Dresden Off The Beaten Path

 9 Reviews  This is a very nice place to come and visit, possibly during the off season to avoid all those pesky tourists gawking around and tour buses dropping off their flock. Many shops are around to buy... 

 8 Reviews  This is a hunting lodge built between 1542 and 1546 for Duke of Moritz of Saxony. There are four round towers for symmetry, and inside is baroque style, and very elegant with gold and glitter all... 

 7 Reviews  There are three main palaces on the premises besides adjacent structures between them. They are called water palace and upper (berg) palace, and new palace. They were designed by Mathaus Popellman in... 

 german_eagle Says:  The Leonhardi Museum is located in Dresden-Loschwitz. It found its home in a magnificent half-timbered house (called Rothe Amsel) decorated with lots of... 

 german_eagle Says:  The Town Hall is a huge building with several wings forming five courtyards. Its 100 m tall tower (access by elevator, access from a courtyard off Kreuzstraße)... 

 german_eagle Says:  The transportation museum is located in a beautiful building called Johanneum right on the Neumarkt square. It was originally built 1586-89 after plans of court... 

 german_eagle Says:  The Yenidze was originally a cigarette- and tobacco plant, built in pseudo-oriental style 1907-09. It looks like a mosque: a magnificent, 18 m tall... 

 german_eagle Says:  The Jägerhof building is one of the few remains of Renaissance architecture in Dresden (but it is only the western wing of the original complex). It was built... 

 german_eagle Says:  This memorial place is located in a former court building, now a part of the Tech University.It is a memorial place for the victims of Nazism and Stalinism. You... 

 german_eagle Says:  The Christuskirche in Dresden-Strehlen was built 1902-05 by Schilling&Graebner in Art Nouveau style. It is one of the first churches in Germany that was not... 

 german_eagle Says:  Well, you must be surprised to read that the Zwinger is "off the beaten path" - no, of course not the Zwinger itself, but it is also home of the... 

 german_eagle Says:  Briesnitz is a village-like suburb in the Northwest of Dresden. Its parish church was first mentioned in 1260 and partially rebuilt in 1474 (nave, ceilings,... 

 BruceDunning Says:  Besides the places shown on these pages listed, there are about 50 other castles/palaces within a 25 mile radius of Dresden. That is what drew us to here, and... 

 BruceDunning Says:  To the east of Dresden about 25 miles is this wonderful town with a well preserved interior of the old days. A settlement existed here for centuries, but in... 

 BruceDunning Says:  This wonderful garden park is close to Dresden and about 1o miles south. It is a large baroque garden commissioned in 1719 by Count Wackerbarth and completed by... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  Weißer Hirsch, situated on top of a hill high above the Elbe valley, became Dresden's most sought-after and probably most expensive residential quarter in the... 

 Nemorino Says:  Here they recently held a "Language Day" for teachers of foreign languages from all over this end of Sachsen. I was one of about a dozen workshop leaders on... 

 Nemorino Says:  Even on a grey day like this one, the Großer Garten is a very pleasant place to cycle through. And it's right on the way if you happen to be cycling from the... 

 Nemorino Says:  Every time I go to Dresden I have a look at the north side of the main railroad station to see if the old "Filmtheater", from GDR times or earlier, is still... 

 christine.j Says:  Walking around the church, across the church yard, I came across three old bells. These are the old bells who had to be replaced in 2004. It almost looks like... 

 christine.j Says:  There is a beautiful church in the small village of Altkötzschenbroda, called the Friedenskirche - Church of Peace. This name has a very special significance,... 

 german_eagle Says:  The Japanese Palace is an impressive Baroque building, located at the right bank of the river and a landmark of Dresden. It was built in the early 18th century... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  Weißer Hirsch is an elegant suburb on a hill above the Elbe valley. It is famous for being "the balcony of Dresden". There is, however, only one chance to enjoy...