Pirnaischer Platz

The Pirnaische place is a place in Dresden, which goes back as well as the post office place on a historical gate system of the ancient fortress city of Dresden. On Pirnaischer place the same suburban begins.

Location

The site is located on the eastern edge of the Inner Old Town and on the western edge of the suburb Pirnaischer. In the present cross at the place the Innenstadtdurchfahrung and the bypass system in north-south direction.

History

Until the demolition of the city wall was there from 1591 to 1820 the Pirnaische gate, the output of the city, turning to Pirna. With the defeat of the door 1820/1821 of the free space, which was designed and created by Gottlob Friedrich Meyer was Thor.

From 1740 to 1758 was located outside the gate, the residential palace of Prince Johann Georg Maximilian von Hoff.

Pirnaisches Gate 1799

The Pirnaische place after the air raids on Dresden in February 1945

The Pirnaische Place 1965 ( right)

After the creation of the ring road, the breakthrough of King John's Street, which later became the eastern part of Wilsdruffer road, and the investment of Grunaer street, the place became an important transportation hub. In February 1945, during air raids on Dresden the development of the square was destroyed. Among the destroyed buildings included the very 1895-1897 built the Imperial Palace ( the office building Illgen ) and the Ethiopians pharmacy. The northeastern completion of the square formed in the reconstruction of the building was built in 1964 to 1966 ensemble consisting of a 14-storey high-rise building and the 2- storey building, the restaurant Pirnaisches goal.

In the early 1970s, a pedestrian tunnel under the course was laid out. It was a part of the fortification to see. After a fire on 13 September 2006, the tunnel was poured in July 2010 with concrete.

Development

The main building on the square is located on the western edge. Facing directly to the gable of the course is the country house. This front, which is not the actual main facade, a highly controversial fire escape was added in post-modern style last. The villa was built in the baroque style in total. Is the Dresden police headquarters next to the cottage. This was built in the late historicism early 20th century and acts primarily by its representative (artificial ) Bastion form.

The place itself is very spacious, dividing the two lanes of the St. Petersburg street there are several rows of trees without the land could be used as a park. At the eastern end is the building complex of the former VEB Kombinat Robotron. On the southeast corner is a glass fountain built in 1975. Leonie Wirth designed the fountain, whose Terrazzobecken has a diameter of 9.3 meters. The basin floor consists of mosaic tiles. The construction took over the Helmut Glaser Kappelt and the blacksmith Karl Bergmann.

Traffic

From north to south crosses the St. Petersburg street the place. This four-lane federal highway ( B170 ) crosses Dresden on the northerly Carola Bridge and is considered an important city bypass in this direction. The Wilsdruffer road that runs to the post office space is downgraded in importance. The extension of this road to the east is also the four-lane Grunaer road that leads to the Strasbourg court. The country road connects the square with the Neumarkt. Daily over the course Pirnaischer roll 60 000 vehicles.

In addition to the St. Petersburg street the important Nordsüdtrasse tram runs on a separate track system that crosses the main east west route in place. The Pirnaische space is therefore one of the main squares of the Dresden Transport. It run at number six tram lines and two bus lines. In the tram network of the course is on a line with the Vienna Square and Albert Square. In a few minutes so you can reach from this place to the main railway station, the Great garden or the Theatre Square, the historic center.