before 1711, covered the space of the present complex of palace and garden, and also included as gardens the space down to
the Elbe river, upon which the Semperoper and its square were built in the nineteenth century.

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Dresden One Day Itinerary

11:05 Dresden Frauenkirche

12:55 Dresden Cathedral

13:45 Dresden Castle

History and character

Architectural parts of the terrace

Sächsisches Ständehaus by Paul Wallot

The balconies of Europe and of Dresden

Burials include Heinrich Schütz and George Bähr.

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1127–1156)

Historic and New Green Vault

Dresden Armory with the Turkish Chamber

Early development of the city in the area of the Zwinger

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