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Dresden is the capital of Saxony and a city with a population of 536,000 people. Public transport The city is well developed and includes tram, bus and train services. In this article you will learn how to use public transport in Dresden, how much the fare costs and clearly see maps of tram and bus routes

Below you can see Dresden's tariff zones. The fare depends on which zone you are traveling in. If you only drive around Dresden, then you will need information about zone 10, don’t even think about the rest.

Travel costs in Dresden

All prices in the table below are for travel within one zone 10 ( central part Dresden). Check ticket prices for the other two zones on the Dresden public transport website.

Single trip ticket ( Einzelfahrt): adult ticket € 2.30, child ticket € 1,60.
1 day pass ( Tageskarte): adult ticket € 6.00, child ticket € 5.00.
Group pass for 1 day (maximum 4 people) ( Kleingruppenkarte): € 15,00.
1 day family pass (2 adults and 5 children) ( Familientageskarte): € 9,00.
1 week pass: adult pass € 21.00, child pass € 16.00.
1 month pass: adult pass € 59, child pass € 44.30.
1 year pass: adult pass € 565.80, child pass € 424.20.

Single trip ticket Einzelfahrt gives you the right to travel for 1 hour, during which time you can make any number of transfers to any type of transport. The ticket is valid only after you have validated it in a special machine; all types of tickets must be validated. If you do not pay for the fare, then you will face a fine of € 60, and the controllers will never accept your position; if you did not understand how to buy a ticket or bought the wrong ticket, a fine will be issued in any case.

Where to buy tickets

Travel tickets are sold at ticket machines at 145 stops, 50 of these machines accept credit cards and cash, in other machines you can only pay in cash. All trams have ticket machines, some of which allow you to pay only in small change, and these machines do not sell all types of tickets; usually you can only buy a ticket for one trip or a day pass.

On the bus, you can buy a ticket from the driver.

In addition, tickets are sold in many hotels, tobacco shops and newsstands. Just go to the seller and ask if you can buy a bus ticket: “Kann Ich hier Busticket kaufen?”

On the official website of Dresden public transport Dvb.de you can download current maps of trams and electric trains. On the website you will find out the price of all types of tickets for all zones, the schedule of all routes, and you will be able to navigate optimal route from point A to point B and even find out basic information about the main attractions of Dresden. Do you see in the screenshot below? how I got the route from the Main railway station Dresden to the Bautzner Straße / Rothenburger Straße stop, the site provided information about which tram to take, where to get off and how long the journey will take.

The most important and comfortable view transport in Dresden is the tram. The first trams appeared in Dresden back in 1872, and currently the city has a well-developed tram route, which consists of 13 routes, 154 tram stops, and 210 kilometers of tracks. Dresden's tram fleet consists mainly of modern Flexity Classic Bombardier trams.

The length of the routes ranges from 11 to 38 km. Travel times on various routes between destinations vary from 35 to 80 minutes. Depending on the route, trams run from approximately 4 am to midnight at intervals of 3-15 minutes. On weekends and holidays Traffic intervals are increasing. Some tram routes operate 24 hours a day.

On almost every tram and bus stop you can find a ticket vending machine, route numbers, transport schedules, a city map and sometimes an electronic board that shows the arrival time of a tram for a specific route.

On the map below you can see all of Dresden's tram routes, some important bus routes and a map of the trains that will take you to the suburbs.

When choosing a hotel in Dresden, consider its convenient location to major attractions, shopping and tram lines. I would advise staying somewhere close to the Altmarkt tram stop, such as the good four-star Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe or the Pullman Dresden Newa hotel near Dresden's main station.

Almost every part of the city can be reached by tram, but there are remote areas in the city that can be reached by bus. Dresden's bus network consists of 27 routes. The bus network is quite easy to understand, at every bus stop you will find the same information as at the tram stop. The city has both day and night bus routes. Daytime ones run from approximately 4 am to 10 pm, at intervals of approximately 10-15 minutes, which depend on the time of day and day of the week. Buses in Dresden are new and modern.

Water transport

Dresden has a developed ferry crossing via the Elbe along the following routes: Johannstadt – Neustadt, Niederpoyritz – Laubegast, Kleinzschachwitz – Pillnitz.

One way fare: adult ticket € 1.50, child ticket € 1.00. Return ticket: adult ticket € 2.00, child ticket € 1.50. The crossing time takes only 3 minutes.

Funicular

Not everyone knows that you can admire Dresden from interesting observation platforms, to which the funicular takes you. Observation platforms are at an altitude of 647 meters and 274 meters. The funiculars in the Loschwitz area have been in operation for 100 years. Schwebebahn 274 meter a - this is one of the interesting types of funicular, namely a cable car, in fact it is a monorail, but the car rides under the rail. Standseilbahn 647 meters is a classic funicular, opened back in 1895.

One-way cable car ticket price: adult ticket € 4.00, child ticket € 2.60.
Return ticket price for the funicular: adult ticket € 6.00, child ticket € 3.00.

Trains and stations

In Dresden, as in other German cities, there is a developed network of surface trains - electric trains. Those. You can get around the city by train. There are three routes for electric trains: S1, S2 and S3. Remember, in Germany there are electric trains ( commuter trains) are always indicated by the letter S. You will find approximately 47 stops in Dresden and its surrounding area. Within Dresden you can travel using regular tickets; if you are traveling to another city, it is better to buy tickets at the railway ticket office or from vending machines at railway stations.

Dresden Main Station (Dresden HBF or Dresden Dresden Hauptbahnhof) is Dresden's largest public transport hub. Many main tram and bus routes pass through it. Trains from all over Europe and Germany arrive at this station, for example, trains from Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Nuremberg. International buses also arrive at this station, including buses from Prague, Berlin.

I would like to immediately warn you that tickets for international bus routes will cost you much less than for a train. Bus tickets throughout Europe can be purchased on the website. The site compares ticket prices from all companies for the same destinations and you don’t need to waste time searching for the right bus company. The site is in Russian, payment can be made by card in any currency: Euro, Czech crowns, rubles and hryvnia. Ticket prices for Infobus are the same as on the official websites of bus companies; you won’t overpay a penny. Please note that on popular destinations Cheap tickets sell out very quickly, especially in the summer, so don’t delay your purchase.

Taxi in Dresden

Taxis are included in transport system Dresden. Taxis can drive in special dedicated bus lanes. When traveling by taxi you should consider:

It is more expensive to order a taxi by phone, because... you will need to pay for the paid call.
Most taxis can only be ordered in German.
When calculating, the amount called by the taxi driver must match the amount on the meter, you should be given a receipt and change.
It is better to board a taxi in specially designated taxi parking areas with the appropriate TAXI designation, although they are not always located in a convenient location.

Information on taxi fares in Dresden. The price of a taxi fare does not depend on the number of passengers, but depends on the time of day and the number of traffic jams in the city. Landing cost: € 2.8. Travel price per 1 km: € 1.5 - € 2.0.

Also keep in mind that the taxi meter will count the fee when idle in a traffic jam, at traffic lights or at any other stop.

If someone told our person today something like “do you want to get there quickly and without problems? Get on the tram.”, then of course he would not believe it. By tram and quickly? No, I haven't heard. He slows down at every traffic light, and all sorts of weirdos (read “assholes”) drive out on the road in their nags, borrow them for a left turn, and what the hell can you do to them...

The author of these lines in 2009 in order to be in time for the festive buffet held at the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg, rode the tram for two stops exactly 50 minutes! I didn’t make it to the start of the holiday, but the impression of the St. Petersburg tram remained indelible - I never used it again.

Alas, this is the truth of our tram life today :(
But there are also cities in Europe where the tram is held in high esteem, everyone respects it, everyone gives in to it and everyone uses it! We're talking about German Dresden

Below the cut are a few words about the Dresden tram...

Let's start with the tram route layout. It is thought out with German clarity and logic, and one can only marvel at how well thought out every turn, every stop is...

in the whole city you will not find a street that would be cut off from at least one highway; there is always a stop within a ten-minute walk. To be convinced of this, just look at the dense pattern of tram tracks (yellow lines) running through the entire city

They say that when creating this scheme, some cunning formulas were used, they say that there is a certain “wave”, a temporary wave, “having caught” which, you can drive from one end of the city to the other without waiting for transport for a minute. Everything will fit one after another - it doesn’t matter whether it’s a tram or a bus.

Until recently, old Czech Tatras ran around the city, and a few years ago they were replaced by new German-made trams. By the way, they are collected near Dresden

Over the Elbe...

What surprised me most about the Dresden tram was the respect it received from local authorities. We are unlikely to think of such a thing. Namely:
- under no circumstances should you occupy tram tracks for more than 5 minutes, otherwise you will face a considerable fine. Even if an accident happens, be kind enough to push your car off the tracks and don’t cause inconvenience to others :)
- a special button is installed on the tram's operating console, with which the driver can turn all the traffic lights along his route green and thus make up for possible delays behind the schedule.

This is truly caring about people! For this, German citizens have great respect from me!

There is another special type of transport in Dresden - a freight tram! I haven't seen it live, but Wikipedia shows it like this

Next time I'm in Dresden, I'll definitely look for such a pepelats :)

I probably won’t write about other features of the local tram. There is plenty of information on the Internet about where and how to buy travel tickets, about tariff zones, schedules and intervals... Now just photos of the Dresden tram against the backdrop of city attractions

Public transport in Dresden is distinguished not only by its well-organized German style, but also by its amazing diversity, including rare and outdated types of vehicles.

Urban transport in Dresden is managed by the state-owned company Dresden Transport Corporation (DVB) as well as the Upper Elbe Transport Association (VVO). The basis of the unified urban transport system in Dresden consists of several dozen bus and tram routes, S-Bahn city train lines, river ferries and 2 funiculars.

The public transport schedule in Dresden can be checked or.

Buses and trams in Dresden

12 tram and 27 bus lines () play a leading role in the transport provision of Dresden. Dresden buses (Stadtbus) and trams allow you not only to move freely around the city, but also to explore its most important attractions along the way.

On popular routes, buses and trams run every 15-20 minutes, and on peripheral routes - every 20-30 minutes. At night, the traffic interval may increase several times.

There are special "tourist" routes covering most interesting places Dresden and its suburbs in one trip. These include, in particular, tram routes No. 4 and 9 (review of the most interesting cultural monuments and the best places for, respectively), as well as double-decker Stadtrundfahrt buses departing daily to sightseeing tours from Teatralnaya Square (parking opposite). The cost of a trip on a double-decker sightseeing bus in Dresden is 15 € for 1.5 hours or 32 € for 2.5 hours.

S-Bahn trains in Dresden

There are 3 S-Bahn lines connecting the city with important suburban areas of Dresden:

Line S1 - from Meissen to Schöna, via Pirna (Saxon Switzerland)
Line S2 - from Central Station to International airport Dresden
Line S3 - from Central Station to Tharandt, via Freital

Water city transport in Dresden

River ferries transporting residents and guests of Dresden along the Elbe are considered one of the most romantic types of urban transport. Ferries in Dresden operate all year round, regardless of weather conditions.

In total, there are 5 ferry routes in the city: one car, crossing the Elbe between the Kleinzschachwitz area and Pillnitz Castle, as well as 4 passenger routes, running between the Laubegast area and Niederpoeritz, Johannstadt and Neustadt, the areas of Kossebaude and Radebeul.

Dresden is famous for the fact that in addition to the usual river ferries, it has the largest fleet of historical steam-powered wheeled boats in Europe. Miniature steamers regularly ply upwards (in Saxon Switzerland) and down (to the city of Meissen) along the Elbe.

Central station from which routes depart paddle steamers in Dresden is located opposite one of the city's most popular attractions -. Steamship navigation continues from early April to late October.

Dresden funiculars

In Dresden, there are 2 funiculars of different designs, located in the Elbe Valley. Today it performs not so much the functions of public transport, but rather the role of a popular tourist attraction.

The first of them is called the Dresden Cableway (opened in 1901, length - 256 m) and is a monorail with a suspended cabin. It connects the remote areas of the city - Loschwitz and Oberloschwitz.

The second funicular (began operating in 1985, length - 547 m) connects Loschwitz, located high on the hill, with the neighboring area of villas "White Deer" (Weißer Hirsch). Along the way, the road passes through 2 mountain tunnels.

A one-way trip on the Dresden funicular costs 3 €, and a return trip costs 4 €.

Both routes pass next to the famous Blue Miracle Bridge, and their upper stations represent an ideal observation deck for a panoramic view of Dresden.

Other types of public transport in Dresden

One of the most unusual types of Dresden transport is the narrow-gauge railway (length - 20 km), passing through the territory of Dresden's main park - Grosser Garten. A miniature train rides in summer time large and small visitors to the park, starting from the mid-20th century. On the "park" railway You can find both the usual electric locomotives and a working smaller version of an old steam locomotive.

One more unusual appearance Transport in Dresden can be called horse-drawn carts (Kutschfahrt), which can be seen in the summer in the central squares of the city. Horse-drawn carriages vary in size and shape - from elegant cabs and carriages to bulky double-decker carts designed for large groups of tourists.

A half-hour horseback ride around Dresden will cost an average of 15 € per person.

Tickets and prices

Travel on public transport in Dresden is paid for using universal tickets and travel cards valid for all types of transport. They can be purchased from automatic ticket offices (at stations and stops), from bus and tram drivers, from regular ticket offices (owned by DVB), from some newsagents, and from tourist information centres.

Once purchased, the pass must be validated at the yellow machine (Entwerter) to make it valid. The fine for traveling without a ticket in Dresden is 40 €.

The territory of Dresden and surrounding areas is divided into 21, the intersection of which increases the cost of the ticket. The most popular transport zone No. 10 covers almost the entire territory of Dresden.

Tickets for public transport in Dresden are divided into several types, depending on the duration and distance of the trip.

Most popular types tickets include: single-trip ticket (2.2-7.8 €), 4-trip ticket (5-7.8 €), day ticket (6-13.5 €), as well as Dresden-City passes -Card (valid for 1-5 days and costs 9.9-77 €) and Dresden-Regio-Card (valid for 3 and 5 days, price 49.9-77 €), which additionally entitles you to discounts for visiting many popular attractions and excursions in Dresden.

The center of modern Dresden is a strange sight - randomly scattered buildings of different colors, large wastelands, poorly organized squares, which are essentially the same wastelands.

No, of course, the famous Dresden buildings have been restored: the Zwinger, Royal Palace, Brühl Terrace, even after 60 years – Frauenkirche. But this is a drop in the ocean of a big city.

Looking at the center of Dresden, you wonder: was there any post-war urban plan? Did architects even participate in this spontaneous development? Why did they torture the body of the city so much, breaking the historical grid of streets?

But Dresden was one of the most beautiful cities Germany. Was. Until February 13, 1945.

We have amazing DVD films “Old Dresden from the Tram Window” at home. We don’t know for what purposes they were intended, but archival films with filming of Dresden streets, made in the 1920s from the driver’s cabin on several tram routes, have been preserved, and along the entire route from the starting point of the route to the final stop.

Just imagine, you are sitting on a tram, and narrow crowded streets with dense multi-storey buildings, boulevards, elegant squares are passing by...

Inspired by what we saw in the films, we made an attempt to find at least some crumbs and, calling on our imagination to help, take a walk through the non-existent Dresden.

The era of greenery in Germany was accompanied by a construction boom. Public buildings, banks, churches, and apartment buildings appeared like mushrooms after rain. Solid and strong, overloaded with decoration and sculpture, they continued the traditions of Renaissance-Baroque architecture existing in the city.

In the Aussere Neustadt area, an example of the complex development of the Martin-Luther-Platz square (1879-98, Ernst Giese & Bernhard Paul Weidner) has been preserved. In the center of the square measuring 75x160 m in the public garden stands the Martin Luther Church / Martin-Luther-Kirche.

Along the perimeter of the square, 4- and 5-story residential buildings stand shoulder to shoulder.

In principle, the neighborhoods of the Dresden era are not very different from similar ones in many European cities.

Not far from the square there is Bautzner-Strasse / Bautzner Strasse.

In one of the houses on this street there is the famous “Pfund Brothers Dairy Store”, founded in 1891 and retaining the appearance it received in 1910. In 1997, the store was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as “the best and most beautiful dairy store in the world.” .

And this is no coincidence. Just imagine an interior with 250 (!!!) square meters of hand-painted tiles from Villeroy & Boch!

One thing is bad - photography is not encouraged in the store, and therefore in our archive there is only one photo from the street and a couple of shots inside.

Even the street arch leading to the courtyard is also tiled.

To illustrate the amazing interiors of the Pfund dairy, here are a few photographs from the purchased brochure.

During restoration work:

This is what almost empty shelves looked like during the economic crisis in the GDR in the mid-70s.

And this is what the dairy looks like today.

Interior details:

In the same 1870-1880s, a prestigious area of villas was built, the so-called “Swiss Quarter”, the remains of which can be found among the Dresden “Khrushchev” buildings (Leubnitzer Strasse, Altenzeller Strasse).

Once upon a time, there were diplomatic residences in this respectable area.

The former building of the Russian diplomatic mission (Lucasstrasse, 6) was built in 1897 (architect Ludwig Wilhelm Lippold).

The Russian Orthodox Church (Fritz-Löffler-Strasse, 19) is a short walk away. The temple was built in 1872-74. architect Harald Julius von Bosse, also known as Harald Ernestovich Bosse, who left a significant mark on the architecture of St. Petersburg.

Before World War II, there were also Anglican and American churches in this area, but, for obvious reasons, only the Russian one was restored. True, now she found herself standing on an “island” in the middle of a wide highway.

But the Evangelical Church of St. Luke / Lucaskirche (Lucasplatz, 1891, architect Georg Weidenbach) was restored in a simplified form in the 1960s.

Next to the Church of St. Luke there is a strange object - dilapidated external walls, no roof, inside there is a forest of trees, and on the wall there is a sign of an architectural monument...

However, our man would not be surprised by such a state of the monument!

By the beginning of the 20th century, Dresden acquired new train stations. On the site of the Bohemian Station, the monumental Main Station / Hauptbahnhof (1892-97, architect Ernst Giese, Paul Weidner) appeared.

The impressive sandstone façade is topped by a glass dome.

At the top is the sculptural group “Saxony”.

Adjacent to the station building was the Royal Pavilion, which was later converted into a cinema.

On the site of the Silesian train station, the building of the Neustadt station / Bahnhof Neustadt (Schlesischer Platz, 1, 1898-1901, architect Osmar Dürichen) grew up.

By the way, both stations were and remain through. To prevent railway tracks from becoming an obstacle to street traffic and trams, the rails are laid on high viaducts.

Near the Neustadt station, a metal viaduct has been preserved - the same age as the station.

In 1899, in the Dresden district of Neustadt, the Covered Market / Markthalle Neustadt (Ritterstrasse/Metzer Strasse, architect Edmund Bräter) appeared on the site of military barracks. The building was restored in 2000.

On the other bank of the Elbe, near the Marienbruecke bridge, there are the production and warehouse buildings of the Jenidze Tobacco Factory (Weißeritzstr., 3, architect Hermann Martin Hammitzsch), built in 1907. Today there is a hotel here, and concerts of fairy tale readers are held in the glass dome!

Fence fragment:

Entrance from the courtyard:

Design of building entrances from the street:

The windows on different floors are different.

In the second half of the 19th century, active construction of buildings for government and municipal institutions began.

Ministry of Finance (Carolaplatz, 1, 1890-94, architect Otto Wanckel):

State Chancellery (Archivstrasse, 1, 1900-04, architect Edmund Waldow, Heinrich Tscharmann):

Police Department building (Schießgasse, 7, 1895-1900, architect Julius Temper):

Three characters look out at pedestrians from the façade above the entrance to the building.

The third character is especially impressive...

New Town Hall / Neues Rathaus (Dr.-Külz-Ring, 1905-1910, architect Karl Roth, Edmund Bräter):

The complex of the Main State Archives / Hauptstaatsarchiv (Archivstrasse, 14, 1911-1915, architect Ottomar Reichelt, Heinrich Koch) consists of three buildings: a storage facility, an archive department and an entrance pavilion.

The archival office and entrance pavilion are typical representatives of the eclectic style.

But the most remarkable of the entire complex is the storage building - this is already the product of new architectural trends.

The unusual shape of the building is due to the pentagonal plot allocated for construction.

A clear vertical division of the facades, wide ribbons of windows, and minimalist decor give the building solidity, but without a feeling of heaviness.

Fire station "Neustadt" / Feuerwache Neustadt (Louisenstrasse, 16, 1916, architect Hans Erlwein) is a long symmetrical building with two projections and a low tower on the roof.

Between the arches of the first floor are medallions with images of Lightning, Wind, Water, Guardian and Arsonist.

On the pediment of the risalits there are bas-reliefs “Fire” and “Drought”.

The rear façade of the fire department building, facing a parallel street, looks quite modest.

Built 1911-13 The Drama Theater / Schauspielhaus (Theaterstrasse, 2, architect William Lossow, Hans Max Kühne) bears little resemblance to the magnificent Opera: smooth plastered walls plus some sculpture.

Judging by the surviving or restored Dresden buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the favorite styles were neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance. The meeting with representatives of the Saxon Jugendstil in the Äußere Neustadt area was a complete surprise.

Three neighboring apartment buildings (Katharinenstrasse, 1,3,5) were built in 1902-03. the same architect Friedrich Wilhelm Hertzsch.

House No. 1:

House No. 3:

House No. 5:

Then a villa with Art Nouveau decor was discovered (Zeunerstrasse, 82/84).

This villa stands among the remains of a low-rise housing estate built in the early 20th century.

After the First World War, the exuberance of Dresden's architectural decoration was tamed, and exuberance was replaced by minimalism. These changes can be clearly seen in the complex of buildings of the Dresden Technical University.

The huge, castle-like building of Georg Schumann / Georg-Schumann-Bau (Münchner Platz, 1-3, 1902-1907, architect Oskar Kramer) was originally built for the Land Court, and was given to the university during the GDR era.

Also not at all small, the Beyer-Bau building (Georg-Bähr-Strasse, 1) was built in 1910-1913. Martin Dülfer.

On the facade, facing brick alternates with colored sandstone.

“Volume” (“faceted”) windows:

Sculpture:

Completes the building high tower observatory.

To be honest, we specifically went to the Technical University to look at the works of Martin Dülfer from the Dresden period. Before this, we were well aware of his Munich buildings.

Martin Dülfer, a leading and very successful architect of the Munich Jugendstil, moved to Dresden in 1906, where he headed the department of the Higher Technical School (as the Technical University was previously called). The architect died in Dresden in 1942 at the age of 83. His widow died during a bombing in February 1945, and at the same time the entire personal archive of the architect, his projects and drawings burned down.

The Fritz Förster-Bau building (Mommsenstrasse, 6) was built in 1917-1926. the same Martin Dulfer, but it seems that he is a completely different person.

The building has strict geometric shapes.

The facade, dissected by blades, is lined with clinker bricks.

Modest decorations in the form of “braids” made of brick.

And only the sinuous ornament reminds of the architect’s past passion for Art Nouveau.

A good example of Dresden architecture of the 1920s is the “City Council on Theater Street” / Stadthaus Theaterstrasse (Theaterstrasse, 11-13, 1922-23, architect Ludwig Wirth) - a rounded six-story building, faced with dark artificial stone.

The first Dresden “business center” - Hochhaus (Albert-Platz, 2a, architect Hermann Paulick) - was built in 1929.

One of the best Dresden buildings of this period is the German Hygiene Museum / Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (Lingnerplatz, 1, 1928-30, architect Wilhelm Kreis).

Although all these buildings are scattered and scattered, they still give an idea of what Dresden looked like before February 1945 - a large, rich, well-equipped city, which in a few hours turned into nothing...

Unfortunately, Dresden failed to rise from the ashes. There were some urban planning plans in the 1950s, and their implementation even began.

In 1952, the architects were given the task of creating a vast area for demonstrations. The choice fell on the oldest square Dresden Altmarkt / Old Market. The area was increased three times, as a result of which the streets adjacent to it disappeared from the city map.

Along the western and eastern sides of the square, seven-story residential buildings were built with shops and restaurants on the lower floors (Altmarkt, 1953-56, architect Herbert Schneider, Johannes Rascher).

The western side of the square is closed former building department store “Centrum” / “Centrum” (Altmarkt, 25, 1956, architect Alexander Künzer).

On the northern side of the square it was planned to build a high-rise building similar to the one in Moscow, but the project was not implemented.

In its place in 1962-69. The Palace of Culture / Kulturpalast (Schloßstrasse, 2, architect Wolfgang Hänsch, Herbert Löschau, Heinz Zimmermann), a compact building made of glass and concrete, appeared.

On the façade facing Schloßstrasse there is a large panel “The Path of the Red Banner” / “Weg der roten Fahne”.

The south side of the square remained undeveloped until the 2000s.

In place of the narrow street running through the city center from west to east, a wide highway (Wilsdruffer Strasse) was laid. Apparently, it was planned to create a single ensemble on this street, but only a few plots were built up, and the rest was left to the mercy of fate.

In different parts of the city in the 1950s, several buildings of good architecture appeared. For example, the Higher School of Technology and Economics, formerly the Higher School of Transport (Friedrich-List-Platz, 1, 1954-60, architect Richard Paulik, Friedrich Wilhelm Wurm).

But they did not change the “weather” in the city.

By the way, another witness of that era has been preserved on Albert-Platz - a stop pavilion.

In the 1960s, they made another attempt to create a ceremonial ensemble by arranging a shopping and pedestrian street - Prager Strasse / Prazhskaya.

This was once the most elegant street in Dresden: beautiful houses, expensive fashion stores, sophisticated cafes. Now on one side, facing the street, there are three panel hotel buildings. Between them are low “glass buildings” with shops and catering establishments.

On the other side, a seemingly endless monotonous 12-story residential building stretches for 240 meters.

The fountain slightly enlivens the landscape.

A very extraordinary building on Prager Strasse is the Round Cinema / Rundkino (1970-72, architect Gerhard Landgraf, Waltraud Heischkel), which ended up in a semi-backyard as a result of the new construction boom.

The round rotunda with a diameter of 50 meters and a height of 20 meters brings pleasant variety to the world of right angles. The first floor of the building is glass. At the second floor level there is a hanging ornament made of a metal profile.

The top of the building resembles a zebra - light stripes of white enameled metal alternate with the dark surface of the walls, optically increasing the height of the building.

Alas, one building does not save the view of the street...

In the 2010s, the complex of buildings of the Centrum shopping gallery fit very well into the Prager Strasse ensemble.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Dresden architects and builders generally seemed to go to great lengths.

Then the unification of the two Germanys broke out, and the new buildings of the 1990s and 2000s, created in the wake of capital pouring into Dresden, brought even greater chaos.

The result is disastrous - for now Dresden remains an absolutely faceless city. "The king is dead." And for now there is no hope of ever continuing: “Long live the King!”

The path was blocked with a metal mesh for a reason unknown to us - most likely due to weather conditions. Soon a young couple joined us - the guy and girl were also upset by the inability to continue moving. The young man was somehow able to squeeze into a narrow gap between two metal barriers and went further to investigate - we did not wait for the results of his search and turned back.

In principle, a walk in the forest itself brings a lot of pleasure. Stepping away from the path, I discovered a blueberry tree - there were no berries on the bushes, but there was no doubt that there had been a good harvest this year. Nature reminded me very much Nizhny Novgorod region Russia - pine forest, clean fresh air, mushrooms and berries. Thinking for a second, you can forget that you are in Germany and not in your homeland.

The way back took another 30 minutes, almost reaching the Rathen resort, we turn left and soon find Amselsee. This lake was hidden between rocks deep in the forest and was created artificially in the 20th century by building a dam. Now the water is poured out through a small hole with a diameter of 50 centimeters, and in case of a sharp increase in the level in the lake there are special release mechanisms.

Anyone can rent a boat or catamaran; a half-hour rental costs 3 € and 4.5 € respectively. We rented an ordinary boat and slowly headed to the center of the lake. Ira really liked using the oars, so I moved to the stern and photographed neighboring ships, ducks and nature. Half an hour flew by unnoticed and now we moored to the pier, thanked the rental employee for his help (he held the boat while we got out of it ashore) and headed to the ferry. Along the way, we noticed small artificial reservoirs, in which, as it turned out, trout were bred. There are cafes nearby where, at your request, freshly caught fish will be fried, boiled or prepared in some other way. IN tourist season There are practically no empty seats in the cafe; we didn’t plan to have lunch here, so we passed by the establishments.

It is impossible to describe how beautiful and cozy small German villages such as the resort of Rathen are. Many houses with characteristic orange roofs are surrounded by flowers and greenery. There are front gardens everywhere, pots with plants on the windows, and small figures of gnomes and other fairy-tale characters everywhere. People live calmly and measuredly, they are not in a hurry.

But we had to hurry: the ferry very quickly filled with people and the last few people could not get on it: the ferry worker blocked the passage with a rope right in front of their noses. And after a couple of minutes we found ourselves on the other side and went to railway station. Since the time was approximately 16 hours, we decided to visit another settlement - Bad Schandau. The next station after it is Schöna, which is the final stop of the S1 train, then the Czech Republic begins. We were not going to the Czech Republic that day, but got off at the Bad Schandau station.

I found out on the Internet that somewhere here is the only “forest tram” in the world. Electrified tracks are laid along the Kirnitzsch river, in the middle of the forest. We decided to search for this tourist attraction, for this we again needed to get to the opposite bank. We didn't know that our day ticket valid for the ferry to Bad Schandau, this became clear in the evening at the hotel. Having made an unfortunate mistake, we purchase a round-trip ticket for 2 € each and take a 5-minute walk along the Elbe.

Passers-by did not give clear answers to our questions about the tram; many were tourists themselves and did not have such information. Tipsy local waved his hand in the direction from the river and we realized that it was better to navigate by the signs. With great difficulty, having made a decent detour, we find final stop Kirnitzschtalbahn is the name of the local line. Here we are faced with another disappointment - the tram has just left, and the nearest and last trip for today to the Lichtenhain Falls will only be in an hour. I was about to turn around and go back, but Ira persuaded me to wait.

While waiting for transport, we watched a young married couple with a small child. The young mother decided to carry out hygienic procedures for her child and found nothing better than to bathe him in a cold stream - the same Kirnitzsch River. It should be noted that the child never cried, and after he was dried and changed, he began to swagger and have fun. His mother also did various tricks on the grass - everyone was happy.

After sitting on a bench for about 40 minutes, we were eventually able to ride a forest tram and visit the waterfall. Tourists on last flight there was very little, there were only a few people in the carriage besides us. The final station in the forest was also not crowded. Since we didn’t know how far away the object we were interested in was, we asked the driver if we had enough time (the flight back was in 20 minutes)? To which he laughed and assured that 1 minute was enough to reach the corner of the house. In fact, after walking 30 meters we saw a small waterfall: apparently there had been no rain for a long time and it had lost its former strength.

Returning back, I thought that the Germans are trying to preserve monuments, historical objects, and give them new life and turn into tourist attractions. Several times the Kirnitzschtalbahn forest tram was threatened with closure, but residents defended it. In Russia it’s easier to close something, demolish it, or hide it from people in one way or another. So, thinking about the peculiarities of the relationship to history, we got to the Bad Schandau station, from where we took the train to Dresden.