EDITION 2021

MAGAZIN DRESDEN

CONCERTS ON THE RIVER ELBE The city is celebrating several anniversaries. We take a look at the music highlights for 2021.

Beauty as a CAMPERS WELCOME Travelling by caravan way of life is all the rage. Dresden and the Elbland are MANY PEOPLE SIMPLY SAY perfect for it. DRESDEN IS “BEAUTIFUL!” WHY IS THAT SO? ADVERT EDITORIAL — 3

DRESDEN’S NEW CENTRE: Dear readers, A POWERHOUSE OF ART, CULTURE & CREATIVITY e completed this issue at the end of a rather unu- features on museums, exhibitions and concerts in the Wsual year. The Corona virus caused major disrup- “Florence on the Elbe” should tempt you to want more. Today, the city’s creative heart beats where tion to our cultural, working and social lives – Let us show you that Dresden is particularly attractive Dresden used to generate its electricity. Accord- and 2021 will probably have its own surprises in store, in the open air with sports on the picturesque routes of too. Regardless of all that, though, Dresden will never the local running scene (p.51), the romance of camping ing to DREWAG’s (Dresden’s public utility compa- fail to be worth a visit. The characteristics that, for cen- in the centre of the city (p.44), magnificent views of ny) master plan, the former power station – turies, have given Dresden the reputation for being one the Dresden skyline (p. 13) and the spirit of adventure which is an imposing industrial monument from of Germany’s most beautiful cities will continue to do so: following Karl May’s tracks, the famous author of Wild the 19th century – has been transformed to its picturesque location in the Elbe Valley, the unmistak- West novels, through the Lößnitzgrund (p. 48). able skyline – thanks to its many architectural features – house the Dresden State Operetta, the tjg. theat- the outstanding concert programme and the city’s In 2021’s music calendar (from p.30) there is no end to er junge generation, the Dresden College of famous museums with their magnificent art treasures. the highlights in the programme, which is ready to go. Music, the Heinrich-Schütz-Conservatory, the But if there should be changes, then you can learn some- “It isn’t that easy to be as beautiful as you look,” the thing from Dresden’s natives, as Jan Vogler explains in Heinrich-Böll-Foundation and many other crea- actress Sharon Stone once said. She was referring to his personal tales (p.30). The audience is always ready tives. What once was a central heating plant is being a beautiful woman, but her observation can be for surprises, he says – all that matters is that it’s going now a coworking space and it also houses the applied to other things too. With that in mind, we are to be good. So, in that sense, whatever happens in 2021 fashionable restaurant “Kulturwirtschaft”, which focussing this issue on the external and internal beauty Dresden will most certainly be beautiful. of a city in general and on Dresden in particular (from attracts visitors with its diverse menu and pro- p.10). The atmosphere and life that pulsates within a city We hope you enjoy reading. gramme, and “Zentralkino”, Dresden’s central are what make it beautiful. And Dresden is beautiful be- art house cinema. It is a pulsating urban quarter cause of all the things you can do and experience there. Best wishes from the editorial team where all generations and cultures meet – a new No surprise, then, that there are plans for 2021 too. The magnet right at the heart of Dresden.

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18 A brush with the old masters: bringing some 44 Dresdeners from the past up to date Nature, culture, pleasure & atmosphere: why the Elbland is so popular with campers

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06 Highlights for 2021 History and science fi ction, hiking and pleasure: your plan for the year ahead 09 Between two appointments A chat with mayor Dirk Hilbert

FEATURE 34 14 3 questions to...  e best confectionary was Marion Ackermann about born out of an emergency 85 years of the “Domino dice” beauty, change and the Grüne Gewölbe (Green Vault)

16 Magic in numbers FAMILY & LEISURE Twelve facts about the beauty 42 Dresden Zwinger Xperience of “Florence on the Elbe” CULTURE INDULGENCE How to enjoy the history of 24 e Dresden treatment 36 Sweet love a baroque masterpiece Ten must-know addresses Master baker Michael Wippler 48 e call of the Lößnitzgrund Some say that beauty for beauty and wellness on Saxony’s legendary baking Visiting celebrated novelist was invented in 10 26 e bicentenary of the culture Karl May’s stamping ground Dresden. But what is “Freischütz” opera 51 Runner’s High beauty? In search of SCIENCE & BUSINESS an elusive quality… Dresden celebrates Carl Maria Why Dresden has become von Weber’s masterpiece 38 Life science Germany’s running capital 30 Music year 2021 Biotech companies explore Top guests and the tradition the key to good health For even more on Dresden visit for experimentation 40 e essence of Dresden 32 e sound of Dresden  e story of a traditional company dresden-magazin.com  e city has many voices and its 111 eventful years

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DEUTSCHES HYGIENE-MUSEUM DRESDEN 2021 DATES

Real Science-Fiction FROM MARCH – 8 AUGUST Fascinated by space?: The “To the Stars” Software programs that learn by them- exhibition explores distant galaxies selves and virtual helpers are increasingly verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de becoming an integral part of our everyday life – and are socially controversial. The 24 – 25 APRIL “Artifi cial Intelligence” exhibition at the “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden shows comes to the Kulturpalast with a film screening. what we know now and takes a look into the dresdnerphilharmonie.de future to try to fi nd answers to urgent ques- EXCELLENT TOP-LEVEL RESEARCH tions such as: What risks are associated with 16 – 23 MAY

cc by Adam R. Harvey and Jules LaPlace, 2019; Martin Förster (DML-BY) the use of algorithms and what potential do The Dixieland Festival Dresden 2020 and its they off er? How do these technologies aff ect 50-year-anniversary should have been a big City of the future the right to self-determination, social justice party. Now, celebrations will take place in 2021. and even geopolitical conditions? How do the dixielandfestival-dresden.com Dresden has long been a city of inven- immense energy and raw material require- tors. The fi lter bag, the bra and tooth- ments of digital technologies measure up to 6 JUNE paste were all born here and innovation KUNSTHALLE IM LIPSIUSBAU their real eff ects? Dance in perfection: the three-part ballet evening continues today with over 200 patent “Playlist” celebrates its premiere on 6 June. applications fi led annually by Dresden’s 11 Sep 2021-28 Aug 2022, Deutsches semperoper.de Technical University alone. Yet the GERMAN DESIGN Hygiene Museum Dresden, Lingnerplatz 1, university is only one of a number of 01069 Dresden, dhmd.de 26 JUNE – 31 AUGUST

top scientifi c addresses. In Dresden, Infl uenced by Bauhaus and Werkbund, German de- Photos: Heliathek/Tim Deussen; SKD, Gunter Binsack; MegaPixels. The “Film Nights on the Elbe banks” in front of solutions for global challenges such as sign attained worldwide signifi cance at the begin- MEISSEN the famous silhouette of Dresden’s old town are climate change are being developed: new ning of the 20th century. But after the war, a divided considered the most beautiful open-air cinema types of e-mobility batteries, fuel made Germany meant that the development of German events in Europe. from plastic waste and a carbon concrete design was diff erent in the eastern and western filmnaechte.de composite for more sustainable real parts of the country. Now, for the fi rst time, and CASTLE FESTIVAL estate are just three examples. Research, more than 30 years after Germany’s reunifi cation, 23 – 25 JULY an innovative spirit and entrepreneurial the German design history of the post-war period is The Albrechtsburg Castle rises majestically from Meissen’s landscape at the foot of the Bike shows, city rides, biker parades: fans of fl air have gone hand in hand to transform being examined in a large, comprehensive exhibi- Elbe river. Germany’s oldest castle is truly impressive. That alone is reason enough to visit the cult machines get into the swing of things Dresden into a green-tech-city. tion. The diff erent ways of life on both sides of the the Neuen Burgfestspiele (New Castle Festival), which will take place in the historic at Harley Days Dresden. Wall are clearly explained as well as the many paral- castle courtyard from 12 to 27 June. The harley-days-dresden.de More information about this science lels and cross-references that connected design in programme is impressive, too. Here are just location: dresden.de/tomorrowshome the East and West. At the same time, the exhibition three examples of what’s on off er: the roman- 8 OCTOBER – 14 AUGUST 2022 wants to do away with simplifi cations. GDR design tic opera “Der Freischütz” will be shown on In the fast lane with 50 ccm: the Dresden made of colourful cheap plastic opposed to cool 18 June – exactly 200 years to the day of its Transport Museum is dedicating a special functionalism in the FRG is an extremely clichéd premiere at the Königliches Schauspielhaus exhibition to the legendary Simson motorbike. picture of post-war German design. Berlin (more on p. 26). The following day, the verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de Elbland Philharmonic Orchestra presents 15 Oct 2021-20 Feb 2022, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, unforgettable fi lm themes with “Morricone 25 NOVEMBER – 24 DECEMBER Georg-Treu-Platz 1, 01067 Dresden, lipsiusbau.skd. and more”. And on 21 June, the Leipzig actor Germany’s oldest Christmas market, the Dresden museum/exhibitions/deutsches-design-1949-1989 Tom Pauls will present his light-hearted and Striezelmarkt, opens for the 587th time. steamy delights with a second edition of his striezelmarkt.dresden.de baroque love revue “Däschdlmäschdl auf e “Senftenberger Ei”: an armchair with a foldable backrest Sächsisch”. Subject to change without notice. You can find Design: Peter Ghyczy, 1968 current information in the events calendar neue-burgfestspiele-meissen.de veranstaltungen.dresden.de 8  TO START TO START 9 BETWEEN TWO APPOINTMENTS A CHAT WITH MAYOR DIRK HILBERT No! Instead, there were Well, like it used to be lots of crisis meetings I think that the pandemic is going That was quite diff erent at to change many things in the long CRISIS CAN the beginning of 2020 run, too – tourism and how we TEACH YOU A LOT Yes. We’re spending a lot of time communicate for example overcoming this crisis What would you like to happen in What are the main focus points? the “new normal”? How can we restart I would be pleased to see that culture and economy? we are keeping the awareness that Dirk Hilbert (FDP) we are strong as a society, as it was What does our fi nancial future look like? WINE, HIKING has been the mayor of during the lockdown weeks Dresden since 2015 AND LEARNING What is the most challenging Because the challenges thing these days? won’t get smaller The hiking trail from Pirna to Hello, Mr Mayor CULTURAL INDUSTRIES Patience and perseverance. Just What exactly do you mean? Hello Diesbar-Seußlitz off ers over being active doesn’t really help here Where are you right now? We have to tackle climate change. 90 kilometres of wine knowledge. But? Globally as well as locally ENJOY EATING IN STYLE In my electric car driving The issues need to be worked Starting in early 2021, wine hikers to a city council meeting And keep growing economically Eat out where Dresden’s artists and actors meet at the newly opened on with a lot of sensitivity at the same time can stop at ten information points Luckily, you’ve got a driver… restaurant Kulturwirtschaft at Kraftwerk Mitte’s site. The 125-year-old Our magazine deals a lot with the Education, digitalisation and and – by scanning a QR code – store, which served as a social meeting place, has been impressively Oh yes. I can beauty of Dresden. Can you still see integration are other key issues renovated. The restaurant presents a symbiosis of modern industrial work hands free it when you are on your way to your Do you see Dresden in a rather fi nd out about the history, sights charm and baroque excess. Golden chandeliers and ceiling chandeliers Or send text messages appointments? diffi cult or a rather good starting dating from 1830 set the stage for tables and chairs in industrial chic. and overnight accommodation Yes, if I’m not texting you, that is position? Vintage tiles, large-format paintings and lavish plant arrangements using an audio guide. A further Has your daily work routine changed In a very good starting position. round off the extravagant aesthetics. The menu includes down-to- Sorry signifi cantly since the outbreak of the Dresden is not only beautiful 20 stations are to be added. earth dishes with regional products, cakes from traditional Dresden pandemic? No Problem. I particularly enjoy pastry shops and exquisite wines from the Saxon Elbe valley. A bar & the city when I’m cycling to the Many of Europe’s best thinkers live and work here weinwandern-sachsen.de cigar lounge has been set up in the salon. It is an informal place with an Defi nitely. Quite signifi cantly townhall early in the morning actually since March 2020 exclusive view of the Theatergasse street. So many things are changing so But now I need to head off Suddenly, my diary was empty because quickly at the moment. Will Dresden to the next meeting Kulturwirtschaft, Kraftwerk Mitte 16, so many events had to be called off ever return to the old “normal”? Ok. Thanks for the chat! And all the 01067 Dresden, kulturwirtschaft-kuhnt.de So, work got less? What is “normal” anyway best to you in a big city like this? PRAETORIUS YEAR

It is not entirely certain whether the 450th birthday celebration the Electoral Court only once, when Duke Heinrich Julius, regent of of Michael Praetorius will take place in 2021. Although musicol- the principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel as well as Praetori- ogists are now relatively unanimous that the composer came us’s employer, died in 1613. No music was allowed to be played in into the world in 1571 as Michael Schultheiss in Creuzburg near Wolfenbüttel during the year of mourning. The court conductor was Eisenach, neither the year nor the day can be completely verifi ed. granted leave of absence and was instead allowed to present his © akg-images / arkivi Nevertheless, the safe option here is to nominate 2021 works in Dresden, where he clearly left his mark. © Alpha Stock / Alarmy Stock Foto Alpha Stock / © as the Praetorius year: it is fi rmly established His memory is still cherished today – not only in the anniversary that the composer died in Wolfenbüttel in year. In 2021 however, the Frauenkirche’s chamber choir is planning 1621, exactly 400 years ago. The writer four Praetorius concerts. The Museum für sächsische Volkskunst of protestant church music, including (museum for Saxon folk art) will host a spring (27 Mar) and a the popular psalm setting of “Es ist ein Christmas concert (28 Nov) with a Praetorius programme. And in Hitler‘s Elite Warriors? Ros entsprungen”, shaped an entire January, the Dresdner Kammerchor (Dresden Chamber Choir) is era. Praetorius was particularly fond hoping to record a CD that contrasts multi-choral compositions by The Myth of the German Paratroopers of visiting Dresden, the Elbe metrop- the great man with works by the contemporary Danish composer olis, regularly. However, the musician Per Norgard – to show how modern Michael Praetorius still sounds SPECIAL EXHIBITION spent a signifi cant amount of time at 400 years after his death. Schmidt Michael Roehner/Kulturwirtschaft; Holm Photos: March 2021 – January 2022 10 — FEATURE

And what is beauty anyway? Some say it is in the eye of the beholder. So, Eco’s quotation adds a little zest to our imagined dinner party. A quick Google search for “Germany’s most beautiful city” shows that the various top-ten- DANCING FOR TOLERANCE ratings disagree on which holds the first place. However, many of the names in those hitlists What makes a society “beautiful”? This reappear and Dresden is often among them – question may sound bizarre, but “beau- which is in itself quite remarkable since Ger- tiful” is often used when ethical or even many has some 80 major cities. There seems political issues are at stake. “We think it’s beautiful when people of all backgrounds to be some agreement on what a “beautiful” So are allowed to live their dreams and be city is. But what is “beauty”? together with the person they love,” says THERE’S AN OPPOSITE FOR Valentin Neumann. He is the spokesman EVERYTHING for the Tolerave association, which has been organising the “Tolerade” since 2015. lovely!Text Till Schröder — Illustrations Gisela Goppel Philosophers have long since been concerning “Diversity and talking to each other – we themselves with this question. Immanuel think that’s a beautiful ideal for a society.” Kant, a philosopher of the Enlightenment, ar- In 2019, around 10,000 people danced to According to all the surveys, Dresden is ticulated one of the modern age’s most well- DJs and their music on 17 trucks, not just known theses some 230 years ago. His most in Dresden’s hip Neustadt district, but also Germany’s most beautiful city. But is that famous claim was that beauty was experi- in the baroque old town. It was important true? And what is beauty anyway? Dresden enced as “disinterested pleasure”. Many im- to the organisers to bring the cosmopol- holds the answers to these important questions. pressions can trigger pleasure, for example the itan nature of Dresden’s club culture to sight of a lovingly prepared meal. However, as wide an audience as possible. Socially In search of an elusive quality there is an “interest” behind this kind of committed clubs use the trucks to draw pleasure, in this example it is appetite. So that attention to their cause. At the after-par- magine the scence: you’re visiting Dresden, kind of pleasure is not “uninterested”. Pure ties in the state capital’s clubs, the inclu- eating out in one of the many restaurants beauty is revealed when one simply pays at- sive and life-affirming activity continues. I The DJs donate their fees to charity and in with your friends and everyone is talking tention to a beautiful thing and, in the best about the city you’re in. Suddenly, someone case, recognises a harmonious whole to which 2019, around 45,000 euros were raised for smiles and throws in a quote from Italian nothing can be added or taken away. This charitable causes. novelist Umberto Eco: “The people of Dres- sometimes takes time and effort. Who of us In 2020, workshops and discussions were den don’t ask you if you like the city. They tell hasn’t experienced finding a highly praised planned in addition to the rallies, but they fell victim to Corona along with the parade. you.” The locals certainly seem sure of their work of art to seem rather inaccessible on first For 15 May 2021, however, Tolerave regis- city’s popularity. glance? But then, after a longer look, it starts “THE PEOPLE OF DRESDEN DON’T tered a demonstration with 15 trucks again to unfold a certain magic. -> LITERALLY BEAUTIFUL ASK YOU WHETHER YOU LIKE THE with the city. The hygiene plans and the theme are currently being developed. So, Finding Dresden beautiful is a tradition that CITY. THEY TELL YOU.” what will it be about? “Something concern- goes way back. Ever since the Venetian artist — Umberto Eco ing the future, for sure,” says Neumann. Bernardo Bellotto, known as Canaletto, im- And it will certainly be beautiful again. mortalised the city’s skyline in his famous magnificent Frauenkirche (Church of Our painting from 1748, the view has become Lady), rebuilt with international donations, Find all the up-to-date info at something of an icon. Poets and thinkers were stands out from the cityscape silhouette. It is tolerave.de enchanted by its location in the Elbe valley. now a world-renowned symbol of reconcilia- And in 1755, the art writer Johann Joachim tion and reconstruction. And the sight of the Winckelmann exclaimed: “Dresden – where neo-classical Semperoper is also familiar to beauty was invented.” many – not least from a well-known beverage To this day, hardly any writing omits advert. No surprise then that a city that boasts the description of it as the “Florence on the buildings like these sees itself as “beautiful”. Elbe”. Dresden’s appearance is Mediterranean But can the beauty of a city really be reduced and it is rich in baroque architecture. The to a number of architectural monuments? FEATURE — 13

fi ne arts gave him the support he needed. and urban planners increasingly use this term THE FIVE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF THE CITY “Beauty will save the world,” he lets his char- to describe the beauty of a city. According to acter Prince Myshkin proclaim in his novel philosopher Gernot Böhme, “atmosphere Views of Dresden are beautiful – especially means that what is just the everyday and nat- Th e Idiot. Dostoyevsky left no kind words if you choose the right angle about Dresden, complaining of boredom and ural for the inhabitant and what the native constantly produces with his life, but what is homesickness. However, he also suff ered from The most famous one is the “Canaletto View”, named after a bitter lack of money there, something the only noticeable as a characteristic to the the paintings of the artist Bernardo “Canaletto” Bellotto. The city cannot be held responsible for. Dresden stranger.” Th is characteristic is diffi cult to Venetian’s easel stood on the right bank of the Elbe river below Dresden can also appear “inaccessible” in has a lot of beautiful things to counteract any defi ne. But one thing is certain: a “beautiful” the Augustus Bridge. From there, guests of the Elbsegler, a some places. Rather cold-looking functional sense of boredom (and this issue of the Dres- city has it in abundance. maritime-inspired beer garden at the Westin Bellevue Resort, buildings from the post-war period up to the den Magazine gives a few impressions of that). UMBERTO ECO WAS WRONG can enjoy the artist’s view of the baroque backdrop. recent present make it diffi cult for visitors to A monument honouring Dostoyevsky on the  The Frauenkirche has a 67-metre-high tower which you fi nd the city consistently beautiful at fi rst sight banks of the Elbe near the modern Congress Surveys show that tourists value Dresden as a can climb and which stands out in particular in the view. It of- – but such inconsistencies can open up a Hall commemorates his 200th birthday in “beautiful (baroque) city with fl air”. So, can fers a fascinating vista into the alleys of the old town, but also deeper understanding. Th ey are witnesses to 2021 to connect the city with its famous a marketing expert defi ne “fl air”? Peter Pirck, far beyond them too. the city’s eventful history and tell us some- guest – and with the love of beauty once more. managing director of Brandmeyer Stadtmar-  Did you know that there are two cable cars to take you to thing about its personality. Th ey reveal the ken-Monitor, smiles when asked this ques- THE RELEVANCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE some great viewpoints? The suspension railway is the oldest truth – which can also be “beautiful”. And, as tion. “You’ll have to ask the architects,” he of its kind in the world. It takes its passengers from Pillnitzer we know, nothing exists without its opposite. Beauty has always been a concern for the says. His market researchers ask people how Landstraße to a mountain station, which is also called “Schöne Th e contrast to what is perceived as ugly high- people of Dresden. In the discussions about much “beauty” or “fl air” they attribute to Aussicht” (beautiful view) because of its panoramic view. The lights what is beautiful all the more. the authentic reconstruction of the Neumarkt a city. “And the respondents usually know Café Schwebebahn below the observation tower offers a A city is not a work of art. In the abso- square around the Frauenkirche church, some exactly what is meant by these terms.” By sweetener to the magnificent view with its coffee and cakes. lutist age of a ruler like Augustus the Strong, it well-established and passionately expressed the way, on a scale of 1 to 10, the statement  Also in the Loschwitz district, the funicular can take pas- may have been designed with the attitude of positions clashed with each other. Every era is “Dresden is a very beautiful city” achieved sengers up to the “balcony of Dresden”. There, the Luisenhof an artist. Today, however, urban spaces are represented here. Reconstruction in the style such high approval ratings in Brandmeyer’s restaurant has been welcoming its guests for more than 100 created in such a way that they ideally meet as of the Renaissance and Baroque plus the per- surveys that it came fi rst among Germany’s years with some home-style cooking and an uplifting view. many interests as possible. Th e aesthetic con- ception of Dresden as a “Gründerzeit city” most beautiful cities. So, you could say that  cern is only one of many. Nevertheless, if you and the beautiful villa districts of Blasewitz Umberto Eco was a little mistaken. It is not Closer to home, but still above the rooftops of Dresden, you are looking for beauty in a Kantian sense, and Weißer Hirsch along with the stylish the people of Dresden who claim that their can enjoy a drink at Felix, the popular rooftop bar on the cen- trally located Postplatz square. The rooftop terrace provides a Dresden is the place to be. Th e city is unusual- streets of the Neustadt district are all worth city is pleasing. It’s the visitors who have been perfect frame for Dresden’s Zwinger, the palacial complex. ly rich in art treasures, which off er the oppor- visiting in their own right. Th e straightfor- telling them for many centuries right up to tunity to experience “disinterested pleasure” ward beauty of the Ostmoderne (East Mod- the present day. More about Dresden’s rooftop bars to the full. ernism) also has its dedicated followers. And at dresden-magazin.com Th e Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old then there is the demand for more room for Masters Picture Gallery) is just one example good contemporary architecture. In Dresden, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky moved to Dresden “beautiful” is not just a rating, the adjective solely because of Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna”. also expresses an attitude. Th e great Russian writer visited the city’s most You can experience this attitude here. famous painting over and over again. His To do so, you have to come to Dresden and answer to why he looked at it so often was: “So move around in the city. Th is is the only way that I don’t despair of man.” His novels ex- to reveal the qualities that philosopher Alain plore the dark, ugly and destructive sides of de Botton fi nds in all cities that are consid- the soul. Th e light-fi lled counter-world of the ered beautiful. Such a city off ers the right balance between order and variety. Th ere is a lot to discover in Dresden, and its pictur- “DRESDEN – THIS IS WHERE BEAUTY WAS INVENTED. esque location on the Elbe means that it is NOTHING BUT RIVER AND MEADOWS – IN THE easy to navigate. Th en there are the popular districts such as the Äußere Neustadt which MOST DELICATE COLOURS AND FAIRY-TALE LIGHT.” are lively and vibrant, full of attractive places — Johann Joachim Winckelmann such as cafés, restaurants and small shops. Th ey all have “atmosphere”. Today, architects FEATURE 14 — ALWAYS AN EXPERIENCE A work of art and its place in time The world-famous Historic Green Vault is a total work of art in itself and even the locals have an intimate relationship with it. We talk to Marion Ackermann, the director general of Dresden’s State Art Collections (SKD)

al-historical value was stolen. Fortunately, most of the jewellery is still here. We have deliberately decided to present the affected display case empty as it is for the time being and to show the remaining objects in two neighbouring display cases to let people have a space for their emotions. A digital display element tells our guests the whole story – it was important for us to deal openly with this event.

How do visitors react to the empty display case? — The presentation has caused some very emotional reactions, especially among the local public. At the same time, our guests Marion Ackermann, are very interested in and grateful for the in- director general Can you briefly describe what, in your view, formation we have provided, especially with of the Staatliche defines the Historic Green Vault? the digital guide. This shows us once again Kunssammlungen — It is the staging of the objects in the how much people identify with our collec- Dresden (SKD), in rooms that makes the Historic Green Vault tions and how important it is to strengthen front of the display so unique. The idea for this synthesis of the trust through open communication. case in the Historic arts came from Augustus the Strong himself, Green Vault which a passionate collector of artistically crafted How do you recommend dealing with was robbed in 2019. treasures. He designed the sequence of “ fractures” or breakages like this in rooms and the presentation of the objects in beautiful objects and spaces? order to enjoy his treasure art, but also to — In order to keep historical consciousness The Museum of Humankind impress high-ranking guests. The mirror alive, we need to remember. The traces of effects of the walls increase the splendour past events – both glorious and terrible – THE HUMAN ADVENTURE from room to room, which then reaches its are the bearers of our memories. When we Permanent Exhibition brilliant climax in the Jewel Room. look at the Dresden Residenzschloss (Royal Palace), we find meticulously reconstructed Children‘s Museum THE WORLD OF THE SENSES That’s exactly where the burglary took place rooms, but in other areas we can still clearly on 25 Nov 2019. You showed the empty see the traces of the Second World War. Future Food WHAT WILL WE EAT TOMORROW? Photo: Oliver Killig Oliver Photo: robbed display cases afterwards. Why? This coexistence is very important to us. 21 MARCH 2020 THROUGH 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 — The burglary of the Historic Green Vault Not least because of our responsibility affected us deeply. During the theft – which towards the younger generations. We need In Prison DETAINED AND DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY involved a high degree of criminal energy – to concern ourselves with remembering the 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 THROUGH 31 MAY 2021

jewellery of inestimable artistic and cultur- past in its entirety. Kahnert alliance/dpa/dpa-Zentralbild/Sebastian picture Photo: www.dhmd.de/tickets Tue – Sun, Holidays 10 am – 6 pm · Lingnerplatz 1 · 01069 Dresden 16 FEATURE FEATURE 17 5,000 Numbers reveal many things – even those that are hard 1998 to measure. Here are our twelve facts on why beauty is at the year that the Funds Dairy in Dresden YEARS was included in the Guinness Book of Dresden’s home in the “Florence on the Elbe” Records as the most beautiful dairy shop That’s the age of the in the world. make-up box from the Schwarzkopf Collection in the magic in numbers German Hygiene Museum.

people work in 60 18,500 Dresden’s cultural and galleries and venues can creative industries. be found in Dresden. For example, the Galerie Gebrüder Lehmann, which has repre- sented the artist Eberhart 20,000 Havekost, who died unexpect- pieces make up the edly in 2019, since 2002. porcelain collection in the Dresden Zwinger museum.

periods of Bernardo Bellotto’s life, also known as “Canaletto”, were spent in Dresden. He gave us the 371 world-famous Canaletto view which the year toothpaste was invented in shows the beauty of the baroque hairdressing salons are Dresden by the German pharmacist Dresden in 1748, in which much of listed in Dresden’s 1907 Ottomar von Mayenburg. today’s Dresden can still be seen. Yellow Pages. The Ressel 2 hairdressing salon Am Rathaus 5, founded in 2001 1.8 1898, is the oldest. Dresden's Großer Garten the Kunsthof Passage 3 was completed. The blue (Grand Garden) measures 132 1.8 square kilometres – a house is striking. Like a golden enamelled fi gures decorate Three gifts for Cinderella play of rain, water pours masterpiece of landscape art. possibly the most beauti- through the bizarre rain At its centre is the summer the court of Delhi with 5223 diamonds, ful fairytale fi lm of all time, gutters which run across palace built in 1680 to a design 189 rubies, 175 emeralds, 53 pearls and the façade to then be by Johann Georg Starke. was fi lmed at Moritzburg a sapphire in the in the Grünes Gewölbe Castle near Dresden. collected in a water basin. (Green Vault).

Photos: Eberhard Havekost Estate; DENTAL-Kosmetik; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, SKD, Photo: Elke Estel/Hans-Peter Klut; Florian Kneff el/DMG; iStock/Getty Images; picture alliance/ZB/Sebastian Kahnert; Porzellansammlung, SKD, Photo: Adrian Sauer; Werner Lieberknecht/Stiftung DHMD; Tom Werner/Getty Images; DMG; Toa Heftiba/Unsplash; picture alliance 18 — CULTURE CULTURE — 19 Eternal Moments Photos Felix R. Krull For as long as anyone can remember, the people of Dresden have been closely

intertwined with their city’s In about 1880, Edgar history. Even to this day, o: Jürgen Karpinski Degas created his “La Petite Danseuse de the great art treasures are quatorze ans” (“Little central to their lives. For fourteen-year-old danc- er”). Th e dancer Marie visitors to the city, the past van Goethem stood as a and the present melt into a model for the 98-centi- metre-tall wax fi gure. She compelling unity. Here are was 14. Th e original is four creative refl ections: at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Twenty-nine bronze casts

ng, inventory no. ZV 3680; © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Phot were sent to museums worldwide – including the Skulpturensamm- lung (Dresden Sculpture Collection).

Left picture: Cindy Hammer began her studies at the Palucca University of Dance, Dresden, at the age of 11. Today she is a successful gas, Paris 1834-1917; bronze, tulle; height 104 cm; Skulpturensammlu freelance dancer and choreographer. The tension and concentration that you can feel in the body of Degas’ sculpture are part of her life too. Sculpture, right page: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878/81; Edgar De 20 — CULTURE

The fact that Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna” is exhibited in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) in Dresden’s State Art Collection (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen

Dresden) is due to King n Dresden, Photo: Estel, Klut Augustus III, who pur- chased what is perhaps the most famous painting of the Italian Renaissance in 1754. Even today, it is like a magnet pulling thousands of culture lov- ers into the Saxon state capital.

Right picture: like Mary and degalerie Alte Meister, gallery no. 93; © Staatliche Kunstsammlunge Jesus in the biblical story telling of the flight from King Herod’s soldiers in Egypt, Fatima Alhassan also found refuge in Dresden after the terrorist militia “Islamic State” had advanced to her hometown of Deir ez-Zor in Syria. Fatima sees fear in the eyes of Raphael’s Madonna. “Every time the bombs were falling, all the mothers held their children anti); Urbino 1483-1520 Rome; detail; oil on canvas; 269.5 x 201cm; Gemäl like this.” In the photograph, Fatima’s son Amjad is four months old. Painting, left page: The Sistine Madonna, 1512-13; Raphael (Raffaelo S 22 — CULTURE CULTURE — 23

Pinturicchio’s “Portrait of a Boy” (c. 1480) testifies to the Renaissance painters’ interest in making the character of the sitter visible in their gaze and posture. It is not clear wheth- er the boy displayed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) today is the young Raphael or a patrician child.

Shortly after Jean-Éti- enne Liotard finished it, Francesco Count of Algarotti bought the “La Belle Chocolatière de Vienne” (“Viennese Chocolate Girl”) which was commissioned by esden, Photo: Elke Estel/Hans-Peter Klut

King Augustus III for .5 cm; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, gallery no. P161 his collection. In a letter to the Saxon statesman Heinrich von Brühl, Algarotti is said to have described it as “the most beautiful pastel ever seen.”

The original is exhibited In the eyes of 13-year-old in the Gemäldegalerie Felix Nicolás Gillitzer, too, Alte Meister (Old Masters is a mixture of concentration

Gallery). A copy is dis- .4 cm; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister; © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dr and alertness. He needs

played in Café Sperling on tienne Liotard, Geneva 1702-1789 Geneva; pastel on parchment; 82.5 x 52 both for his hobby, archery. Alaunstraße 86. Owner Julia Rothe simply loves it – and hopes that the chocolate girl laughed as much as she herself likes to today. Painting, left page (wall): The Chocolate Girl, about 1744/45; Join-E Painting, right page: Pintoricchio, Portrait Of A Boy; poplar wood, 50 x 35 24  CULTURE CULTURE  25 Dresdner Heide

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Photos: Semperoper Dresden/Matthias Creutziger; Romantic opera in three acts. Leipzignovella into by a the writer the transformed he that extent an such to von Weber Maria Carl fascinated Apel’s Freischütz” “Der August Johann I esty of Weber’sesty home. “ furnished was ehouse mod- the for reconstructing basis the formed tries 2020. since en- ecomposer’s diary meticulous former home Weber artist’s of the the in Museum director been Romy whoings,” has Donath, says surround- von WeberMaria rural the appreciated Palace). “Carl (Pillnitz Pillnitz Schloss nearby the at king for the concerts court to conduct the there From 1817, summers spent composer the the score. of the writing the inspired den-Hosterwitz in-law at acompetition. father- future his to impress when supposed he is recently. shooting in  grows on him epressure successful not very but been has marksmanship oftown Taus.  for his known is eprotagonist Bohemian the from not far woods the in It set is “Der Freischütz”. by Apel’s story taken ticularly Weber par- Kind. was of Friedrich schoolmate a Apel, August Johann and Laun by Friedrich “Ghost the Book” across came composer the to 1810, back traced be can opera for the when “Freischütz”. for the librettist his as Kind eidea Friedrich journalist author lawyer, and the gaged he later en- time ashort Only works. colleagues’ Italian his with quality in compete could which soon to change... was But that performed. usually versions of French were works German repertoire, 1817.in of aGerman-language lack to Due the Weber off was job. the ered He took post up the department, music theatre German-language a Ito establish Augustus by Friedrich tasked was von Eckstädt Vitzthum Graf Carl Heinrich cial offi court to blown have Saxon over. the When - seemed later, anger artist’s ever, the years afew tinued: “Dresden won’t How- “Dresden tinued: me again!” see He inhabitants.” by con- the received erably where we were tomis- so a place been never “I have von diary: Weber his in complained t wasn’t love at fi 1812, In sight. rst Maria Carl  of Dres- surroundings e natural Weber own, of opera his envisioned an of French Europe. power in of end Wellington, led to the Duke the General, English the under troops allied the against defeat of Waterloo. Battle of the Napoleon’sniversary an- sixth the –it but was coincidental anything braut” (“ ehunter’s bride”). 1817, in as “Die titled Jägers- initially was which  early as opera to the rights the eatre), acquired (Royal Schauspiele Königlichen of the director 1821. in but Berlin in general von Brühl, Karl not however, Dresden, It premiered in was life. hunter’s and country acheerful atmosphere and eerie an between contrast by the characterised is  valleys. misty and forests dense e “Freischütz” on Weber’s foot: went through Hosterwitz walks in traced be also “Freischütz” forspiration the can work “Freischütz”. on his the and Dresden  ein- Weber’s outlines in years artfully Herrmann fi animation by Dresden Klausjörg lmmaker  round. year all viewed 13-minute-fi be is can lm 2020, in produced walking”, while “Composing fi animation silhouette the And anniversary. lm opera’s to the commemorate to December 200th June from exhibitions special as well as garden the in place take music concerts chamber regular Weber’s illustrates nent which work, exhibition perma- the here.”for composing Accompanying amuse and relaxation “He peace, found explains. simply.very  shed,” a goat even ere Donath was IMMEDIATELY AFTER ITS PREMIERE AS THE FIRST GERMANNATIONAL OPERA THE “FREISCHÜTZ”CELEBRATEDWAS  premiere of on the 18 edate June was CULTURE  27 27 28 CULTURE CULTURE  29

Although Weber’s “Freischütz” is set in the period after the Thirty Years’ War, it met the spirit of the times and addressed the issue of German identity.

Although Weber shifted the plot to the period after the  irty Years’ War, he still met the Who were the Romantics who Romantic zeitgeist, which regarded nature and worked in Dresden or visited especially the forest as a place of longing and the city? made German identity the subject of discussion. — Among the leading fi gures were No political slogans were necessary for this. Nev- Ludwig Tieck from Berlin, who lived ertheless, the German-language libretto provoked in Dresden on the Altmarkt square CARL-MARIA-VON- euphoric reactions in the audience. Reviews pub- WEBER-MUSEUM between 1819 and 1841 and hosted lished immediately after the premiere described legendary reading evenings. Friedrich Dresdner Str. 44 the “Freischütz” as the fi rst German national 01326 Dresden Kind wrote the libretto to Carl Maria opera. “ ere has never been a more German mu- museen-dresden.de von Weber’s opera “Der Freischütz”. sician than you,” Richard Wagner is said to have Wed-So, Holidays 12-17 pm Writers such as Fanny Tarnow and said devoutly at Weber’s grave.  e philosopher Special exhibition Madame de Staël were also present. and music theoretician  eodor W. Adorno also 200 years In Dresden, too, Romanticism was appreciated the work and benevolently empha- “Der Freischütz” unthinkable without women writers, sised that “the German element” was not com- June to December 2021 INTERVIEW salon hostesses and a female reading The silhouette anima- promised by “nationalistic sentiments”. public. Dresden was also a place of tion film “Composing Weber conducted his “Freischütz” in Dres- while walking” for young transit for older Romantics like den a few months after the premiere, before the visitors by Klausjörg revival will be accompanied by a mixture of in- Being human with- Friedrich Schlegel. opera was acclaimed in Paris and London, among Herrmann can be viewed stallation art and theatrical performances at the others. Despite the international triumph, the all year round. You can Semperoper. “In this exhibition we want to trace What legacy has Romanticism left Martin A. Völker read how the film was Dresden’s history of reception of Weber’s ‘Der out being alienated behind in Dresden? (born 1972) has a produced at Freischütz’ in a variety of ways,” says Elisabeth — Romanticism made the city more WEBER’S CLAIM WAS NO dresden-magazin.com. doctorate in aesthet- Telle of the Semperoper’s historical archive and The Dresden Romantic period (ca. 1815 middle-class. Forms of conviviality ics and cultural stud- SEMPEROPER DRESDEN the person responsible for the exhibition concept. were established alongside courtly LESS THAN TO RAISE THE LEVEL to 1845) made the city more middle-class. ies. He lives in Berlin Theaterplatz 2 Alongside the upcoming special exhibitions at ceremonies. It was less stiff and as a publicist and OF GERMAN OPERA TO AN 01067 Dresden the Weber Museum, the composer’s aesthetic sig- You can still feel this period of time today formal, but accessible and oriented cultural manager. semperoper.de ADEQUATE HEIGHT nifi cance will also be honored. In the “Frei- towards the arts – salon-like.  e In 2006, he pub- “Der Freischütz” schütz”, the orchestra emphasises psychological Kügelgenhaus Museum where the 13, 15, 20, 24, 25 May, lished a collection of connections in the sound – a practice that painter Gerhard von Kügelgen, who 21 and 26 June, texts on the Saxon work always remained connected to the Saxon 7 July 2021 Richard Wagner eventually made his own. What signifi cance did Dresden have was a friend of Caspar David Friedrich, Romantic Louise metropolis despite its numerous new productions. Exhibition on 200 years “Weber’s claim was no less than to raise the level during the Romantic period? used to live is worth visiting.  ose Brachmann (1777- Among them are some historically signifi cant of “Der Freischütz” of German opera to an adequate level. Within a — Dresden Romanticism wasn’t who prefer things a little wilder and 1822): “Gebunden dates. On 31 August 1944, the Semperoper closed Vernissage 13 May 2021, very short time he succeeded in doing so, not nting) rebellious like Jena’s early Romanti- more obviously romantic should make sind die Flügel der 4 pm with the “Freischütz” half a year before it was de- least by building up a professional opera choir, cism around 1800, it was bourgeois. a small detour to Scharfenberg Castle Gedanken” (The stroyed by a bombing raid. On 13 February 1985, OUT INTO THE NATURE which has been in existence for 203 years without In Dresden, people did not come up near Dresden for a walk in the wings of thought are after reconstruction, the house opened again with The Carl-Maria-von- interruption,” explains Telle. with a philosophical utopia of being footsteps of E. T. A. Hoff mann. By bound). Weber’s classic opera. In 2015, Axel Köhler staged Weber route: “ e true genius does not become an imi- human without alienation but the way, the writer Ossip Kalenter a new version, which is also featured in the 2021 numerous vantage points tator of the strange in admiration of the strange, wanted to turn this ideal into a real published the best book about the city anniversary programme. His reading also takes a offer an impressive view but only receives the beautiful impulse to fi nd idea of life through poetry and called “Das goldene Dresden” as early critical look at Romantic ideals and questions of the city. new paths,” Carl Maria von Weber noted in the music.  at gave this Romanticism as 1922. Barely 70 pages long, it social hierarchies and antiquated rituals.  e The Malerweg: summer of 1817 shortly after his arrival in Dres- the reputation of being trivial.  is contains everything Dresden was from Pirna to Liebethaler Grund stop, den.  e composer thus expressed his admiration is still a problem in Germany today, known for – the ideal combination of where the 112-kilo- for his contemporary Italian colleague Luigi where concepts and ideas that are art, architecture and nature. Tourists metre-painters’ trail Cherubini. In retrospect, it becomes clear that entertaining are perceived and who are looking for just that are very

starts. Weber’s statement also applied to himself. (pai Bardua Caroline Creutziger; Dresden/Matthias Semperoper Photos: dismissed as unartistic. welcome in Dresden to this day. 30 — CULTURE CULTURE — 31 ROCK AT THE MUSIC FESTIVAL 14.5. – 12.6.2021 irst, soloist Yuja Wang had to cancel at short notice. One This openness has been a feature of the music festival since its under Kent Nagano. The jazz trumpeter Till Brönner, the F day before the concert, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, who had first season in 1978. Founded on the basis of a decision by the internationally celebrated chansonnière Ute Lemper, the Sene- been engaged as a replacement, also dropped out. And when highest GDR authority, Real Socialism wanted to “prove how galese griot (West African singer and storyteller) Pape Diouf Jan Vogler, the artistic director of the music festival, had to free and open it is”, explains cellist Vogler, who has been respon- and the jazz-pop pianist Jamie Cullum will be testing out how announce Kit Armstrong as the replacement on the evening of sible for the programme since 2009. The GDR once invited top open the classical audience is. the performance, he didn’t see disappointment on the audience’s international orchestras like Karajan’s Berlin Philharmonic faces as he had expected, but rather relaxed smiles. Armstrong from the West, but now Vogler is striving for the greatest possi- The motto “Dialogues” could hardly fit our current times better. got a lot of applause and Vogler saw the “proof that the audience ble stylistic diversity and will have rock legend Sting perform in During the Corona crisis, people were forced to withdraw. The is open to surprises”. Dresden in 2021. 2020 Music Festival have to be cancelled, while artistic and social life came to a standstill. “As a result, the quality of dialogue, This anecdote from 2019 shows that the Dresden public has It is a long-standing and fine tradition that the music festival which is so important in society but also has a prominent role in The celebrated cellist learned one thing above all in the more than four decades of always has a motto. This year it is “dialogues” where the partic- music, has somewhat taken a back seat,” says Vogler, who hopes Jan Vogler has been the music festival: to be surprised. Even if an unexpected ipants are to conduct “Dialogues” with each other. To this end, to revive these dialogues not only at the Dresden Music Festival the artistic director virtuoso does not suddenly appear on stage, it is still part of the Vogler has invited the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, one 2021 or in the arts, but also beyond. It is a good tradition to of the music festival event’s tradition that classical music is thought of as broadly and of the best Asian orchestras, but also more well-known names in be working in. since 2009. openly as possible here – including world music, jazz and even this country such as Sir Simon Rattle with his London Symphony rock music. Orchestra and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg 14 May – 12 June 2021, musikfestspiele.com

Dresden’s festival audience is used to surprises. The 2021 music year will have some experiments up its sleeve, too. Here are two examples UNCLASSICAL Text and Interview Thomas Winkler

30TH TONLAGEN FESTIVAL BECOMES INTERDISCIPLINARY15.4. AND POLITICAL – 2.5.2021 Mr Lobeck, you have been the artistic zeitgenössische Musik (Dresden Centre continue to be at the centre, but we energy is being generated, is generally director of the biennial Tonlagen Festival for Contemporary Music) in 1986 and also want to focus on hybrid formats an exciting and important aspect. With since 2019. You probably don’t remember organised the Dresdener Tage der zeit- and an expanded concept of time-based Corona’s compulsory break and the the premiere in 1987, back then as the genössischen Musik the following year, art. What is meant here is not only questions of “What next?”, our theme has Moritz Lobeck was born in Dresdener Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik the festival was very open to different the play with time, but also that art now taken on a whole new meaning with Dresden in 1972 and grew up (Dresden Contemporary Music Days)? themes simply because of its international positions itself in time, that it is indeed which we want to attract our audience, there. He was a curator at — I was still very young, but I actually aspirations – and because it built bridges contemporary. The themes are rather whether it’s up on the hill in Hellerau or the Wiener Festwochen for a attended the festival even back then. I can’t to drama, visual arts and dance. In this different from those of the late 1980s; at events in the city. long time before joining the really remember individual performances, interdisciplinary approach, political issues today it is about social, ecological and /HELLERAU Europäisches Zentrum der but I can remember very well that the were also discussed – often between the digital transformations. Is the Dresden audience of today also open Künste Hellerau (European audience fascinated me. I think I was lines, as was usual in the GDR, but to such themes and ideas? — Absolutely, Centre for the Arts Hellerau) honestly surprised at how many exciting, sometimes surprisingly openly. How political will the 30th edition of because it is above all an interested and as programme director for cool people there were in the GDR. Tonlagen be? — It will inevitably be curious audience. Those are the best music and media in 2018. Still, the interdisciplinary approach political, too. Even before Corona, we conditions for new music, which can, And they all met at Neue Musik? — Yes, remained intact even after the fall of had planned “pause” as a theme. John after all, also be exhausting because it because back then, in the founding years the Wall. — It was always essential and Cage’s famous piece “4´33˝” immediate- often pushes the limits. of the festival, New Music in Dresden should always remain so. I also started ly springs to mind, but the Pause, the wasn’t just a niche. When Udo Zimmer- here with the aim of broadening the not sounding, the not being because of, 15 April – 2 May 2021,

mann founded the Dresdner Zentrum für festival’s spectrum. New music will the interruption as a state in which new Floss Grob/Dresdner Stephan Musikfestspiele; Marco Photos: hellerau.org/de/festival/tonlagen/ 32 — CULTURE

THE SOUNDS OF DRESDEN Interviews Th omas Winkler — Illustrations Bente Schipp Rapper Alphonzo, Wordlessness. Falling Silent Loudly pop singer-song- Japanisches Palais ÄTNA writer Ansa Sau- ANSA SAUERMANN ALPHONZO 16.4.—1.8.2021 ermann and the 1 If you had to describe your style in one extremely dancea- 1 If you had to describe your style in 1 If you had to describe your style in one Bellum et Artes. sentence, what would it be? — One audience one sentence, what would it be? — In one sentence, what would it be? — Rap, some- Central Europe member once said: Ätna is dancing and ble electro-pop duo beautiful sentence: pop-driven, rock-heavy times dirty, sometimes refl ective. 2 What is in the Thirty Years’ War crying. We like that. 2 What is important to Ätna might not be and bluesy. 2 What is important to you when important to you when you make music? Residenzschloss you when you make music? — We enjoy you make music? — Th ere is one notion that — Nothing. Th e only important thing to me being fully immersed, then it’s like medita- the best fi t for the I won’t accept: ‘You can’t do it like that!’ is that I make music. 3 Dresden is a good 21.5. —16.8.2021 tion in a trance. 3 Dresden is a good place for Semperoper. But Quite the opposite. I try things out and then place for music because... – ... a lot of talented music because... – ... there’s a great network make a decision with all I’ve got – body and musicians live and work here. I have my roots Johannes Vermeer. of artists of all kinds there and so many they are a perfect soul. 3 Dresden is a good place for music here and look forward to touring, but also to On Reflection places where you can develop ideas. 4 Which match for Dresden. because... – ... it has everything to off er from coming home. Unfortunately, Dresden Gemäldegalerie area in Dresden has had the strongest jazz to blues, rock and pop to metal and presents itself mainly through so-called high Alte Meister infl uence on you? — First there’s Neustadt The musicians are hip-hop. Dresden’s cosiness takes the pressure culture, i.e. opera, orchestral music and classi- 4.6.—12.9.2021 because of its high cultural and intercultural united by a com- off and spurs you on at the same time. cal music. However, this city’s music scene density. Th en Pieschen and Plauenscher 4 Which area in Dresden has had the has so much more to off er. 4 Which area in Grund. 5 Can you hear Dresden in your mon dream strongest infl uence on you? — Dresden’s Dresden has had the strongest infl uence on Children’s Biennale 2021 music? — We often use recordings of Neustadt most of all. I worked there for you? — Defi nitely Neustadt and the Hechtvi- Japanisches Palais Dresden’s original sounds in our concerts. almost eight years as a barman in various “THERE’S NOTHING ertel. I lived in both neighbourhoods for a 18.9.2021—27.2.2022 Th ey can be controversial demonstrations or bars. Now I’m fi rmly rooted in Neustadt.. long time. Th ree or four times a week I would animal sounds, for example. 6 Where do you 5 Can you hear Dresden in your music? — LIKE PERSONAL go to the clubs there and check out all kinds Dreams of Freedom. prefer to perform in Dresden? — All the I think you can basically hear every musi- CONTACT WITH of bands. 5 Can you hear Dresden in your concerts we have given in Dresden have been cian’s home, in one way or another. In my music? — Probably not very much. But I was Romanticism in Russia at great venues: Festspielort Hellerau, song “Tal der Ahnungslosen” (Valley of the OTHER PEOPLE AT born and raised here, so this city and my and Germany

Jazzclub Tonne, Societaetstheater, Scheune, Clueless), however, the reference to Dresden THE CONCERT. NO background certainly show up in some form 2021 EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Albertinum Schauburg, objekt klein a and Beatpol. is very direct. 6 Where do you like to perform in the way I speak or think. In one song I 2.10.2021—6.2.2022 7 What do you hope for in 2021? — We hope most in Dresden? — Our best concert so far LIVESTREAM CAN describe my childhood, which I spent in the to make up for all the cancelled concerts was in the Scheune. Th e most beautiful club REPLACE THAT.” prefab buildings of Reick. 6 Where do you and festivals for our new album “Made By in Dresden in terms of its atmosphere is the like to perform most in Dresden? — I feel German Design 1949—1989. Desire”. During the Corona lockdown, we Beatpol. Unfortunately, my band and I most comfortable in the Chemiefabrik. Apart Two Countries, One History started working on new material for the next haven’t played there yet. It’s still at the top from that, I've always enjoyed playing at the Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau album. However, it is still written in the stars of my list. 7 What do you hope for in Groovestation or the Ostpol. 7 What do you 15.10.2021—20.2.2022 as to when it’ll be ready. Th ere will also be 2021? — Since the tour for my last album hope for in 2021? — Playing live. 2020 a remix album curated by the Dresden “Trümmerlotte” in 2020 sadly had to was a complete catastrophe for all label Uncanny Valley. be cancelled, I’m looking forward musicians, I also had to cancel lots to being able to play live again. I of concerts. But there’s nothing hope that festivals will happen like the direct contact with other

again in 2021. people in a concert. No lives- www.skd.museum tream can replace that. 34  INDULGENCE INDULGENCE  35

RECIPE

1 Soak the gelatine in cold water Layer and stir the cherry jam with the cold water until smooth. Pour 2 table- spoons of this mixture into a small bowl, cover and chill. Squeeze the gelatine and heat it up with the by Layer cherry mixture until the gelatine dissolves. Important: the mixture Domino dice were invented 85 years ago, as an aff ordable confectionery for everyone to enjoy. must not boil! Once the gelatine has Today, it is a fi rm fi xture in the Christmas cuisine. dissolved, place the mixture in a Text Kirsten Niemann — Photo Meike Bergmann — Styling Natasha van Velzen INGREDIENTS mould lined with cling fi lm. Fill up to Gingerbread dough 20 x 25 cm and put in the fridge for he chocolate bar’s outer layer is unassuming, but he already had a specially developed machine that 22 eggs, 125 g sugar at least 5 hours. the taste is exceptional: the delicate crunch when allowed him to produce his speciality, a biscuit called 1 teaspoon cocoa powder T you bite into it, the pleasant, moist consistency, in Russian bread, in large quantities. is also made 1⁄2 teaspoon 2 For the gingerbread layer, beat which sour fruit is combined with the sweetness of mass production of the small gingerbread treat ammonium bicarbonate the two eggs with the sugar. In a marzipan and the tart fl avour of gingerbread. Before it possible. Nowadays, there are as many rec- 200 g flour, 1 pinch of salt second bowl, mix the fl our, cocoa, arrived, there was nothing like it. Instead of the usual ipes as there are bakeries. “ e Dresden 2 teaspoons ammonium bicarbonate, ginger- chocolate and truffl e praline, Dresden chocolatier Her- original, a registered Saxon speciality, gingerbread spice bread spices and salt. Sift this into bert Wendler invented a compact layered confection, is without doubt becoming more fruit layer the egg mixture and mix. Cover the made with cheaper ingredients that tasted surprisingly and more popular outside of Dres- 6 sheets gelatine baking tray with baking paper, good – and most people could aff ord it. at was in den as well. Last year, demand 380 ml cherry jam spread the mixture on top and bake 1936, at a time when the precious raw ingredients were increased again enormously, after without fruit pieces for about 15 minutes at 170 degrees not always available. During the Second World War, our Domino dice emerged as the 100 ml water in a fan oven and let it cool down the chocolatey treat was like an emergency ration when winner in a consumer test on tel- marzipan mass completely. Cut off the crispy edges. food was scarce – and it was easy to carry it in your evision,” says Dr. Quendt’s 300 g raw marzipan Then spread the cherry mixture that pocket. It gave Christmas a touch of luxury even spokeswoman Claudia Heller. 100 g icing sugar (sieved) has been set aside on the ginger- during those trying times, too. 1 teaspoon rum bread and cover with the jelly layer. Connoisseurs distinguish Dr. Quendt turned the Domino dice into a between the “fine” and the chocolate icing 350 g dark 3 Mix the marzipan paste with the success story “finest” Domino dice chocolate rum and icing sugar. Roll out the Today, Domino dice are a staple for every Christmas Herbert Wendler used a layer of sour cherry mixture between two sheets of platter. Unfortunately, Herbert Wendler did not live to instead of apple jelly and marzipan instead of the baking paper to the size of 20 x 25 see the success of his creation. e war destroyed his cheaper persipan substitute. Connoisseurs have always cm and place on the jelly plate. factory. From 1952 to 1972, Wendler was in production distinguished between the “fi ne” and “fi nest” domi- Cover everything and put in the again until the GDR regime seized his business. Only noes. e decisive factor is real marzipan. It is made fridge for 1 hour. after the fall of the Wall did he resume his business, at from high-quality almond kernels and not from the the age of 80. But it was unfortunately without success similarly tasting but cheaper apricot kernels used for 4 While the chocolate melts in a – only six years later, he had to fi le for insolvency. Later, persipan. e gingerbread layer consists of elaborate bain-marie, take the plate out of the the pastry company called Dr. Quendt Backwaren, stored dough: this is kept for weeks or months before fridge and cut it into equally sized which took over Wendland’s company, turned the being processed. And then let’s not forget the high-qual- cubes. Finally, carefully cover the Domino dice into a success story. Dr. Hartmut Quendt ity dark chocolate with at least 60 percent cocoa con- cubes with chocolate using two cake not only had a soft spot for Christmas confectionery – tent, which cracks so seductively when you bite into it. forks.

You can watch a video for the recipe and how to make it at dresden-magazin.com 36 — INDULGENCE

Mr Wippler, there is a wide range of sweet pastries that come from Dresden: Domino dice, Christmas Stollen, Russian bread, the “Eier- least porcelain was invented in Saxony, schecke”-cake ... which was used to create beautiful — Yes, in Dresden we do indeed have a coffee sets for the table. wide variety of bakery and confection- ery products. And we are proud of that. Some delicacies are nevertheless very This tradition must be seen in its down to earth. historical context. The Saxons’ love for — To allow a culture of baking to coffee and cake is almost legendary. We develop, it’s not just good bakers that “Coffee-Saxons” were forever mocked are required. You also need people as “cake-munchers”. The famous “Zum who appreciate and enjoy sweet baked Arabischen Coffe Baum” café and goods. In the beginning, there were restaurant in Leipzig is one of Europe’s village and home bakeries and many oldest coffee houses and it can be found knowledgeable housewives, each of in Saxony. It was first mentioned in whom had developed their own 1556. The coffee house culture estab- specialities. It was considered a lished itself among us Dresdeners at the challenge to surprise invited guests beginning of the 19th century. with novel recipes. In these mutual invitations the hosts were ambitious to Why has the sweet art of baking been outdo each other. The conditions for able to establish itself so well in experimenting were almost ideal: fruit Dresden in particular? growing was cultivated in Pillnitz, and — Many ingredients that we take for this combination of sweet dough and granted today were not always available fresh fruit is still unbeatable to this in the past. And when they were, they day. were very expensive. Dresden, as a royal residence city, has of course always Your favourite pastry? cultivated a more opulent lifestyle. You — Yeast tray cake with apples from can see that from our architecture. Not the region and crumble. It isn’t too sweet, the fine acidity of the apple con- DIALOGUES tributes to that. Without cream, but with a nice cup of coffee. May 14 — June 12, 2021

EXPERIENCE UNIQUE FESTIVAL MOMENTS WITH TOP ARTISTS AT DRESDEN’S MOST BEAUTIFUL VENUES:

“A DAY WITHOUT CAKE Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Staatskapelle Dresden Sting Jaap van Zweden Christian Thielemann Pape Diouf London Symphony Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker Jamie Cullum IS A DAY LOST” Sir Simon Rattle Daniel Harding Ute Lemper Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest Dresden Festival Orchestra Till Brönner Fabio Luisi Daniele Gatti Noa and many more

Interview Kirsten Niemann

The Saxons’ love of sweet pastries is legendary, says Michael Ticketservice at the Kulturpalast +49 (0)351 — 656 06 700 Wippler. And he should know. We met up with the Dresden www.musikfestspiele.com master baker and president of the Central Association of the [email protected] German Bakery Trade for a piece of apple cake The Dresden Music Festival is an institution of the City of Dresden and it is co-financed by means of taxation based on the decided budget by the members of the Saxon State Parliament. Photo: Zentralverband des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerks/Benedikt Banovic Bäckerhandwerks/Benedikt Deutschen des Zentralverband Photo: 38 SCIENCE & BUSINESS SCIENCE & BUSINESS 39

CELL GROWTH LIKE IN THE BODY

Glass is actually a dead material. However, it can be The key very friendly to life. Especially in the shape of a petri dish that has previously been coated with the fi nest biotechnology from Saxony. “Our speciality is to make stem cells outside the body pretend that they to health are inside a body,” explains Dejan Hušman, manag- Text Jan Ahrenberg — Illustration Martin Rümmele ing director and founder of denovoMatrix GmbH, a e pandemic makes spin-off of TU Dresden.  e trick: since diff erent us realise how vital stem cells develop diff erently in the body depending on their environment, they also do so under laborato- science and research THE OFF-SWITCH FOR TUMORS ry conditions – depending on whether they imagine STRESS TEST FOR THE COVID TEST are for our health. In themselves to be in the spinal cord or in the liver.  e idea is simple: if a disease can command cells to “We are able to do this thanks to our patented tech- Dresden, a vibrant What holds the world together at a molecular level grow uncontrollably, then there must also be a com- nology platform without animal sera which are used life science scene has is what Biotype GmbH is exploring. In 2000, the mand that stops that growth. However, the search in conventional stem cell cultivation,” says Hušman. company was one of the fi rst to benefi t from the for this switch leads through uncharted territory.  is means that stem cell therapy not only eliminates been developing – and state of Saxony’s funding to push for more biotech- Luckily, neural stem cell researcher Andreas An- the risk of transmitting diseases from the animal their work is often only nology (its so-called “Biotechnologie-Off ensive”). droutsellis- eotokis can shed some light into the world to patients; the product is also completely Biotype develops, produces and sells molecular darkness. In 2006, while searching for a way to keep vegan – something more and more patients are visible through the most diagnostic kits for the detection and quantifi ca- in which cancer therapies, for example, are tailored stem cells in an unstable equilibrium outside the asking for. “When we became established in 2018, modern microscopes. tion of RNA and DNA markers.  ey have been to the actual needs of a patient. As its latest develop- body, the Yale researcher came across a signalling we were in the fortunate position of fi nding an envi- successful for more than 20 years, having focused ment, the company is now also focusing on targeted pathway that can generally be used to control cell ronment with a vibrant biotechnology scene in on diff erent areas. “We started in forensics,” says contract development for laboratories on an indus- growth.  e idea of an “off ” switch for proliferating Dresden,” says Dejan Hušman, who completed his Wilhelm Zörgiebel, who runs the company to- trial scale. A novel and unique selling point for a tumours and an “on” switch for regenerating organ doctorate at the TU.  ere is profound expertise and gether with Karim Tabiti. In this segment, they medium-sized company whose strength lies primar- tissue such as a damaged pancreas was born. Stefan a great demand for new biomaterials.  e communi- have longsellers on the market that form an im- ily in innovation. “When we received a large order R. Bornstein, director of the Centre for Internal ty is very open to innovation. “We couldn’t have portant pillar of the business. In addition, Biotype for Covid 19 tests in spring, we were able to pro- Medicine at the Carl Gustav Carus university hospi- asked for a better environment for our start-up.” has also developed a technology platform that en- duce around 800,000 test kits within a week,” says tal in Dresden, heard about this research success and ables it to examine up to 50 parameters of a gene Wilhelm Zörgiebel. It is precisely this fl exibility and recruited Androutsellis- eotokis to join his team. More info on the company at sample in a standardised way – this is especially innovative spirit that connects Biotype and Dresden Together they now want to create a future in which denovomatrix.com interesting for so-called companion diagnostics, together. “We actually started in Leipzig in 1996. diabetics no longer need insulin and where gene  e proximity to internationally oriented universi- therapies eliminate the risk of tumours fl aring up ties, the extremely technology-friendly environment again after chemo- and radiotherapy. In 2010, they and, last but not least, the funding opportunities founded the biotechnology company Innate Repair ultimately convinced us to move to the state capital. in London. In 2020, due to Brexit and with the sup- port of the Dresden innovation funding programme, The company is on the Internet at the spin-off of the Saxony branch in the Innere Alt- biotype.de stadt (Inner Old Town) followed. “We are currently testing diff erent combinations of already approved classes of substances for their eff ectiveness in the body,” says Gregor Mueller, managing director of Innate Repair. “Once we have found the ones for “WHEN WE GOT A LARGE ORDER FOR diff erent purposes, we will license and distribute COVID-19 TESTS, WE WERE ABLE them in the pharmaceutical industry.” TO PRODUCE AROUND 800,000 TEST The start-up is on the Internet at innaterepair.com KITS WITHIN ONE WEEK.” — Wilhelm Zörgiebel SPECIAL OFFER 40 SCIENCE & BUSINESS DRESDEN From the outside, Dresden’s Li-iL is a diff erent company from what it was at the beginning of the 20th century, as these photographs of the factory show. STAY 3, PAY 2 But that is only a façade.

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1,159 orange trees are said to have stood VISION AAND N D in the Zwinger in Augustus the Strong’s time.  e “golden REALITY apple” symbolised eternal youth – and arena. And there, the court church.  e festival and  e wedding,w which lasted several weeks with all its Before getting on a bicycle, you put on a virtual reality showed the power and parade grounds. And in the centre ...” – “... my new festivities,festi was probably Europe’s most glamorous to headset.  e visitor then cycles through four time wealth of the Elector. castle. What splendour!”, the master builder fi nishes date.date Its climax, the Jupiter Festival in the Zwinger, zones past the virtual buildings and can see what the It was always Augustus the Strong’s dream that Dresden the sentence. Dresden was to be as magnifi cent as can be experienced as a 270-degree projection on a Zwinger should have looked like according to the Versailles. But the plan was too expensive and only a 33m²33m screen.  e spectacle begins with the “Entry of plans of ambitious architects and overconfi dent re- should become like Versailles. The Zwinger still bears fraction of it was eventually built. the Elements”:E hundreds of riders, costumed as the gents. “In doing so, the visitor can appreciate the urban witness to this grand plan today. The high-tech exhibition four elements,e parade past. “ ere, the king as a fi re designs from a real visualised perspective, which is TWELVE YEARS OF PREPARATION OPEN UP AN rider!”rider “Magnifi que!” If you listen carefully, you will completely diff erent from simply looking at a ground “Zwinger Xperience” tells the story of the baroque IMPRESSIVE HISTORY AS A 3D-EXPERIENCE pick upu remarks from the people between the pattering plan of the city,” Welich explains.  e technology took masterpiece as a multimedia journey through time. From early 2021, state-of-the-art museum technology of hooves.ho a long time to develop. Sometimes, the human body will enable visitors to travel back in time and bring the reacts with dizziness or nausea when the brain knows ON A BIKEB TOUR THROUGH THE HISTORIC Text Jana Illhardt  Renderings m box bewegtbild GmbH history of the now world-famous complex to life.  e that the body is standing still but the optic nerve is word “exhibition” only begins to describe what visitors CITY’SCITY PAST telling it otherwise.  at’s why the bikes have movable to the “Zwinger Xperience” can expect: virtual reality, CuratorCurat Dirk Welich is also enthusiastic about this pedals: “To give the brain a visual aid for linking the ust in time, Augustus the Strong climbs into the 270-degree projections and the latest audio technology. scenescen for a scientifi c reason: “Here, too, we have kept sensory perceptions, the front part of the bike can also hot-air balloon in which Matthäus Daniel Pöppel- Specialists for immersive spatial experiences from the closelyclose to historical sources and exactly recreated the be seen in the VR world,” says Welich. Jmann sets off from the Zwinger, to fl y back in Berlin company m box were entrusted with the imple- numbernum of riders.  is enabled us to fi nd out whether a  e precise adjustment of the new sound system time.  e Elector of Saxony and his master builder mentation. A team of designers, programmers, graphic choreographychor like this could have worked at all.” It was “usomo” was also tricky. Via headphones, the system take off , and immediately the Zwinger and the build- artists and animators worked on the project for two importantimpo to him to make Augustus’s way of presenting recognises where each visitor is in the room and sends ings around it begin to transform into a magnifi cent years.  is was preceded by a research phase of more culturecultu as an expression of power and strength inten- the matching explanation to his or her headphones. sight: an impressive fountain rises before the eyes of than ten years, during which the Staatliche Schlösser sivelysivel perceptible and tangible.  is was the impetus for “usomo” makes sound an individual experience and the beholder. “ e fountain gate, my boldest plan- (State Palaces), Castles and Gardens of Saxony (Burgen stagingstagi the exhibition as an experience. Of course, the gives the impression that you are actually standing in ning!”, Pöppelmann begins to enthuse. “Yes well, quite und Gärten Sachsen, SBG) meticulously translated technologytech also serves today’s reception behaviour. the scenery.  e makers are convinced that these inno- nice for a start. But where is the pomp, the opulence?” countless historical documents into 3D models with “We wantw to make the access threshold for historical vations are a contribution to the discussion about new the regent interrupts him.  e balloon rises higher and Markus Wacker, the chair of media informatics at facts asa low as possible,” says Welich.  ose who want forms of mediation in museums. reveals a view of more buildings, richly decorated with HTW Dresden university.  e research into the to delvede deeper into the subject matter have the oppor- precious objects. “Here, your majesty. Here you have marriage in 1719 of Friedrich Augustus – the son of tunitytuni to do so via digital media displays.  ese are also your opulence,” Pöppelmann says solemnly. “Four Augustus the Strong and Maria Josepha, the daughter locatedlocat in the last area of the exhibition between futur- All information on the exhibition at courts of honour.  e ballroom. An animal hunting of the Emperor of Austria – was particularly intensive. istic-lookingistic- bicycles attached to the fl oor. zwinger-xperience.de 44 — FAMILY & LEISURE FAMILY & LEISURE — 45

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A walk It was in 1880 that the Lößnitz association enhanced and preserved the beauty of the area (“Verschönerungs- Karl May, the author of Germany’s famous Winnetou novels, verein für die Lößnitz”) by laying out the fi rst hiking THE COMPLEX CHARACTER OF KARL MAY which were set in the Wild West, used to live near the area called trails here. Four years later, the, for that time, state-of- the-art narrow-gauge railroad began operating between When Karl May moved to Radebeul, not far the Lößnitzgrund. At that time, it was one of the most popular Radebeul and Radeburg.  e Lößnitzdackel (Lößnitz with Moritzburg from his home town of Ernstthal, he already recreational places in the region. The city of Radebeul is now dachshund), as the steam train was aff ectionately had the fame and wealth of a celebrated writer. known to the people of Radebeul, still puff s its way reviving the spirit of the romantic valley. zbahn In 1896, he bought the villa in today’s Karl- through the narrow valley, right through the pictur- May-Straße, whose architectural style was Lößnit esque Dippelsdorf pond and the city of Moritzburg. Lößnitzbac considered an example of “Italianate Renais- Back then, mills, which have now been converted into sance”. In the same year, he put the words Winnetou restaurants, attracted hundreds of visitors not only “Villa Shatterhand” on its façade, named after from Radebeul but also from Dresden.  e Saxon one of his characters. It was his last residence. Text omas Winkler upper class sought out Friedrich Eduard Bilz’s sanatori- Friedewald um for their cures. Bilz was a real believer in natural Shortly after his death, his widow Klara May Hohen Stein remedies and alternative healthy lifestyles. In 1905, had the log cabin “Villa Bärenfett” (Villa of the Bilz, a friend of Karl May, also created his “Bilz bath”, bear fat) built in their garden which opened which has a wave machine still in operation today. to the public as the fi rst Karl May Museum in 1928. There, visitors can immerse themselves Schloss THE CALL OF THE LÖSSNITZGRUND in the culture of indigenous North American Indians, the peoples with whom May was so <- Berlin/LeipzigWackerbarth Radebeul now wants to revive its glory days.  e fi rst fascinated. There is also a lot to discover in the step in the revival is the “ e call of the Lößnitzgrund” estate’s extensive garden, a large tipi for exam- campaign. Although the planned series of events had to ple, and a place where children can dig for gold

Löß be cancelled due to the 2020 Corona pandemic, they nuggets. Since 1985, the Karl May Foundation

nitzbahn are set to be rescheduled in 2021. Various cultural and has also been using the villa for its archives educational events are planned, including a meeting of and exhibitions. Elb Native American Studies clubs and a summer cinema with movies about Native Americans. To be sure, the There are some big plans in development, too. Radebeul Villa Shatterhand Karl May Festival, which has been animating the valley The existing houses must be preserved, the for three days every year for the last three decades, is an archive has to be stored more carefully and unmissable event. And since the impressive venue in the exhibition in the “Villa Shatterhand” needs Elb RADEBEUL Rathen is currently being renovated, the Saxon state OST an urgent update to show Karl May in all his theaters are also bringing Winnetou back to life on a complexity. After all, the man not only sold specially built stage. Dresden -> more than 200 million books, he has also led a

LößnitzLößnitzbac “We experience the special charm of the Lößnitz life that sometimes seems even more fantastic region every year when we play excerpts from our pro- than his novels. “The new concept,” says n this area, the landscape narrows to a valley of grammes during the Karl May Festival,” says Manuel museum director Robin Leipold, “will defi nitely graceful hills with magnifi cent vines growing on Schöbel, director of the Saxony State Opera. “ e their slopes. A small brook fl ows at its foot, that is landscape with the Lößnitz stream, the narrow-gauge involve a stronger examination of Karl May as I if the area enjoys a bit more rain than it did this Unfortunately, he never wrote explicitly about this railroad and the Hoher Stein hill, which towers high a person.” year.  e Lößnitzgrund, as the locals call it, mean- narrow valley, but it is easy to imagine how he explored up in this narrow valley, is an unmistakable and natu- ders through a pine forest, so dense that a trapper will this wild landscape on long walks, fi nding inspiration ral environment for our theater.” But the money for it all still has to be raised. know that behind some of the trees and shrubs danger for the characters and stories that made him one of the Bert Wendsche, Radebeul’s mayor, not only The Karl May Foundation no longer earns might lurk.  at, at least, is how Karl May (1842-1912) most widely read and translated German writers. With wants to re-establish the valley in people’s minds as a money from book sales, since its shares were might have described the Lößnitzgrund near Radebeul the royalties he earned from those books, he bought a local recreation area, but also as the “green, sporty and sold to the Bamberg Karl May publishing house if he had written about it in the style of his novels… house in what was then Kirchstraße, and is now called cultural centre of the city, where modernity and a sense during the GDR era. Nevertheless, Leipold is  is is where he settled after his making his success Karl-May-Straße, and christened his home Villa Shat- confi dent that the institution will shine in new as a writer. terhand.  e listed building now houses the Karl May splendor – at the very latest by 2028, on the Museum and is only a few minutes’ walk from what occasion of the museum’s 100th anniversary: was once an immensely popular local recreation area. “That would be a fi tting conclusion.” 50  FAMILY & LEISURE RUNNER’S

Dresden is Germany’s running capital. HIGH Is that because of its Text Jana Illhardt particularly beautiful Would that still be possible today? “Yes indeed,” routes, or the many off ers Schwenke is convinced. “If May were young today, he would be romping around social media. With his ten- and events? Or is it a of home come together.” Words such as “sustainability” dency to exaggerate, that would be a great playground AT THE BLUE special combination of and “slow recovery” often come up when you talk to for him.” You could imagine him as a travel blogger him. His city’s plans extend well beyond 2021. A certi- who publishes photos of wild desert landscapes on everything? Here’s a look fi ed premium hiking trail will lead from the station of Instagram. “But if you looked a little deeper, you would at a city that more and the narrow-gauge railroad in Radebeul East to Moritz- see that he only came out of his comfortable hotel room burg Castle through the valley, which is as much as for a few minutes.” more runners and joggers 50 meters deep. To this end, existing paths will be Karl May still has a hold on us and what is WONDER from all over Germany extended, embankments secured, bridges renewed and more his characters live on in fi lms, on stage and here the path partially re-routed. in the Lößnitzgrund too, and in the memory and are discovering as their hearts of many Germans. It’s good to read his novels, training ground. FANTASY OR REALITY? says Philipp Schwenke. “But certainly, these books

tell you more about this country than they do about ; Training³ (traininghoch3.de) Even now, the Lößnitzgrund off ers a beautiful hike the countries they are set in.” At the end of the path for the whole family.  e best way to do this is to take through the shady Lößnitzgrund, the light grows the Lößnitzdackel to the Friedewald Bad train station warm in the vineyards above Radebeul, the slopes and then it is a leisurely walk back to Radebeul.  e containing East Germany’s most expensive plots of route leads you past sanatoriums, which have been land. And since Winnetou and Old Shatterhand go converted into residential buildings, and restaurants on this walk together in spirit, it makes sense to pay which used to be mills.  e path winds through a ro- their creator a visit at his grave in Radebeul-Ost’s mantic, narrow valley – and there are no real dangers cemetery.  ere, Karl May lies next to his old friend here from Karl May’s world of adventures – but what Eduard Bilz, as if they had walked side by side through is really real? the Lößnitzgrund directly into the afterlife. “How much reality and fantasy blurred in his work, whether he was permanently obsessed with ikimedia.org (CC BY-SA 4.0); Martin Förster; Karl May Museum Radebeul being Old Shatterhand and Kara Ben Nemsi, or whether his own fantasy only occasionally carried Current information about events in the him away, we can’t really tell today,” says Philipp Lößnitzgrund under Schwenke, who made Karl May the character of his der-loessnitzgrund-ruft.de documentary novel “Das Flimmern der Wahrheit über der Wüste” (“ e fl ickering truth over the The permanent “Railway” exhibition at the desert”).  e fact is that May travelled to many coun- Verkehrsmuseum (Transport Museum) shows tries but only in spirit. He made his readers, however, how the railroad changed people’s lives. Competitive runner believe otherwise. verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de Juliane Schmidt during a Training3 coaching Photo: LBS/Sylvio Dittrich; Arvid Müller; Cherubino/commons.w session with Dresden’s historic backdrop. 52  FAMILY & LEISURE FAMILY & LEISURE  53

39,700 steps: the Saxon Mt. Everest Stair Marathon is extreme. Participants cover the altitude of the eponymous Mount Everest (8,848 metres in 100 laps) and the distance of an ultramarathon (84.4 kilometres). Ulf Kühne has been organising the Mt. Everest Stair Marathon for six years. ou could be forgiven for thinking that Dresden’s archi- Ytects were all runners. Why? A lap through the Großer Mr Kühne, the Mt. Everest Stair Marathon is Garten (Grand Garden) – from the main avenue to the considered the most diffi cult and largest extreme palace, on the outer path past the Neuer See (New Pond), over stair race in the world. Anyone taking part is a to Carolasee (Carola Lake) and back to the start: fi ve kilome- bit crazy, aren’t they?  (laughs)  ere are tres. From the Ministry car park to the Rosengarten (Rose people who seek the extremes, triathletes, Garden) café, over the Waldschlößchen Bridge to the Brühl ultrarunners. 20 years ago, the goal of many Garden, Frauenkirche and back to the Ministry car park: ten runners was to run a marathon once in their life. kilometres. Marienbrücke railway bridge, the Elbe cycle path, In the meantime, many have already done so and the Blaues Wunder (Blue Wonder) and back: 15 kilometres, are now looking for the next challenge.  ere is the Elbebrücke Niederwartha Bridge in Radebeul to the Blue nothing comparable to the stair climbing Wonder and back: 40 kilometres. It’s already striking. 30 kilometres along the river through the entire city, continual- crazy number, of course,” Egger laughs.  e company run marathon.  e fact that you ascend the height Although it could be a coincidence, the people of ly passing Baroque splendour. And on top of that, thanks to its today is a great representation of the city’s enthusiasm for run- of Mount Everest in steps and descend it again Dresden have noticed it. Because Dresden is Germany’s run- fl at asphalt surface, it’s made for runners. If you are running out ning. 25,000 runners took part last time.  e run now starts in is a unique feature. ning capital. At fi rst, this may sound as tenuous as the theory of breath, you can jog leisurely over one of the nine bridges and fi ve waves. It’s an idea that Egger and his team adopted from of jogging architects. But the fact is: if you look at the runs in turn back. the TCS New York City Marathon. But with “Sherpa 25” you are now also tapping Germany’s twelve largest cities and compare the numbers of André Egger sees another reason why Dresden is the Other events were quickly generated. In 2010, night into a somewhat less extreme target group. inhabitants and fi nishing runners, Dresden comes in second, place for runners: “ e scene is very non-competitive.”  e runs were added.  e city run of fi ve and ten kilometres, both   at’s right.  is race is aimed at beginners right behind Frankfurt am Main and 41-year-old knows it like no one else – he of which led participants through the historic centre.  e who don’t dare to do 100 laps. In “Sherpa 25”, its “JPMorgan Chase Corporate GROSSER GARTEN, PLAUENSCHER has been running there for 20 years and women’s run.  e Sachsen Trail. Several adventure-walks. 25 laps have to be completed in a maximum of Challenge”, which has around 70,000 has established the great majority of com- Today, seven-road-runs take place throughout the year, and it’s six hours. We hope that this will appeal to more runners taking part every year and GRUND, DRESDNER HEIDE – THE petitions. “All runs function independent- no longer just Dresdeners taking part.  e city attracts the women and young athletes. which is so far ahead it can’t be over- CITY ATTRACTS THE WHOLE OF ly of each other, appeal to diff erent target entire German running scene with its wonderful routes. Am- taken, at least statistically. groups, lead through diff erent terrain.” In bitious runners meet at the events.  e active holidaymakers What is the best way to prepare for this ultra- GERMANY’S RUNNING SCENE 2008, he founded the agency Laufszene and recreational runners are more likely to be found in the marathon?  Climb, climb, climb. Many IT’S SO NICE TO RUN WITH ITS PICTURESQUE ROUTES Events. “At that time, the state capital had Großer Garten, Prießnitz or Plauenscher Grund, on the Elbe runners train in high-rise buildings.  at is IN DRESDEN little to off er apart from the Oberelbe meadows, in the Heller, on the “Holz-Stufen-Runde” (the extremely important. And you have to be in  ere are many reasons why running is so popular in Dresden. Marathon and the Dresden Marathon.”  at was to change wooden step lap) in Bühlau or on Dresdner Heide. control of your mind. Mental preparation is One decisive reason is undoubtedly that you can literally run quickly from then on. Just one year later, a company run was And when everything is so perfect, so unbelievably very important. beautifully here. No matter what distance you want to run, you held in Dresden for the fi rst time, the “Rewe Team Challenge”. above average, that’s when you feel it – the runner’s high. will fi nd striking buildings that are exactly the desired number  e route was fi ve kilometres: from the Altmarkt past the Entire books have been written about the high, that euphoric 17th Mt. Everest Stair Marathon, of metres apart.  e Großer Garten is a true Eldorado for run- Zwinger and the Semperoper to the Rudolf Harbig Stadium. state of mind that makes you forget the eff ort you are putting 10 - 11 April 2021, treppenmarathon.de ners. Beginners and experienced alike will fi nd ideal conditions It’s doable even for beginners with only a little training. “My in, when you feel like running forever. André Egger has al- here for individually adapted laps. Not far away are extensive colleague Reinhardt Schmidt said at a press conference that we ready been on a runner’s high three times.  e next one is Dresden’s most beautiful running routes on wooded areas such as the Dresdner Heide (Dresden Heath). had a mission: 10,000 participants. I remember biting my fi st surely waiting, somewhere between the Elbebrücke Nieder- komoot.de/user/dresdenelbland And then, of course, there is the Elbe cycle path, which runs for and hoping that no one would print that. Because that was a privat Nicolai/nicolai24.de; Photos: René wartha and the Blaues Wunder. 54  QUIZ

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