Lahmanns Sanatorium,  Former and at that time world-famous spa in the district of Weißer Hirsch "for the entire air, light and water healing process".

In 1888, Lahmann opened his "Physiatric Sanatorium". initially on a modest scale, but soon bought more villas and expanded until the entire complex reached its final size. After the First World War the institution was named “Dr. Lahmann's Sanatorium Weißer Hirsch Aktiengesellschaft in Dresden" operated and used as a hospital from 1939. After the end of the war it was briefly called the “Weier Hirsch City Hospital”, it served the Red Army as a military hospital from 1946 to 1992, then fell into disrepair.

It was intended to be used as a retirement home or a facility for age-appropriate living, but failed due to financing and the military legacy of the area.

After 15 years of suffering, the Lahmann Sanatorium has finally been saved. Baywobau Dresden GmbH bought the entire area. First, the former administration building and the gallery are to be renovated, later Heinrichhof and the women's and men's bathrooms. Most of the historic buildings will be converted into apartments, primarily for older people. In addition, some single-family homes are being rebuilt in the “spa house style”. The Villa Heinrichshof has been particularly extensively renovated. Heinrich Lahmann lived in it, a villa on Stechgrundstrasse built in 1897 by Paul Kayser, with his wife and children.

Landesbühnen Sachsen (State theaters of Saxony) [Stadt Radebeul],  emerged from the Dresden-West Artists' Playing Group in August 1945 held their first opera concert at the Gasthof Gittersee. In the same year the ensemble was featured in the “Volksoper Dresden”. renamed. In 1949 - after some post-war turmoil - the state association of the Volksbühne took it over as the "State Opera of Saxony".

In 1950 we moved to Radebeul to the converted inn “Zur Weintraube”. Through the merger of the State Opera and State Theater, the house was given the name that is still valid today. From 1952 onwards, the state puppet theater was also included for a few years. In the 1950s, the state theaters developed into the largest traveling theater in the GDR, with up to 86 so-called detour stages being used.

Today the Landesbühnen are the second largest traveling theater in Germany and still perform in around a dozen other locations. They hold concerts in Dresden's Zwinger and have been playing on the Felsenb&uum;hne Rathen since 1950.

The headquarters in Radebeul has been extensively modernized in recent years.

From August 2012, the state theaters will be operated as a 100 percent subsidiary of the Free State in the legal form of a GmbH; the previous in-house orchestra will form another GmbH with the Riesaer Elblandphilharmonie.

Landesgymnasium für Musik,  see Villa Rothermund
Landeskirche Sachsens (State Church of Saxony),
see Sachsen-Lexikon, Landeskirche Sachsens
Landeskirchenamt (Regional Church Office),  see Russische Gesandtschaft
Landesschule (National school/County school),  The in 1925-27 in Klotzsche by Heinrich Tessenow and Oskar Kramer in styles of the Neoklassizismus bulit building complex accommodated the Saxonian national school, which educated its pupils based on the humanitarian civil education ideals from 1926-34. In the Nazi period as "nationalpolitical educational establishment" abused, after the end of WWII the buildings served the Soviet army. After their departure the former national school fell into a desolated state and was reconstructed and re-opened 2001 as an Academy for Industrial Safety and Health Protection.
Landgericht (Regional court),  1. the current regional court is located in the building of the former district court at the Sachsenallee, In the GDR the district and the local court Dresden operated here. Originally built as a 4-wing complex in 1888-92 by Arwed Roßbach and was rebuilt after the war destruction without the back wing.

2. The earlier regional and district court at square Münchner Platz was built in 1902-07 by Oskar Kramer and in 1958/64 became a teaching and research building for the TU Rebuilt as Georg Schumann Building. In the courtyard is the memorial for the victims of the dictatorships.

Landhaus,  built in 1970-76 by Friedrich August Krubsacius in baroque style as a meeting place for the Saxonian Parliament. What is todays front to the street Wilsdruffer Straße faced originaly the garden side, the main entrace was on the North side to the street Landhausstraße. This changed with the break through of the street König-Johann-Straße since 1885. Since the destruction in the 2nd World War the rebuilt took place in as a Town Museum. It is currently closed due to reconstruction works during which the main entrace is going to be on the North side again.

Das frühere Außenportal der (südlichen) Gartenseite mit dem Delphinbrunnen von Johann Christian Feige aus dem Jahr 1781 schmückt seit 1957 den Barockgarten Großsedlitz.

Escape stairs

A new escape staircase is currently being built on the east gable of the country house based on a design by Rolf Klinkerbusch. An open steel structure is erected at a distance of 6 m, which is connected to the building facade via bridges from the 1st to 3rd floors. ()

became the Municipal Gallery in the country house, and in autumn 2006 the redesigned city history gallery Collection of the city museum opened.

Landtag,  the new Saxonian parliament was designed in 1991-94 by Peter Kulka entworfen. It consists of the new built plenar hall and the reconstructed building of the former Federal State Finance Department. This part of the building emerged in the style of the New objectiveness built in 1928-31 by Barthold and Tiede and accommodated in 1953-89 the SED-district direction and after the change parts of the Middle German Broadcast (MDR). On the roof of the new building is a public restaurant located.
Landtag / historical Parliament buildings,  see
Landhaus (1776-1907 domicile of the parliament)
Ständehaus (1907-1933 seat of the parliament)
Soldatenheim [today Goethe-Institut] (1946-52)
Dreikönigskirche (1991-93)
Landtag (today's seat of the Saxonian parliament)
Langebrück district, see special page Ortschaft Langebrueck
Langer Gang,  name for the connection building between the Georgenbau and stable yard in Renaissance style. On the North side the famous wall painting called "Fürstenzug". The "Long alley way" was built in 1586-88 after plans of G.M. Nosseni, towards the court yard it has 22 open round arch arcades with animal's heads and crests above. Especially during Christmas time the stable yard is very attractive because of its little historic Chistmas Market.
Lapidarium, von lat. lapis = Stein,  Term for a collection of stone works, such as sculptures, milestones, tombstones, etc.
The Dresden Lapidarium is located in the ruins of the Zionskirche, which was destroyed in 1945 in the Südvorstadt. It primarily preserves finds from buildings destroyed in the Second World War or from ruins that were later demolished, such as parts of facades, sculptures and decorative elements.
Laubegast district, see special page Laubegast
Lausa with Friedersdorf district, see special page Lausa mit Friedersdorf
Leipziger Bahnhof,  first train station in Dresden. It was opened in 1839 and was the starting point of the first German long-distance railway line from Dresden to Leipzig, which also operated continuously from 1839.

In 1847, together with the reconstruction of the tracks, a new reception building on the side was built. In 1901, the newly built Bahnhof Dresden-Neustadt took over passenger traffic, and the Leipzig station was converted into a freight station. In 2005, the small amount of freight traffic that had remained until then was stopped.

Unfortunately, an intended use for the Traffic Museum remained. Before 2016, there were controversial plans for a large shopping center by the investor GLOBUS on the site.

In April 2016, the city council decided against locating the GLOBUS market and instead opted for a mix of housing, green spaces and spaces for the creative industries. The GLOBUS company was looking for an alternative location. This is now between Bremer and Hamburger Straße - and is neither controversial.

In addition to alternative artists and dropouts, an “alternative” Jewish community has also settled on the site of the former train station. ()

Leipziger Straße,  Right-angled arterial road towards Radebeul and Meien, notable in the front part is the cultural institution “Alter Schlachthof”. for pop concerts, small trade fairs, etc. and the Ballhaus Watzke in Mickten. Lively shopping areas can be found in the area of Oschatzer Strasse, at the Elbe-Center A> and in the area Alttrachau.
Leipziger Vorstadt district, see special page Leipziger Vorstadt
Lennéstraße,  Western boundary of the Grosser-Garten, divides the Bergerwiese in the southern section >, the small eastern part of which is now commonly considered to be part of the Great Garden. On the street are the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion and the Georg-Arnold-Bad, the Torwirtschaft beer garden and the Gläserne-Manufaktur.

The simple street intersection at the south end of Lennéstrasse is called Lennéplatz.

Leonhardi-Museum originally used as a mill, built in the former suburbs of Loschwitz and bought in 1879 by the painter and factory owner Eduard Leonhardi, when still call the das Hentschel-Mill. He converted it into an exibition and Atelier bulding. His aim was initially to create a space for young and ambitious artists but it lasted for only a few years.

From 1885 on Leonhardi used the empty building and re-opened it as landscape museum called "Landschaftsmuseum Eduard Leonhardi". Today one can find a galerie of contemporary art.

Leuben,  district, see special page Leuben
Leubnitz-Neuostra,  district, see special page Leubnitz-Neuostra
Leubnitzer Kirche (church),  was probably built around 1150 as one of the most beautiful and interesting village churches in the city.

The tower, nave and sacristy date from the first half of the 15th century, the choir from 1511. Protestant since 1539, it was rebuilt again in 1720/21. In 1874 the striking stepped gable on the choir fell victim to further renovation of the church.

There is a cemetery worth seeing around the church.

Leutewitz district, see special page Leutewitz
Leutewitzer Windmühle (windmill),  The so-called “Holländermühle” was built in 1839 by the builder Johann Gottlieb Pietzsch. After 1844, an already popular inn and a hall for dance events were built next to the mill. The mill itself was operated until 1914.

After the fall of the Wall it was renovated and the technical monument was given its wings again.

Liebethaler Grund (valley) [Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge], Popular excursion area for Dresden and Pirna and entrance gate to the Saxon Switzerland. It contains, among other things, the historic Lochmühle and the Richard Wagner Monument.

The romantic nature of the valley with the traveling Wesenitz has inspired many artists, including Caspar David Friedrich, Hans Christian Andersen and Richard Wagner.

Liepsch' Ruhe,  At the beginning of the Westend Promenade in Plauen there is a small viewing point with a retaining wall, stairs and an integrated former waiting hall.

The complex dates back to an 1880 by the Plauen builder
Hermann Blauert's resting place back,
who was named Liepschs Ruhe after his friend Max Liepsch, owner of the newspaper “Dresdner Nachrichten”.

In connection with the expansion of the tram route to Coschütz and the development of the adjacent corridors
The facility was redesigned in the early 1930s and received its current appearance.

Lincke'sches Bad,  1764 by Christian Gottlob Reuß built at the mouth of the Prießnitz. A summer theater had existed here since 1776, and the Lincke'sche Bad was demolished in 1858.

At least until the 1920s, there was a restoration garden on the grounds of the Linckschen Bad in a “promising location (towards the Elbe)”. same name.

Lingnerallee,  unimproved road from the park Großer Garten towards the City centre, from an traffic engineering point rather insignificant and usually used as parking. Since the change every Friday Dresden's largest market day takes place here, the Saxonian or Forum Market, derived from the civil rights movements group "New Forum".
Lingnerschloß,  is a mansion and one of the 3 Albrechtsschlösser. It is also called Villa Stockhausen and was originally built by Adolph Lohse in 1850-53 for the chamberlain of Prince Albrecht, Freiherr von Stockhausen

In 1906 the founder of the museum called "Hygienemuseums" and producer of the well-known mouth wash "Odol" Karl August Lingner took ownership of the chateau. After Ligners death in 1916 the building became property of the Town and was used in east German times as "Club of Intelligence" but since the change it is being neglected and slowly degenerating. A project to include the castle in the Bio-Parc project of the Klaus-Tschira-trust failed in 2002.

Immediately after the failure of the BioParc project, culturally interested Dresden citizens founded "VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH" on the initiative of the Dresden medium-sized company. the non-profit support association LINGNERSCHLOSS e.V. ( to preserve this important architectural monument. The renovation then began and in November 2005 there was a topping-out ceremony for the roof structure of the East Pavilion. According to the planning office Weise & Treuner, the most beautiful café will be located in the adjacent east wing. Dresden emerge. Since then, the towers and other parts of the building have been renovated.

The Dresden World Heritage Center operated in the castle until 2009, and a garden restaurant operates on the terrace on the Elbe side.

The Lingnerterrassen restaurant opened in the east wing in 2011. In 2013, the hereditary building rights were transferred back to the city of Dresden.

Lingnerstadt,  Name of a planned new development area on the former Robotron site between St.Petersburger Straß e and German Hygiene Museum. The overall planning comes from Peter Kulka, who acts as "artistic director" functions.

3,000 apartments are planned, with cafes and small shops on the ground floors. The houses will be planned at heights of five to seven floors, in a cubic shape with flat roofs. In the direction of St. Petersburger Strasse, the buildings should be more urban and dense, also to ensure noise protection. In the direction of Blüherpark, however, the architecture will be somewhat more differentiated and open.

Lingnervilla,  Leubnitzer Strasse, 30, 1880 based on plans by Max Gutmann built Villa, 1900 a hall extension by Wilhelm Kreis.
Lipsiusbau,  see Kunstakademie
Lochmühle [Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge],
Former water mill in the Liebethaler Grund near Lohmen.

Not far from the ruins is the world's largest Richard Wagner Monument.

Lockwitz district, see special page Lockwitz
Lockwitzer Wetterfrosch (monument),  The small weather house was erected in 1913 and has since been an original landmark of Lockwitz with various meteorological instruments. Destroyed in the flood of 2002, the house was rebuilt in 2004 using rescued original parts.
Lockwitzgrund, Lockwitztal,  this valley connects Lockwitz with Kreischa and is together with the adjacent slopes a popular recreation area with several inns and restaurants. ()

From 1906 to 1977, a meter-gauge tram, the Lockwitztalbahn, ran through the valley, the "Lockwitztalbahn", since 1941 as line 31 of the Dresden tram. Also from 1906 to 1994, the 1893 in Laubegast by Emil Donath was founded in Lockwitzgrund. Lockwitzgrund Winery found its premises.

Since 2005, a gigantic valley bridge on the new A17 motorway has crossed the valley. The gourmet restaurant Landhaus Lockwitzgrund is located near the city limits.

The brook Lockwitzbach, flowing through the ground rises in the proximity of Reinhardtsgrimma and flows between Laubegast and Kleinzschachwitz into the river Elbe.

Loschwitz district, see special page Loschwitz
Loschwitzbach,  also called Trille, stream in the east of Dresden. The source is in Bühlau on the edge of the Dresdner Heide, it flows - largely covered - under the Grundstrasse to Loschwitz and flows into the Friedrich Wieck-Straße into the Elbe.
Loschwitzer Brücke,  see bridge Blaues Wunder
Loschwitzer Friedhof,  cemetery, well worth seeing with many historical graves, so of August Kotzsch (photographer),
Augusts Richter (wife of the painter Ludwig Richter), Otto Griebel (painters) and dozens other well-known artists, master builder and craftsmen.
Loschwitzer Kirche,  baroque church in the district of Loschwitz, built in 1705 08 by George Bähr and Johann Christian Fehre d.Ä. in form of an octagonal central building and basically the antecessor of the church Frauenkirche. The organ was built in only in 1733, due to a shortage of money. In 1898/99 the church was renewed. The interior of the church was completely transformed. In 1945 the building burned out completely, only in 1991 with the first Elbhangfest a symbolic foundation-stone to the reconstruction could be set. In 1994 the consecration of the church to place.

further photos of church and quarter Loschwitz see Loschwitz The church has had an altar again since 2002. In place of the one by Böhr, which was destroyed in 1945, the altar designed by Nosseni in 1606 was taken from the Sophienkirche, which was destroyed in 1945/63 placed here after extensive restoration.

Louisenstraße,  which is one of the main roads and Kneipenviertel (lots of bars and pubs!) of the Outer New town, many street and scene cafés in all shapes and forms, in one of the back yard in the reconstructed North Bath.
Löbtau district, see special page Löbtau
Löbtau-Passage,  new shopping center on the site of the former Drei-Kaiser-Hof. The 3-story building was built in spring 2007 to 2008 on the corner of Kesselsdorfer Strasse and Tharandter Strasse , the sales facilities are located exclusively on the ground floor and are accessible both from the street side and through a passage. The passage has 2 parking levels with 300 spaces.
Löbtauer Brücke (high road),  bridge construction and part of a fly-over included in the so called West tangent, but only partially devoloped according to its requirements. It was planned since the GDR times but realisation only started in the 1990's.
Lößnitz [County Meißen],  landscape at the northern edge of the Elb valley within the range of Radebeul and Coswig. The Loessnitz is well-known as part of the northern Vine area of Europe, which extends over Meißen to Diesbar-Seußlitz and has its origins in the year 919. Underneath the mountainside Nieder- and Oberlößnitz (districts of Radebeul) is, on the high surface, separated by the Lößnitzgrund are the destricts Lindenau and Wahnsdorf. The slope limits the Syenithighland of the Moritzburg lake landscape to the Elbe valley.

The Wine museum Castle Hößnitz in the district Oberlößnitz as well as the narrow-gauge railway, called Lößnitzdackel was named after the area.

Lößnitzbahn,  former meter-gauge tram between Mickten and Kö tzschenbroda. It was opened in sections in 1899, and in 1920 the single-track extension was carried out to Zitschewig. The Lößnitz Railway was operated by the Saxon state until 1926, after which it belonged to Dresdner Überland-Verkehr GmbH (DRÜVEG). In 1930 it was changed to the Dresden city gauge of 1450 mm. The new Kötzschenbroda- Coswig section, also with a 1450 mm gauge, was opened as an island operation in 1929; the old extension into the village center of Zitschewig was demolished.

In 1941, Dresdner Strassenbahn AG took over all shares in DRÜVEG. This meant that the Lönitzbahn was finally incorporated into the Dresden tram network. Line 15 (later as 5) had been running on it for decades since the gauge was changed; today it is line 4 to Weinböhla.

Lößnitzgrunbahn [County Meißen],  operates since 1884 under steam on a track width of 750 mm regularly between Radebeul-Ost (rapid-transit railway connection line S1) over Moritzburg to Radeburg. The so called track "Lößnitzdackel", since the 21st of June 2004 in the possession of the "BVO Bahn GmbH", leads past animal enclosures, romantic ponds and "Saxonian small crests".

At the transfer station Weißes Roß the rails (750 mm) in same level crosses the tramway (1450 mm, line 4).

Löwenapotheke1. Building
1709 by J. Ch. Fehre d. Ä. The building on Altmarkt on the corner of what was then Wilsdruffer Gasse was built in 1913 by Hans Erlwein in Completely rebuilt in connection with the widening of the street on Wilsdruffer Strasse, including a narrow neighboring building.

Destroyed in 1945, the front building of the new Altmarkt development from 1953/54 (Howa or Centrum department store) is now located on the property. Today the front building is one of the main entrances to the Altmarkt-Galerie.

2. Pharmacy (company)
The first pharmacist in Dresden was
Johannes-Huffener, who came from Leipzig, who was granted the right to open a pharmacy by the Council in an insurance letter.

The privilege of the Löwen-Apotheke, on the other hand, is documented in and was awarded to the pharmacist Johannes by Elector August. Later their domicile was the building described under 1. and destroyed in 1945.

Since the 1960s, there has been a new lion pharmacy a few 100 meters further on the eastern Wilsdruffer Strasse. It was permanently closed in 2020.

Löwenhaus,  The two-wing building was built with the Stallhof around 1590. It was originally equipped with a Mannerist gable on Schössergasse and a picturesque small tower set into the courtyard wall. The second front façade at Jüdenhof was designed more simply.

In 1945 the building was destroyed and later demolished except for the wall to the Stallhof. The latter fell victim to the current new development, but the gable facing Schössergasse was faithfully recreated.

The entire area between Swissôtel Am Schloss, Stallhof, Johanneum and Boseschen Haus Modernly built as an exclusive residential complex Löwenhof.

In keeping with the exclusive location, high-quality condominiums surrounded by greenery were created - just a few meters away from Residential castle.

Luckner-Schloss (castle),  see Schloss Altfranken
Ludwig-Richter-Denkmal,  Monument created in 1898 by Eugen Kircheisen for the painter Adrian Ludwig Richter 'B.htm#Bruehlsche-Terrasse'>Brühlschen Terrasse. It was the only one of the ensemble consisting of
Rietschel, Semper and Richter that was melted down in 1943.

In 2013, a replica was erected at the same location at the instigation of a support association. The artist, newly cast in bronze, sits again on a granite base.

Luftgaukommando,  1935/38 based on designs by Wilhelm Kreis as the headquarters of the Wehrmacht's Luftgaukommando IV in Strehlen in the park Building complex built in the former royal villa. The three-story main building, together with two gatehouses and other annexes, encloses a courtyard. The figure frieze “Flying Genius” is located on the middle building, which is designed like a portico.

After 1945, the building served the state government, and from 1959 to 1989 it was used by the NVA “Friedrich Engels” military academy. Today the Bundeswehr Service Center and the District Military Replacement Office are located in parts of the complex.

Luga,  summary term for the two districts Großluga and Kleinluga.
Luisenhof,  "Dresden's Balcony" popular trip restaurant, in 1894/96 after plans of the architect Reuter in Oberloschwitz established and mainly in the 1920's several times converted. Ab 1949 Restaurant der neugegründeten staatlichen Handelsorganisation (HO), ist das Haus von 1956-90 im Besitz der Stadt.
In 1997/99 a total reorganization took place, whereby 15 free-hold flats were built. In 1999 the reopening of the restaurant, closed since 1992, took place.

In the middle of 2015, the Luisenhof was closed again due to differences over the rent increase. It was reopened in March 2018 by the restaurateur couple Rühle.

From the Luisenhof, which carries also the name balcony of Dresden, one has a outstanding view into the entire Elbe valley and in particular towards city centre.

Lukas area,  modern residential complex in the southern suburb Südvorstadt-Ost a revitalised former fallow land next to the town centre. The complex consisting of 39 terraced houses in a park-similar plant as well as 4 town houses with shops in the ground floors designed and established by Mueller Reimann architects in 2001/04. The Lukas area is characterised by a peaceful living idyl in direct proximity to the city centre.
Lukaskirche,  church built in 1892 by Georg Weidenbach for the since 1889 independent congregation of the same name, built in (Neo-)renaissance style. The church was destroyed in 1945 and re-built in a more simple style. The tower top, which remains missing since 1945 might be re-built.

The inside of the church is of modern style with a special insulation. That was done to create a special acoustic and many famous records were recorded in this church (including trumpet concertos by ).

Lustgarten, (pleasure garden)  1. Name for the inner courtyard of the Pillnitz Castle, which is comprised of the mountain, new and water palaces. The centerpiece of the baroque courtyard, which was renovated in 2013/14, is a 15 m high fountain.

2. Under this name, a labyrinth herb garden, a beer garden, two open-air chess sets and a number of fun benches (unfortunately only) temporarily enliven the northern part of the wasteland between Schreibergasse and Pfarrgasse on Altmarkt.

The area is now built up with residential and commercial buildings.

Lutherdenkmal,  memorial for Martin Luther in front of the church Frauenkirche, built from Ernst Rietschel and Adolf von Donnhof. It felt over in 1945 but was soon after erected again. During the after war times and now the reconstruction works the statue has resisted all damage so far, thanks to a protective fence surrounding it.

Martin Luther's monument was newly renovated and re-erected in a historic location in front of the now completed Frauenkirche.