Inner Old Town (old part of town), quarter in the administrative district Stadtbezirk Altstadt, identical to the "statistic quarter" 01 Innere Altstadt (Inner Old Town) and part of the catastral district Altstadt I, cover the entire area of the city Dresden on the left side of the river "Elbe" in its expansion until approximately 1800.
History
The Inner Old Town is the oldest quarter of the city Dresden. It encloses the surface of the medieval and earlymodern city until approximately 1800 and the in 1206 for the first time mentioned German town foundation southwest of the line "Schloßplatz - Gewandhaus" as well as the slavic village around the church Frauenkirche. This settlement lays outside of the city walls and streches until the new building of the fortress(1519-1529).
The history of the Inner Old Town and the Inner New Town is the history of the City of Dresden until approximately 1815.
During the destruction of Dresden (Zerstörung Dresdens) on the 13th of February 1945 the inner Old Town with its many cultural buildings was the most heavily affected quarter.
Starting from 1953 the reconstruction work begun first increasingly at the old market (Altmarkt) area in neo baroque style, later on the Ring and in the road formerly called
Ernst-Thälmann-Straße with the front design becoming increasingly simple. After a long reconstruction break more buildings and developments were added to the quarter in the second half of the 1990's around the roads Seestraße and Webergasse and revalued the areas's focus on shopping.
Since 2003, construction activity is concentrated around the Neumarkt, 2006, the first quarters were completed (Q1 and Q2, and the Hotel de Saxe in Q4) Q3 2007 was under construction.
Public transport then & now
Of the inner city's extremely dense tram and bus network in the pre-war years, "only" two tram routes remain: the ring that runs along the course of the former city walls (except on the Elbe side) and the diameter line across Wilsdruffer Straße. Before 1945 there were tracks on the Altmarkt, parallel routes along the ring, a route between Schloßplatz - Neumarkt - Lingnerallee and, already somewhat abandoned, a route on Terrassenufer. There are also several bus lines that touch Postplatz in the west and Pirnaischer Platz Platz in the east; there used to be a bus diameter line along Seestrasse and Schloßstrasse. Nevertheless, the development of the city center can be considered sufficient.
Building development and living
Of the medieval and middle-class part of the city with its Renaissance, baroque and period of promoterism buildings exists due to the total destruction in 1945 practically nothing more. Today the Inner old Town consists structurally of 3 components: the sakral and common buildings of cultures in the northern range, the living and business land
developments of the 1950/60's within the southern range ("Stalin baroque") and the consolidating buildings of the Post-Change-period.
(South side Altmarkt, Altmarkt-Galerie).
Gesundheitswesen & Seniorenheime
Churches & religious groups
In the Inner Old Town are the three main churches in Dresdens: Frauenkirche, Kreuzkirche und die (ehem.) Hofkirche.
Culture and recreation
In the Inner Old Town are the most significant museums and theatres of Dresden situated, including picture gallery and Semper Opera House.
The Inner Old Town is (again) one of the most important shopping quarters of Dresden, if not, after the opening of the Altmarkt-Galerie ("old market gallery") and the business on the Seestraße the Shopping quarter. Also around the Altmarkt (old market) and along the road Wilsdruffer Straße are a multiplicity of business, with some which are partially reorganized at the moment.
In the eastern part around the lane Weiße Gasse a new tavern quarter developed in 2002/2004 a further tavern mile very popular with tourists is in the lane are in the Münzgasse between Bruehl terrace and the church Frauenkirche.
Recently, new attractive restaurants have emerged and emerged around the Neumarkt. Not all of them were able to last longer, but there was usually a successor There are also famous individual objects in the inner old town, such as the Italian Village.
Learning
There are no schools in this district, the nearest schools are in the neighbouring districts Wilsdruffer and Pirnaische Vorstadt.
Working
In the Inner Old Town most people work in the Hotel branch, Catering, Culture and Administration. The Town Hall (Rathaus) is situated here as well as clerical administration and many offices.