Schloß Albrectsberg (1850/54), from the flood plain on the southern bank of the Elbe. If the garden seems to be in need of work, your eyes do not deceive you. But efforts are being made to rejuvenate this castle.
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Castles along the Elbe at Dresden
Along the north bank of the Elbe, a little to the east of central Dresden, are three very impressive castles. I do not know their history, but they were built between 1850 and 1861. They are in various states of repair, or disrepair. Leo and I just had to cross the Elbe and visit all three.
Schloß Albrectsberg (1850/54), from the flood plain on the southern
bank of the Elbe. If the garden seems to be in need of work, your eyes
do not deceive you. But efforts are being made to rejuvenate this castle.
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An old photograph of Schloß Albrectsberg, from across the Elbe, on
the bank. The extent of the gardens and out-buildings shows the amount
of the restoration still needed.
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Activity! Something moving in. One can hope it is not aluminum
windows.
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A closeup look at the other side of Schloß Albrectsberg. This
inner garden is in reasonable shape.
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Villa Stockhausen (1850/53). This villa has put the south-facing slope
to good use, as a vineyard. It seems that there have been many more
active wine-making areas in the former DDR than just the Saale-Unstrut.
Very nice wine, too, as I found out.
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The north side of the villa. A look at the windows will show that this
villa is not occupied. It seemed as if there is a little activity;
that someone has decided to save this villa from becoming a ruin. The
damage done to the beautiful castles of the neue Länder by the former
DDR is one of the real shames of that government. What were the Volk
thinking!?! How could they use beautiful structures and not maintain
them? Were they admitting that they were lesser people than their
forefathers?
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Another view of the Villa Stockhausen.
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Schloß Eckberg (1859/61) as seen from the flood plain. This
Schloß is now a hotel.
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The maintenance is very good. The hotel is very expensive, so Leo and
I did not stop -- even for a cup of coffee.
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I got the picture shown above from this web site --
http://www.aufgelesen.net/archives/000188.html
A winter scene, about 500 meters east of where Leo took our pictures. The
Elbe River cannot be seen, but it is in front of the brick wall at the foot
of the hill. The flat area where we, and this photographer (Ulrich
van Stipriaan), were standing is a flood plain. The city of Dresden
must have gotten some advice on flood water handling from the Dutch.
The title of the picture: Elbschlösser in Dresden - von links: Schloss
Albrechtsberg, Villa Stockhausen, Schloss Eckberg.
Aufgenommen am 14.2.1999. Bild: UVS
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