Dresdner Elbhang

Ein kulturhistorischer Spaziergang über das Blaue Wunder nach Loschwitz

Körnerplatz

On the other side and having arrived in Loschwitz, we find ourselves on Körnerplatz, a square surrounded by Wilhelminian-era houses. Like its counterpart on the left bank of the river, it was originally a village square. The namesake, senior consistorial councillor and writer Christian Gottfried Körner, had done what wealthy Dresden citizens had been doing for a long time: He had bought a country house and a vineyard here, an hour's walk from the city. If you walk up the street on the left, you'll come across what is probably the smallest Schiller Museum in the world, a former garden shed in which the poet may have even set foot. Körner and his wife had invited the revered poet to Dresden; in their summer house, he could work undisturbed and, above all, without financial worries; in his Ode to Joy that arose here, he praises his friends for this.
If the street up to the hill is too steep for us, we can also walk down to the right, where the small houses of the old village center still stand, which once belonged to its fishermen, winegrowers, and artisans. Around 1840, the piano teacher Friedrich Wieck lived on the street now named after him. His house was a meeting place for Dresden's musically inclined, who perhaps were hoping for a soirée with his daughter and famous pianist Clara or her soon forgotten half-sister and singer Marie. We walk back past small wine taverns, with the Elbe River behind us, and then take a look at one of Dresden's most beautiful churches.
An kleinen Weinwirtschaften vorbei gehen wir wieder zurück, die Elbe im Rücken, und sehen uns gleich eine der schönsten Dresdner Kirchen an.