Löbtau

Loebtau is now a suburb of Dresden, Dresden belongs to the local exchange area Cotta. It is bordered by the districts of Friedrichstadt, Cotta, Gorbitz Naußlitz, Dölzschen, Plauen and Suedvorstadt.

The temporary largest independent rural community in Saxony, already in 1068, and thus was first mentioned 138 years before Dresden documented, was incorporated as a suburb in 1903 to Dresden.

History

First mention has described as " Liubituwa " ( " lovely Aue " ) found in 1068, when the German king Henry IV awarded two hooves from his collection to the diocese Meissen Loebtau. Loebtau is thus one of the oldest recorded settlements in the Elbe Valley. But his story probably goes back to the time of the Sorbs.

The town was under the Meissen cathedral chapter, but was passed to the Electorate of Saxony in the wake of the Reformation.

In the 19th century the growth of the neighboring city of Dresden spread to the suburbs; counted Loebtau in 1834 only 163 inhabitants, the population multiplied in the coming decades - Loebtau became the largest rural municipality in Saxony. In 1875 the New Anne Cemetery was established, in 1881 received Loebtau horse tram connection to Dresden, 1900 the line was electrified. In the village there were along the Weißeritz millrace several Mühlwerke.

Beginning of the 20th century was Loebtau a factory and workers suburb, to a large extent with closed development. On January 1, 1903, was incorporated with approximately 39,000 inhabitants to Dresden.

During World War II Loebtau was damaged in 1944 and 1945, when the railway facilities were attacked (Bahnhof Dresden- Friedrichstadt and Wilsdruffer suburb / carbon train station ); some streets were partially destroyed. After the destruction of Dresden city center on 13-14. February 1945 was the largely intact Loebtau with the Kesseldorfer road to the most important business center in the west of the city. However, during the communist era, the buildings fell into disrepair. Some areas were not rebuilt and left to decay. Only after the reunification of Germany in 1990 extensive restoration measures were carried out.

Loebtau today

Today, the district has nearly 20,000 inhabitants and is inhabited by the very mixed social composition ago, despite its increasing attractiveness, he is considered light to medium residential area. The numerous side streets with many green areas attract families and the elderly; because of the many old buildings near the university and is also attractive to students the area increasingly. Loebtau is widely partly as a quiet and green as the Dresden bar district, the Outer Neustadt. In 1993, the football club Löbtauer Kickers was founded 93 eV, the venue is located at the William Street ( right next to the boiler Straße ).

Traffic

Loebtau is connected by tram lines 2, 6, 7 and 12 and buses 61, 62, 63, 85 and 90 of the Dresden Transport with the Dresden city center and other parts of the city; also operate regional buses of the regional transport direction in Dresden Freital (line A ) and boiler village - Wilsdruff - Mohorn ( line 333). Not far are to be found the S-Bahn stations Dresden -Plauen and Freiberger Straße (since 2004 ) and served only by regional trains station Dresden- Friedrichstadt.

Industry

• See: cogeneration plant Nossener bridge

Sons and daughters

• Hans Gabriel Jentzsch (1862-1930), graphic designer, illustrator and caricaturist
• John Hübschmann (1867-1930), lawyer, politician and 1917-1930 Mayor of the City of Chemnitz
• Karl Ernst Hansel (1868-1947), an etcher and painter
• Fritz Reuter (1896-1963), composer, musicologist and educator
• Elfriede Lohse- Wachtler (1899-1940), painter
• Rudolf Braune (1907-1932), writer