Landgraben (Dresden)
The country moat was created in 1309 by German settlers in the backwater of the former Elbbetts in the territory of the present town of Dresden.
Course
The Landgraben is the continuation of Prohliser Landgraben, which receives its water from the Gebersbach. In its course it does south of the gasworks Dresden- Reick on the no longer visible stream of Reick and accruing from the direction Leubnitz Koitzschgraben. It includes the gasworks at its western border, crosses under the winter mountain road that leads through the valley of the built-up Seegrabens and reaches to the bottom Straße the Rothermundt Park. East of the former village center of Gruna (since 1970s development area ) enters the country digging into the Auenlehm deposits of a former Altelbarms where the former Plantzschgraben of Seidnitz flowing not. At this point its course was changed in 1875. Since then, he runs along the Lauensteiner road towards bladder joke. On Niederwald place he turns east. Between the Heinrich- Schütz-Straße and the exchanger street in Neugruna leads the country digging into the Elbe. About the Plantzschgraben the Landgraben was associated with former Elf and Seegraben, the dewatered the Seidnitzer fields east towards Niedersedlitzer Flutgraben.
Before changing his course of Landgraben swung east of the village Gruna right angles in the old Elbarm, passed the village system and turned in a great arc to the village Striesen, where he was directed back to the west in the area between today Eilenburger and Schandauerstraße. Here the country ditch separated the local extensions Neustriesens from the old farming village Striesen and flowed parallel ( north ) today Holbeinstraße toward Elias Cemetery. In the area of northern Fetscherstraße he took on the no longer visible Kaitzbach - Flutgraben guarantees irrigation of Carola and new lake in the Great Garden. To the south of the country Elisfriedhofes trench reached the Pirnaische suburb in the former brick shock and then turned north to the earlier brick barns, where he led into the Elbe. In this way he followed Gruna exactly the course of an old Elbarms.
In the 1920s, the country ditch the settlement of Savings and Building Association was created in the east Gruna district. Between Junghansstraße and Landgraben Bauverein Garden Home built according to plans by Paul Beck since 1925 under the direction of Max Oertel a small garden city with more than 800 apartments.
Use
The Landgraben served the drainage of slopes to Leubnitz and Nickern. In addition to defensive purposes, he also served as a flood channel and as a commercial and fire water channel. Today's Bodenbacher road ran as Pirna road over the country ditch. The bridge was mentioned as " brucke offer Grunow " already in 1439. Next to the bridge a forge was built, which was called the Green meadow and later received fully licensed in addition to the privileges of the gas Tierens, unclamping, baking, butchering and Branntweinbrauens. This name was in 1876 transferred to a tavern in the Zwinglistraße on the western side of the country trench.