Travel

Pho­to: Patrick Eich­ler (DML-BY)

Frauenkirche

As of Octo­ber 30, 2005, the Frauenkirche’s steeple once again dom­i­nates the Dres­den sky­line, sym­bol­iz­ing a remark­able act of inter­na­tion­al rec­on­cil­i­a­tion in the after­math of World War II. The church’s con­se­cra­tion drew world­wide atten­tion, with mil­lions flock­ing to expe­ri­ence its grandeur. Built between 1726 and 1743 accord­ing to the designs of George Bähr, the church’s dis­tinc­tive dome, known as the “stone bell,” trag­i­cal­ly col­lapsed dur­ing the bomb­ings on Feb­ru­ary 15, 1945. Once a poignant anti-war mon­u­ment dur­ing the GDR era, the church has now been beau­ti­ful­ly restored. This mon­u­men­tal project was made pos­si­ble through the gen­eros­i­ty of both Ger­man and inter­na­tion­al donors, mak­ing the Frauenkirche a true sym­bol of peace. Addi­tion­al­ly, the Neu­markt quar­ter is poised to regain its sta­tus as the vibrant his­tor­i­cal cen­ter of the city.
Pho­to: Frank Exß (DML-BY)

Semper Opera House

Renowned as the most famous opera house in Ger­many, Dresden’s Sem­per Opera House is the proud home of the Sax­on State Orches­tra, one of the globe’s old­est and most dis­tin­guished orches­tras. Con­struct­ed by the tal­ent­ed archi­tect Got­tfried Sem­per between 1838 and 1841, this archi­tec­tur­al gem was shut­tered in August 1944 and trag­i­cal­ly destroyed by Allied bomb­ings six months lat­er. The path to its restora­tion was a long and ardu­ous one, leav­ing the cit­i­zens of Dres­den with­out their cher­ished land­mark until 1985. The opera house was cer­e­mo­ni­ous­ly reopened on Feb­ru­ary 13, 1985, pre­cise­ly 40 years after its dev­as­ta­tion, with a stun­ning per­for­mance of “Der Freis­chütz” by Carl Maria von Weber. The “Dres­den­er Fest­tage” in Feb­ru­ary and March 2010 hon­ored the reopen­ing by intro­duc­ing the Dres­den Peace Prize, award­ed to Mikhail Gor­bachev. Fur­ther­more, the Sem­per Opera Ball, a glam­orous event, takes place every Jan­u­ary, solid­i­fy­ing the opera house­’s role in the cul­tur­al fab­ric of the city.

Pho­to: Melanie May (DML-BY)

Zwinger

Con­struct­ed between 1710–28 by archi­tect Pöp­pel­mann and sculp­tor Per­moser, the Zwinger Palace was orig­i­nal­ly meant for court fes­tiv­i­ties and as an orangery, but was lat­er repur­posed for exhi­bi­tions. It is con­sid­ered the finest exam­ple of Late Baroque archi­tec­ture in Ger­many. The Sem­per Gallery was added from 1847–55. Inside the palace, you’ll find the Old Mas­ters Pic­ture Gallery, the Porce­lain Col­lec­tion, and the Muse­um of Math­e­mat­ics and Physics.



Pho­to: Frank Exß (DML-BY)

Saxon Switzerland

Dis­cov­er the breath­tak­ing beau­ty of the Elbe val­ley and table moun­tains from the icon­ic Bastei Rocks. Expe­ri­ence the mag­ic of Rathen’s nat­ur­al open-air the­atre, show­cas­ing opera, the­atre, and Karl May’s cap­ti­vat­ing Amer­i­can Indi­an sto­ries. Explore the his­toric Koenig­stein Fortress and the enchant­i­ng Baroque Gar­den Gross-Sedlitz. Don’t miss Pir­na, the gate­way to Sax­on Switzer­land, and embark on a mem­o­rable jour­ney through the Elbe Sand­stone Moun­tains on a his­toric pad­dle-steam­er.

 

 

Pho­to: Mar­tin Förster (DML-BY)

Dresden Elbland Region

The Sax­on Elbe region is famous for its Sax­on wine, the renowned blue swords of the Meis­sen porce­lain, the Karl May Muse­um, and the steam-dri­ven Loess­nitz val­ley rail­way. To explore the region’s charm­ing towns and cities such as Dres­den, Meis­sen, Riesa, and Tor­gau, the best options are either bik­ing or tak­ing a ride on the steam engine, which the locals endear­ing­ly refer to as the Loess­nitz hound dog.

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