Kabarett "Breschke & Schuch",  cabaret which was founded in 1998 in a former warehouse, on the square Wettiner Platz, which reminds in its style a little of Berlin "Hackesche Höfe". The entry to the venue, which has got about 200 seats is in the street Jahnstraße. In 2019, the building was renamed the Dresdner FriedrichstaTT Palast.
Kabarett "Herkuleskeule",  Founded in 1961, the theater is the oldest and most famous cabaret of Dresden. Until April 2017, the venue was the Haus am Sternplatz, since then it has been located in the Kulturpalast.

The old venue () has since been demolished, but the new residential building planned for the site is still a long way off.

Kaditz see Special page Kaditz
Kaditz/Mickten, Urban expansion area
see Special page Gewerbegebiete (Industrial estates)
Kaffeemühlenhäuser (slang),  see Würfelhäuser (dice houses)
Kaiserpalast / Imperial Palace,  built on Pirnaischer Platz in 1896/97 from Schilling und Gräbner for the pharmacist Hermann Ilgen in the neo-baroque style. The striking residential and commercial building was destroyed in 1945.
Kaitz (district),  see Special page Kaitz
Kaitzbachtal,  lovely local recreation area in the South of Dresden between the first and second hill range parallel to the river Elbe. The little stream called the "Kaitzbach" originates from the area of Kleinnaundorf, crosses a dump and comes out in the districts Kaitz, Kleinpestitz and Mockritz, flows along old willows thrue the meadows and little garden around the Open air swimming pool "Mockritzer Bad", disappears in the district of Strehlen and comes back to the surface shortly in the park Großer Garten.

The former uranium-bearing bismuth slag heap has been extensively remediated in recent years. The local recreation area created on it, unofficially called Kaitzer Höhe, can now be used safely for jogging, walking or "going for a walk".

Kammergut Pillnitz (Chamber property),  Located to the east of the Pillnitz Castle and close to the docks of the Steamship Cruise, the facility was owned by Wettiner until 1918. To manage the manor belonging to the castle, various outbuildings were built, which later became the seat of the Pillnitz Chamber Estate. The fields of this estate were managed early on according to scientific principles, making Pillnitz a center of modern horticulture. In 1948 it became state-owned, but from the 1980s onwards it fell into complete disrepair.

After extensive renovation, the company headquarters and production facility of the Wippler bakery with a café, coffee garden and the bakery museum are now located here.

Nach aufwändiger Sanierung befinden sich hier heute der Firmensitz und die Produktionsstätte des Bäckerei Wippler mit Café, Kaffeegarten und dem Bäckereimuseum. /TD>

Kanzleihaus,  chambers bui1ding, built in 1565-67 by Hans Irmisch and borders on the South side with the stables Stallhof, in 1945 almost completely destroyed and rebuilt after the Change. It is one of the rare witnesses of the art of renaissance-style building in Dresden. The building is property of the Catholic church and residence of the bishop of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen.
Karl-May-Museum,  unique ethnological exhibition in Radebeul, housed in the Wild West log cabin "Villa Bärenfett". From a collection that is unique in Europe, the museum displays around 850 attractive museum artefacts from the life and culture of the North American Indians.
Karstadt The most modern department store in Germany when it opened, with 30,000 m² of sales space, was built according to plans in 1993/95 on the northeast corner of Prager Strasse of the Düsselsdorf office architects RKV Rhode, Kellermann, Wawarowsky+Partner. Due to damage from the Flood 2002, it was then extensively renovated.

The legendary Residenzkaufhaus stood here from 1909 until its destruction in 1945. After the fall of the Wall, construction of a Hertie department store began on the previously undeveloped area, but due to the merger of Hertie with Karstadt, the plans were re-planned again during construction, to use the new house for Karstadt. After the opening, Hertie moved into the former Centrum-Warenhaus, which had been used by Karstadt until then and which (later known as "Karstadt Haus 2" ; titled) had to give way to the new shopping temple Centrum-Galerie in 2006.

Today, the store belongs to the Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof Group, the only department stores' company remaining in Germany.

Kathedrale,  Cathedral St.Trinitatis, see Hofkirche
Kaufhaus "Au petit Bazar" (department store),   Dresden's first department stores'. In 1850/51, Bothen built a five-storey commercial and residential building with a basement for the merchant Joseph Meyer, incorporating existing parts of the wall. Meyer's ladies' clothing store moved into the ground floor and first floor. The building had a rectangular atrium with arched arcades on the two lowest floors. The building was destroyed in February 1945 and later demolished.

The reconstruction, which differs greatly from the original, was carried out in 2017/20, with the builder Günter Blobel significantly altering the storey and window heights and adding a kind of roof terrace.

Kaufhaus Esders,  In 1894, Heinrich Esders founded a specialised clothing store on the corner of Prager Straße / Waisenhausstraße. In 1908, an extended new building is officially opened, which is considered the most modern and most beautiful department stores' in Dresden at the time. In 1945, it and the entire neighbourhood fell victim to the bombs.

In 1998, the new Esders office and business centre opens on the same site.

Kaufhaus Knoop, (department store)  Department stores' built in 1931 as Kaiser Stoff-Etagen by the owner, Kommerzienrat Carl Kaiser. It was created under the influence of city planning councillor Paul Wolf in a contemporary design language of the time.

In 1939, the Knoop company took over the property, which was the only one on Wilsdruffer Straße to withstand the destruction in February 1945. It was reopened in 1951 as the HO department stores' HOWA, followed in 1952/53 by the addition of a new staircase on the west side and a head-end building in the National Tradition style on the east side. The building was later used by the CENTRUM department stores' and then the INTECTA furniture store.

After standing empty, it was demolished in 2008/09 and replaced by an extension to the Altmarkt-Galerie, which is unconvincing in terms of urban planning and architecture.

Kaufhaus Renner,  department store on the South side of the square Altmarkt and until its destruction in 1945 first known department store in Dresden to feature moving stairs (escalator). The department store stretched across several former middle-class houses.
Kaufpark Nickern beside the Elbe-Park biggest shopping centre outside of the Inner City and due to its closeness to the large housing development Prohlis not too isolated. It consits of furniture stores, DIY stores, electronic stores, grocery stores and clothes shops.

In mid-October 2006, a C&A branch opened in addition to a total of around 70 stores. A weekly market takes place on the terrace from Monday to Saturday.

In 2021, KGG GmbH & Co. KG bought the Elbepark owner
Kurt Krieger bought the Nickern Kaufpark in order to build a completely new shopping center there. The gas station, furniture store and former hardware store have now been demolished. The first construction phase of the new EKZ opened on this site.

In the meantime, Krieger has reduced the renovation plans; the middle and right of the three planned "townhouses" in the second construction phase will be built one floor lower.

Kauscha (district),  see Special page Kauscha
Käseglocke (round cheese cover),  popular name of the little hut in the centre of the square called Postplatz, built in 1927 and used as a stopping point. Initially unused since 2006, it then served as a DVB training facility and since 2013 as a café.

After a one-year interlude with the Dresden Coffee and Cocoa Roastery, René Werft has been operating since 2014, who runs a fruit winery in Zabeltitz, the Café Käseglocke.

Another similar building is on the square Albertplatz.

Käthe-Kollwitz-Ufer,  parallel to the river Elbe running main traffic roadverlaufende in the East of Dresden, northern border to the districts Johannstadt (until 1945 closed development and now mainly blocks of flats and high rise buildings, interessting restoration) and Blasewitz (remarkable mansions). From the bank one has a great view over parts of the New Town and the hill range from Loschwitz towards the so called Waldschlößchen-Areal and the castles Albrechtsschlösser.
Kemnitz (district),  see Special page Kemnitz
Keppgrund side valley on the river Elbe to the highlands called Schönfelder Hochland, romantic hiking paths along the historic mill called Keppmühle (), which is regrettably closed since a few years and probably for good. In East German times it was used for Student parties, announced by many posters and signs.
KeppschloßHosterwitz, mansion originally owned by the Duke of Brühl, was purchased in 1774 ff. By Duke Marcolini, who altered its appaerance into a one-wing building. In 1861/63 the "Keppschloß", as it was now called was redesigned in English Trudor style.
Kess-Centershopping centre in the destrict Gorbitz, historicly on Wölfnitz Ground, next to it another shopping centre, the Gorbitz Hof, for the "lower estate" of Gorbitz.
Kesselsdorfer Straße,  arterial road towards Kesselsdorf and Freiberg (B173), in its lower part the traditional High Street (Clothes) of Dresden's West, after the Change lost lots of its significance but recently new shops brought back some upgrade. Due to the lack of Clothes Shops however its is of low importance beyond the regional boundaries. In this part is also the cematary Neue Annenfriedhof.

The middle section separates the prefab settlement Gorbitz from Altgorbitz, The upper section, which was mainly added through incorporation, houses furniture stores, hardware stores, car dealerships, hotels and other new settlements (some of which are in the surrounding area).

The site Kesselsdorfer Straße goes back to Napoleon times, who instructed in 1809 the built of the "Freiberger Chaussee". This paved road replaced the previous route through Nieder- and Obergorbitz along the road Uthmannstraße.

Kiesgrube Leuben,  gravel-pit, used as "wild" swimming pool, partly nude-beach. There is an ongoing argument with the land owners and the lack of money on side of Dresden's City Council that prevents the bath to be transformed into an official swimming pool, as it is wished by many of Leuben's people.

Since 2005 there is a water-skiing centre (), since sommer 2007 the Wednesday Diving Team (Mittwochstauchteam der Naturfreunde Kiesgrube Dobritz e.V. ).

Kinderfries (Children's frieze),  see Schützhaus
Kindertagesstätten (Daycare centres),  In the state capital, there are a total of 357 daycare centres1) including after-school care centres. These include municipal, private and independent (including denominational) daycare centres.

Kinderzoo (Children's zoo),  see Abenteuerspielplatz Panama (Adventure playground)
Kirche Bad Weißer Hirsch (church),  Wooden church by Richard Schaeffer based on the model of the Wang church near Karpacz (Krummh&uum;bel) in the Polish Giant Mountains. The church, consecrated in 1889, has a Jehmlich organ from 1901.
Kirche Jesu Christi der heiligen der letzten Tage,
see Gemeindehaus der Mormonen / Mormon meetinghouse
Kirche Schönfeld,  The church with its gabled roof and raised choir with star vaults is mentioned as early as the 13th century. In 1896, a new 54 metre high tower was built, which was shortened to 34 metres in 1970. The sandstone pulpit and baptismal font, carried by angels, dating from the 17th Century. Church, castle and village pond form the heart of this local part of the district Schonfeld-Weissig.
Kirche Weißig (church),  see Kreuzkirche Weißig
Kirche des Ehrlichschen Gestifts,  Built in 1904/07 by Emil Scherz in neo-Gothic style on Güntzstraße/corner of today's Straßburger Platz. It was the second institutional church of the Ehrlich Foundation, a school and poor foundation founded in 1742 by George Ehrlich. The church, which burnt down in 1945 but was rebuilt, was blown up in 1951.
Kirnitzschtalbahn (interurban tramway),  see Sachsen-Lexikon
Kleinbauernmuseum Reitzendorf,  The original interior of the building serves as a permanent exhibition in a three-sided courtyard from the 19th century. The individual rooms were renovated and then refurnished authentically and true to detail. They contain a rich collection of evidence of rural living and working culture from a period of several decades. The museum is located in Reitzendorf, a district of the town Schönfeld-Weißig and is operated by the local local history association.
kleine szene (small scene),  In addition to the Semperoper, another venue of the Saxon State Opera Dresden in the Neustadt, more precisely in the Radeberger Suburb. It was founded in 1988 in the former living and working space of the famous dancer Mary Wigman.
Mostly works of experimental music theater, chamber dance evenings, but also pieces for children and young people were shown. The repertoire included our own productions, guest performances and co-productions.
With 99 seats, close contact with the audience was guaranteed.

The kleine szene was closed from the 2010/11 season!

Kleiner Hecht (tram typ),  see Großer Hecht
Kleiner Schlosshof (Small castle courtyard),  see Residenzschloss
Kleines Haus,  1800 Construction of a free-standing villa (today the front building) on the former fortifications on the edge of the Innere Neustadt, in 1860 the current auditorium was added. Until 1930, the building, also known as the Tonhalle, housed a pub and ballroom, then a church.

Since 1945 the house has been the venue of the State Theater. The building, which is set back from the otherwise closed street front, stands out due to its striking staircase.

In 1998 the house had to be closed for structural reasons, after which it served as a rehearsal stage for a few years. From 2002 the building was extensively renovated and reopened.

Kleinluga (district),  see Special page Kleinluga
Kleinpestitz (district),  see Special page Kleinpestitz
Kleinzschachwitz (district),  see Special page Kleinzschachwitz
Klima see Special page Climate in Dresden
Klosterhofformer abbey court located in Altleubnitz 12, occupied in the so called stone house (the real abbey court), an oxen barn and other outbuildings the area between the little ditch Leubnitzbach and Neuostra. It developed from a former commodity when Leubnitz merged in 1288 with the Abbey Altzella. The buildings degenerated during East german times, were torn down and after the Change rebuilt as hotel and restaurant. The comfy restaurant "Klosterhof" is currently closed after repeated change of owners.
Klotzsche (district),  see Special page Klotzsche
Kneipen see Special page Kneipensucher (bar finder)
Kohlebahnhof,  The Albertbahnhof, which opened in 1855 as the terminus of the Albert Railway, served primarily to supply Dresden households and industry with hard coal from the Plauenschen Reason. In 1868 the railway line was integrated into the Bohemian train station and from 1869 onwards the train station, which was henceforth called the coal station, was only used for freight traffic. After the Second World War, the station gradually became insignificant and fell into disrepair. You can no longer find any tracks today.

Today the Weißeritzgrünzug is located in part of the station. To the northwest of Freiberger Strasse a school complex is to be built for the completely new 150th high school.

Kohlenstraße (Residential area),  Name of a prefabricated housing estate from the 1980s, on both sides of the Kohlenstrasse, which runs on the ridge of the Südhöhe. The area now belongs entirely to the Kleinpestitz district. After reunification, the area was supplemented by further residential and administrative buildings as well as a Kaufland shopping center.

The neighboring prefabricated housing estate Südhöhe is also located on the ridge.

Komödie Dresden,  after the Change newly founded private theatre in the World Trade Center (), which is the only Dresden venue which operates without subventionen, after selfdistription.

The comedy's former operator, Jürgen Wöffer, filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of May 2010 and was terminated by the WTC. The WTC has been continuing the theater as Comödie since with the new operator Stefan Schepnitz .

Komplexe Einzelhandelsstandorte / Complex retail location,  Official category from the Center concept of the state capital regarding the concentration of trade, services, cultural and social institutions. In addition to the City Center, 11 Location Centers (OTZ) and 24 Living-Near Centers (WZ) are complex retail locations usually on the so-called "green field". recorded.
Kongresshotel,  see Erlweinspeicher
Kongresszentrum,  see International Congress Center Dresden
Konsum Dresden eG,  Traditional food retail company with 39 branches in the city and surrounding area. The co-operative has around 30,000 members.

In 1888, the consumer association "Vorwärts" e.V. für Dresden und Umgebung is founded, and in 1894 it becomes the first landowner. In 1931, the consumer-owned meat processing factory designed in 1927-30 by Kurt Bärbig is opened on Fabrikstraße.

In 1935/1936 consumption was expropriated by the Nazis, the retransfer in 1946/1948 led to the founding of four cooperatives in Dresden, which later merged. The first new department store was opened in 1967 and the first consumer restaurant in 1977.

In 1990, the Dresden Stadt Land consumer cooperatives merged to form KONSUM DRESDEN eG. In November 2000, the Neustaedter Markthalle reopened after extensive renovation. In the same year, the new sales channels KONSUM Frische-Markt and Frida were introduced and 14 Kaiser's markets were taken over.

In 2007, the first branch outside of Saxony was opened in Erlangen, others followed or were planned. In the meantime, all businesses outside of Saxony were given up. A new branch was also opened in the new Centrum-Galerie in 2009, but it was closed again in 2011 and later reopened.
Today the 120-year-old company is the industry market leader in Dresden.

Konsum-Fleischverarbeitungsbetrieb,  eformer factory of the consumer cooperative "Forwards" in Löbtau. It is the first part of a food production complex (bakery, brewery, distillery) that was not completed due to the global economic crisis. The building consists of two six-story wings arranged at an obtuse angle to each other and an eight-story tower. The complex, built in the New Objectivity style according to plans by Kurt Bärbig, represents a successful symbiosis of beauty and practicality.

The ensemble was listed in 1978, had been vacant since 1991 and was extensively renovated until 2020/21.

Konzertplatz Weißer Hirsch,  Part of the area built at the turn of the century as König-Friedrich-August-Park in the district Weiß er Hirsch adjacent part of the Dresdner Heide. Today the Chinese pavilion, tennis courts and the former town hall park are located on the site.

The concert venue created at the time in the former spa Bad Weißer Hirsch not only delighted summer holidaymakers but also the thousands of spa guests at the time with concerts taking place up to four times a week.

In summer, the concert square is also the venue for the "Komödie im Park" and a popular beer garden.

Kopernikusstraße,  Main road in the
Hans-Richter-Siedlung.
Köhlersches Haus,  by Samuel Locke citizen's house probably built after 1749 for the vineyard owner and wine merchant Johann Köhler, who also lived here and ran a wine bar. The building was destroyed in 1945 and later demolished. In 2006/08 it was rebuilt as part of the Schuetz-Residenz, and there is a wine and delicatessen shop on the ground floor.
König-Albert-Denkmal 1. The monument for King Albert, created in 1906 by Max Baumbach, was on the Schloßplatz. It was apparently melted down in the chaos of World War II. After 1990, the base foundation was restored, thereby marking the historical monument location.

The monument
Friedrich August has stood at the same location since 2008 I.

2. Monument to the same ruler on the Windberg in Dresden's neighboring town Freital.

König-Friedrich-August-Häuser

Listed residential complex in Striesen. It was the first project of the Dresden Small Housing Association, founded in 1910. The complex, which has facade decorations and an elaborate roof design, was built in 1911 in the style of reform architecture according to plans by Theodor Richter.

König-Johann-Denkmal (monument) In 1889, based on a design by Design: Johannes Schilling erected a bronze equestrian statue in the middle of the Theaterplatz. King John of Saxony is depicted in his capacity as a scholar.
König-Johann-Straße,  see Wilsdruffer Straße
Königliche Ausspanne,  Annexe (coach house, stables) built in 1832 to a palace villa in Niederpoyritz that had already been built in 1735. The villa belonged to the King of Saxony Friedrich August II from 1835-54, served as a residence until 1975 and had to be demolished in 1983 due to unstoppable decay. In the mid-1990s, the former outbuildings were converted into the "Pension zur königlichen Ausspanne".
Königliche Villa,  see Castle Wachwitz
Königsbrücker Landstraße,  continuation of the road Königsbrücker Straße in Klotzsche and Weixdorf, remarkable the old Spa Klotzsche and the new shopping centre Hohenbusch in Weixdorf.
Königsbrücker Straße,  arterial road up North towards the Airport, and to the districts Klotzsche and Langebrück and further towards Königsbrück. Between Albertplatz and the street Katharienstraße open plan classicistic mansions, partly disfigured by commercial usage, connecting a lively business quarter in mostly closed Wilhelminian style architecture, from the lane Bischofsweg on the left hand side mostly town houses, right barracks (partly used by the MDR as broadcasting building), from the road Stauffenbergallee on more barracks and commercial buildings, including the so called quarter Alte Heeresbäckerei, the new Techno-Park and the factory Infineon.

News (as of May 2013)
The expansion of Königsbrücker Strasse to two or four lanes with countless intermediate variants has been the subject of debate in the city council, in the city administration and with the Free State for 17 years. If the city council decides in the summer of 2013, the expansion cannot begin until 2017 (!) at the earliest, i.e. more than 20 years since planning began.

The expansion has not yet started in 2023, and the start of construction is still “undetermined”.

Königpassage,  passage in the shape of a court between the street Königstraße and the lane Rähnitzgasse. It developed in its current shape with luxury boutiques and other "posh" shops only after its redevelopment in the 1990's. A desolate building in Wilhelminian style, which closed a gap in the otherwise only "baroque" street Königsstraße was replaced by a modern and well blending-in adaptation.
Königstraße,  the most significant street apart from the Hauptstraße ("main street") in the Inner New Town, due to the fact that most houses in this baroque style street could be preserved it is from an architectural point of view the most precious street. It is also significant point when looking from the square Albertplatz to the Japanese Palais.

Plans for a street like that were already drawn back in 1711 but the Saxonian king August der Starke built the steet only in 1722 after purchasing grounds and tearing building down. Consistent hight of the buildings and a symetric front to differenciate the rest of the buildings from the palais was specified by the builting regulations of 1720 (extended in 1736): a simple design, emphasised centrelinewith gateway und house sign on the cap stone. The street was completed in 1765, survived the second World War but degenerated during East German times.

A wholsome reconstruction of the street Königstraße and its neighbouring (for example Rähnitzgasse, Prisco-Passage) streets took place after 1990 and is almost completed. Also the surroundings were redesigned, such as the trees. Pockets of green which are used a extensions (street cafes) during the summer months by the bars and restaurants nearby.

Königsufer,  Waterfront promenade, street and green area on the Neustadter Elbufer. The facility was built in 1933-36 according to plans by Heinrich Balke, Herbert Conert and Karl Paul Andrae created under the direction of Paul Wolf.

The 2 km long section of the Elbe bank from the Marienbrücke in the west to the Priesnitz estuary in East was designed as a spacious green area with promenades, terraces and special thematic gardens, but also served political purposes. A very clearly staged urban development highlight was the so-called "Forum for National Rallies", a thing-like open-air theater below the Finance Ministry.
Today the Film nights on the banks of the Elbe are taking place here.

The facilities also include the monument Archers and the garden parts Palaisgarten, Staudengarten and Rosengarten.

Königswald,  see district Klotzsche
Köpckestraße,  street, in 1946 renamed from Asterstraße (in front of the Finance Ministry) into the street Köpckestraße, later including the lane Große Klostergasse (between the square Neustädter Markt and the street Wiesentorstraße). Since the 1970's it included the then newly built 4-lane avenue parallel to the Neustädter Elbbogen, which did not consider the pre-war structure. This part in front of the Hotel Bellevue got its original name Große Meißner Straße back after the Change, which went along there as considerably smaller road with its, in 1945 destroyed and later demolished baroque buildings. The eastern part kept its street name Köpckestraße.
Körnerdenkmal, Theodor-Körner-Denkmal (monument), Memorial created in 1871 by
Ernst Julius Hähnel for the Dresden-born poet Theodor Körner. It is somewhat abandoned at its original location at Georgplatz. Before 1945, the historic Kreuzschule was located behind the monument.
Körnerhaus At the end of the 18th century, the two-story family home of the poet Theodor Körner, which stood above a basement due to its hillside location, was a center of Dresden's intellectual life . On the same property is the Schillerhäuschen, a former commercial building in which Friedrich Schiller often stayed. The grain house is now privately owned and is not open to the public.
Körnerplatz,  central square in the district Loschwitz and created in connection with the built of the bridge Blue Wonder around 1900. In closed up building style surrounded with several clinker constructions, it is in beautiful contrast to the left-over village buildings. It is a changing point for several bus lines towards the funicular Standseilbahn and teleferic Schwebebahn and to the excursion boats on the river Elbe.
Kraftwerk Mitte, Cogeneration plant Mitte,  1. closed power station on the place Wettiner Platz and on the road Schweriner Straße respectively, also called "Aurora".

Built in red clinker brick in 1926-1928 by city building officer Paul Wolf to supply the center of the city with electricity and heat.

After it was decommissioned in 1994, a new use was sought for the centrally located facility, which is outstanding in terms of Dresden's industrial architecture. Plans to use it, for example for the Operetta have not yet taken shape.

The striking boiler house was demolished in summer 2006.

2. new Dresden cultural centre at the same location. At the beginning of May 2008, the long-considered use for the State Operetta will be used according to the ideas of the City Administration a> current again. The Theater Junge Generation is also supposed to (and has now) moved to this location. The entire project is based on a design by Walter Kaplan.

On December 16, 2016, the Mitte power plant was opened with a joint ceremony by the Staatsoperette and tjg. Der Name "Kulturkraftwerk" wird für dieses Projekt offiziell nicht mehr verwendet, da er bereits von der Stadt Goslar für ein dortiges Kulturprojekt als geschütztes Markenzeichen verwendet wird.

Kraftwerk Nossener Brücke, power station
see Heizkraftwerk Nossener Brücke
Krankenhäuser / hospitals,  see special page Krankenhäuser
Krankenhaus Friedrichstadt, Municipal Hospital  the former Marcolini-Palais or Brühl-Marcolini-Palais called building was errected in 1727 by Johann Christoph Nauman as little palais for a duchess. Later the Duke Heinrich von Brühl bought it. In 1774 the Duke Marcolini purchased it and extended the building with side buildings and Orangerie in 1774-78 by Johann Christoph Knöffel.

The, then most beautiful park of its time, is still an attractive sight. In the back, which is hidden due to the built hospital, is the baroque fountain Neptunbrunnen.

In 2012, a citizen's decision took place on the future of the two municipal hospitals, as the city administration, CDU, FDP and citizens' faction wanted to convert the two companies into a joint GmbH.

The question was:
Are you in favor of the Dresden-Friedrichstadt and Dresden-Neustadt hospitals remaining owned by the city of Dresden?

Krankenhaus Johannstadt (hospital),  see Universitätsklinikum.
Krankenhaus Neustadt (hospital),  see special page Städtisches Krankenhaus Dresden-Neustadt.
Krankenhauskapelle Johannstadt 1898/1901 im Kontex mit dem Aufbau des Johannstädter Krankenhauses, dem heutigen Universitätsklinikum, auf dessen Gelände errichtete Kirche. Architekt ist der auch für den Krankenhausbau verantwortlich zeichnende Edmund Bräter. Die 1945 ausgebrannte Anstaltskirche wurde 1950 abgetragen. Auf dem Gelände befindet sich heute das Seelsorgezentrum des Klinikums.

Kraszewski-Museum,  Nordstraße 28, was established in 1960 in the Summer house in the Dresden Antonstadt, where the Polish poet, historian and publicist Jósef Ignacy Kraszewski lived from 1873 until 1879 during his 21-years long stay in Dresden.

The museum shows views of Polish history and culture in the 19th century and reminds of the various relations between Saxony and Poland.

The Kraszewski Museum in its current form was closed at the end of 2011 because Poland demanded the return of the exhibits that had been on loan for 50 years.

Background:
According to a law passed by the Polish Sejm in 2001, Polish cultural assets that are older than 50 years may only be shown on loan abroad for a maximum of 5 years.

After the interim exhibition "Poland of Free Choice", there has been a new permanent exhibition since January 2013.

Kräutersiedlung, Name of a quarter in Gorbitz intended for the dismantling of WBS-70 prefabricated buildings.The name comes from the streets in question, all of which are at least named after plants. After removing 2 or 3 floors of some houses, gaps in the fronts are created and the whole imression lightened up. The groundfloors get patios and on the upper floors balconies ar added. Opposed to other areas predominated by concrete blocks of flats, these houses are very popular.

Unfortunately, the third and fourth construction phases of the herb settlement could not be realized because the railway housing cooperative had to cancel its project for financial reasons.

Instead, the new Kräuterterassen settlement with a total of 15 apartment buildings and 184 apartments was built between Schlehestraße and Kamillenweg around 2000.

Krematorium,  the building which stand next door the cemetery Johannisfriedhof, including a celebration hall and a Memorial garden/Urn court, built in 1911 by Fritz Schumacher in Art Nouveau style. In 2003/05, the new crematorium facility was built, which is one of the most modern in Europe.

On the Urnenhain (urn court) is a.o. the physicist Heinrich Barkhausen buried.

Kreuzkirche,  Founded in 1215 under the name Nikolaikirche, it was re-consecrated in 1388 as the Kreuzkirche. It is the main Protestant church in Dresden and is still the parish church of the Inner Old Town. The Gothic hall church, which was built on the site of a Romanesque basilica, was destroyed in the Seven Years' War.

The current building, built between 1764 and 1792 by Johann George Schmidt and others, combines baroque and classical forms; the tower, completed by Hölzer in 1788, is reminiscent of the Hofkirche. In 1897 the church burnt down and the inner was rebuilt in Art Nouveau style. In 1945 it burnt down again and after that the inner was just decorated with simple plaster.

The entire interior was renovated in 2003/2004, including installing modern underfloor heating.

The Kreuzkirche is home to the Kreuzchores (), one of the oldest and most renowned boys' choirs in the world.

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There is also a close, particularly historical connection to the Kreuzschule.

Kreuzkirche Weißig,  Fortified church from the 13th century, after a fire in the 17th century there were several renovations and structural extensions at the beginning of the 20th century.
The church has remarkable Art Nouveau elements in the painting, front carvings, door fittings. gen and window glazing.
Kreuzschule (Cross-High school),   was founded in the 13th century as a Latin school for the singers of the "capella sanctae crucis", the Dresden Kreuzkirche, and was first mentioned in a document in 1370. It has had a significant impact on Dresden's cultural and educational history and has had an influence far beyond the city limits.g erlangt.

Their first school building was built in 1393 opposite the Kreuzkirche on Schulgasse. The new Kreuzschule, built in 1864/65 by Christian Friedrich Arnold on Georgplatz in the neo-Gothic style, was completely destroyed in 1945. Only the grain monument standing in front of it still reminds us of this location.

From 1945-59 the Kreuzschule was housed in the half-destroyed Wettiner Gymnasium. The Kreuzchor initially found emergency accommodation in the Plauen high school, but in 1947 they were able to take over parts of the former Freemason Institute in Striesen where from 1954-59 there was also a "boarding school of the Dresden Kreuzchor" that was detached from the Kreuzschule. gave. In 1959 both schools were reunited at this location. Parallel to the municipal institution, which was again called the Kreuzgymnasium after the fall of the Wall, the Evangelisches Kreuzgymnasium was founded in 1997 under the independent sponsorship of the two Evangelical Lutherans. Dresden church district was founded, which has existed alone since 2004 after a transition period.

In the High Middle Ages, spiritual culture was carried by the church. Initially, monastery and cathedral schools provided for their own educational needs, but over the course of the 13th century schools also emerged in the cities, which were often attached to city churches. The first schoolmaster ("Cunradus rector puerorum") is mentioned for Dresden in 1300.

The motto of the Kreuzschule is "Schola crucis schola lucis imus domine quo ducis" (School of the Cross, School of Light, we go, Lord, wherever you lead us).

Kreuzstraße,  narrow street between the City Hall and the eastern reconstructed post war developments around the square Altmarkt. Start- and endpoints are the church Kreuzkirche and the building Gewandhaus.
Kristall (Crystal, cinema),  was built in 1997 by the "Architektenbüro Himmelb(l)au" in form of a crystal, originally as extension building to the cinema Rundkino.

The "Kristall" is the only, somewhat attractive part of the whole building and points towards the block of flats that line the Prager Straße. The building front pointing towards the road called St.Peterburger Straße is a rather unattractive, bare concrete front with metallic grids.

The new building with 8 new halls and 2700 place doubles the original capacity of the Rundkino to 15 halls and 4000 places. Since the flood in 2002 the cinema conceptions take place exclusively in the crystal.

Am 01.10.2004 übernahm die Düsseldorfer FSF GmbH den Kristallpalast von der insolventen Ufa-Theater AG.

Kronentor,  part of the Zwinger, besides the church Frauenkirche one of the most famous sights in Dresden. The gate, which is embedded in the galerie "Langgalerie" is crown with a copper roof, which has on an obelisk with four "Polish eagles" and the kings crown attached. The Saxonian elector August der Starke was at the same time King of Poland.
Kugelhaus
1. ball shape house, was built in 1928 after plans by Peter Birkenholz on the showground on the former Stübelplatz (today the square Straßburger Platz). It was the attraction of the show "The technical City " in 1928. The round body rested on a cylindric ball neck and had a diameter of 24 m, the whole construction weighted 230 t.The in 1938 torn down Dresden ball shape house was the firsdt of its kind in the world.

The society "Dresdner Kugelhaus e.V." () campaigned for its reconstructionin a modern fashion on the grounds of the former Narrenhäusel on the square Neustädter Markt.

2. a building erected in 2004/05 according to plans by architect
Siegbert Langner von Hatzfeldt on Wiener Platz, which is actually the first two of a total of five planned cube houses and a sphere integrated into their centre. It was built in a record time of just under a year1) was built by Krieger Grundstück GmbH as an important urban accent at the entrance to the main railway station.

(the Krieger property GmbH would like to establish a spherical house after the plans of the architect Siegbert Langner of Hatzfeldt between two of the cube houses.)

The initial variety of stores has now given way to a certain monotony and unattractiveness, apart from the large sports discounter DECATHLON, which has spread over two floors. On the top floor, in 03/2006, the promised “special gastronomy” is the Sky Bar. moved in, the Schwerlos restaurant has been located here since 2013 ( ).

The basement of the Kugelhaus is connected to the Wiener Platz underground car park, and there is a tram stop directly in front of the main entrance.

KulturKraftwerk (Cultural power station),  see Kraftwerk Mitte
Kulturpalast,  Cultural palast, built in 1962-69 by Wolfgang Hänsch as a flat building with "folded" copper roof. The flat solidium (surface area 102,80 m x 71,80 m, height of 19,35 m) forms the conclusion of the Altmarkt to the north.

The building is in reinforced concrete skeleton building method built, which disguises front base projectile with red granite, the upper floors are compound from aluminium glass elements. In the internal area a general-purpose hall with 2740 places is arranged, a multi-storey entrance hall is fronting it. At the sides are a Studio theatre with 192 places and a restaurant among other things accommodated.

Already in 1952 a competition was held for a new "house of the cultures" in form of a multi-storey building, which was not realised, also because of citizen protest.

In the street Schloßstraße is the currently covered up mural "The way of the red banner". Its future is as unclear as the ones for the entire building. There are ideas to convert it into a Concert hall (Headquarter of the Philharmony), total reconstruction or complete demolision. At the time, the city administration favored converting it into a concert hall (as the home of the Philharmonic and Staatskapelle) while retaining the external appearance as much as possible. A citizens' initiative called for it to be left as a town hall with multifunctional use.

The abandoned in the meantime drafts by the Sachsenbau Chemnitz GmbH for converting the house as well as transforming it into a diagonally running shopping arcade, which divides itself under a large glass dome, considers, from view of the author, the town construction situation best.

The city council decided that the culture palace would be retained in its original form and would only be carefully renovated. To the north, however, the areas can be developed.

In 2008 the Palace of Culture was placed under monument protection. The conversion plans for a modern concert hall remained unchanged.

In addition to reducing costs, the inclusion of the two facilities is intended to ensure that the building is open to the public throughout the year and can be used by different interest and age groups.

, the last event for the time being took place in the Kulturpalast with the Brueckenmaennchen.

From autumn 2012, the city administration had the culture palace rebuilt according to plans by gmp architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partner. The previous ballroom was converted into a pure concert hall with a reduced capacity of a maximum of 1,800 seats as a venue for the Dresden Philharmonic as well as the main library of the City Libraries and the Cabaret Herkuleskeule in the Building integrated.
Seminar rooms and the existing studio stage are to be redesigned for the library and cabaret. The outer shell of the building remains largely intact. The interior renovation was extremely controversial among the population.

By including the two facilities, in addition to reducing costs, the building should be open all day and used by different interest and age groups.

After five years of renovation, the Kulturpalast was reopened with a stage program and a large light show.

Kulturrathaus, culture town hall . In 1824 the front building was erected after orders from a lady called Frau Trützschler, who had purchased a year earlier the neighbouring Hacklsche Haus. In 1860 a hall with open truss of wooden rafters.

The socalled Bach-halls accommodated initially gastronomy, from 1879 to 1945 "Neustädter Casino"". After several post war alerations a reconstruction followed in 1991-94 for the usage of the Culture department of the city administration.

Kunstakademie,  Culture academy, built in 1887-94 by Konstantin Lipsius after demolision of several buildings by Knöffel as "Culture academy and exibition hall of the Saxonian Artist's society". Four wing building around around a large court, the cupola with gilded Fama as crowning. Especially the cupola was disputed because of its concurrence to the dome of the nearby church Frauenkirche. The reconstruction work after partial damage during the Second World War is still ongoing.

The renovation work after the partial destruction in 1945 has been largely completed.

In addition to the art academy as an institution, the building complex housed the exhibition building of the Saxon Art Association. Its entrance facade on the Brühlsche Terrasse is reminiscent of a Greek temple.

With the Kunsthalle, which since the completion of the reconstruction in 2005 by Rolf Zimmermann and Carlo Weber is looked after by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden once again has an impressive location for art exhibitions.

Kunstausstellung Kühl (Art exhibition),  The oldest privately run gallery in Saxony, if not East Germany, in the Preußischen Viertel. It presents and sells fine art from the 20th century and contemporary art with a regional focus on over 200m².

The art exhibition was founded in 1924 near the Neustaedter Markt, but later moved back to Kleine Brüdergasse 21 due to the pressure of the Nazi dictatorship. Bombed out in 1945, the gallery ventured a new beginning at Zittauer Strasse 12 and opened in its current location in 1999.

Kunstgewerbemuseum,   Founded in 1876, the museum, housed in Pillnitz Castle, has been part of the Dresden State Art Collections since 1945. What can be seen in the water palace are primarily glass, tapestries, ironwork and furniture, including some throne chairs from the Wettiner; In the Bergpalais, among other things, the tin collection, stoneware and handicrafts up to the present day, but also special exhibitions and some rooms that have been preserved in their original condition.
Kunsthalle (Art Gallery),  also called the exhibition building Brühlsche Terrasse. The art gallery is located in the Lipsiusbau of the building complex of the University of Fine Arts, coll. Art Academy, on the Brühl terrace. It originally housed the exhibition hall of the Saxon Art Association, which was dissolved in 1945. Since 2005, the Kunsthalle has served as a location for special exhibitions of the State Art Collections.
Kunsthandwerkerpassagen,  craftspeople passage, built in 2002 by the building society "Wohnbau Nordwest" in the middle-class houses number 9-19 in the street Hauptstraße ein the New Town. The passage, opened on the 3rd October 2002 between the "strolling mile" and the Societätstheater had got 21 craftpeople, several little shops and many little gastronimic places, inviting to buy, stroll and look around.

During the reconstruction works, several alterations from 1979 and a little passage of the formerly famous shop "Textilhauses Hohlfeld" took place and the place put back in its original condition.

Kunsthofpassage,  art court passage between the streets Alaun- and Görlitzer Straße, beautifully reconstructed, with each eachother connected courts in the Wilhelminian style district Outer New Town. The reconstruction began 1997 with the yard of the fabulous creatures of Viola Schöpe, afterwards followed the yard of the elements with the artistically twisted rainwater pipes, the yard of the metamorphosis, the yard of the light, latest gain is the yard of animals. In the lively court yards with their intersting front decorations are utility areas, living quarters and work shops and gastronomy peacefully next and above each other.
Kupferstich-Kabinett,  one of the most important art museums for drawings, prints and photographs in the world. It features world-famous drawings and graphic works from Dürer, van Eyck, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Fragonard and Caspar David Friedrich to Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso and Baselitz.

In changing special exhibitions, works from the rich holdings of the Kupferstich-Kabinett as well as loans from international museum partners are presented in the exhibition rooms in the Residenzschlos.

Kurhaus Bühlau,  the hall, which is now demolished was after the Second World War a venue of the State theatre, the front building remains and is included in the quite formal kept district centre of Bühlau on the square Ullersdorfer Platz.

On 7 April 1946, the Saxon state associations of the KPD under Wilhelm Koenen and the SPD under Otto Buchwitz united in the Kurhaus to form the Saxon state association of the SED. From 1961 to 1999, a granite stele created by Vinzenz Wanitschke with relief depictions of revolutionary workers and the inscription "Proletarians of all countries, unite" commemorated this event in front of the building. The stele was put into storage.

Kurhaus Kleinzschachwitz (former spa house),  the spa hotel was built, including an entertainment garden in connection with the posh town house area called Kleinzschachwitz, after years long neglect during East German times the area was reconstructed in the late 1990's, it is now again a very popular destination near the river Elbe ferry towards Pillnitz.
Kurhaus Klotzsche (Spa House),  Built in 1886/88 with the inclusion of the “Carolaschläßchen” restaurant, which had existed since around 1850. and the neighboring villa "Elise". The building was the center of the Königswald spa at the end of the 19th century and the social center of Klotzsche until 1945.

After the war, the ballroom was misused as a warehouse and the entire complex fell into disrepair, with the restaurant closing in the mid-1980s. From 1993 onwards, the gradual renovation into a hotel and restaurant took place, and in 1999 the ballroom was restored.

Kurländer Palais,  built in 1728/29 by Johann Christoph Knöffel, it was an example for Dresden's grand art e Kellergewölbes 1981 - 95 den Jazzclub "Tonneof rococo building. In 1945 destroyed to the ground its vaults accomodated between 1981 and 95 the Jazzclub "Tonne". The club had to move in 1995 because of the planned rebuild of the Waldschlößchenareal but went probably also "down" because of its awkward position.

Reconstruction plans, including a hotel with partial public use, were announced several times over the years, but only really started in 2007. The shell of the completely newly constructed southern side wing (on the right in the model photo) was almost completed in May 2007; the historic cellar vaults of the actual palace were covered with new floor slabs.

Kügelgenhaus,  baroque town house, built in 1750 on the street Hauptstraße in the New Town. It was redidence of the Artist/Painter family Gerhard von Kügelgen. Today the house is a Museum for Dresden Romantism, in the ground floor is a cosy restaurant.

In neun thematisch gestalteten Räumen des Hauses wird eine bedeutsame Epoche der Dresdner Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte im 18./19. Jh. wieder lebendig, die weit über die Grenzen Dresdens Ausstrahlung besaß.

The proverb, attached to the house in golden letters says: "An Gottes Segen ist alles gelegen", in English "Everything depends on God's blessing".

Kühlhaus Weißeritzstraße, At the end of 2005 the old cold store was demolished. The relief “Five-Year Plan” that was on it and was to be saved was accidentally damaged. destroyed.

In 2006, a parking garage was built on the vacated area and a hotel was built on the corner of Friedrichstrasse.
A copy of the 8x5 m relief was installed on the corner of the parking garage.

For legal reasons, the hotel belonging to the Leonhardo Group was initially only allowed to be called L Hotel Dresden Altstadt, as there was already a Leonhardo Hotel from other operators in Dresden in the Südvorstadt existed.

Künstlerhaus,  artist house built in 1897/998 by Martin Pietzsch in Loschwitz, purposed for living and artist atelier. The massive and for the area too large appearing building (So, that existed before!) is heavily influenced by art nouveau was extensively refurbished since 1987 over several years.