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1875 – Dresden Museum of Ethnology founded. 1876 – Fürstenzug created. 1878 – Opera house rebuilt. 1889 Albertinum built. [3] Dresden Botanical Garden created. 1891 – Dresden City Museum founded. 1893 – Blue Wonder bridge constructed. 1895 – Dresden Funicular Railway begins operating. 1897 – Dresden Central Station built. 1898
The Clock and the Dresden Figures is a piece of light classical music for piano with orchestra (or military band) by Albert Ketèlbey. It was composed, first performed and published in 1930. It was composed, first performed and published in 1930.
The German Hygiene Museum (built 1928–1930) is a signal example of modern architecture in Dresden in the interwar period. The building is designed in an impressively monumental style, but employs plain façades and simple structures.
Pirnaischer Platz with the Kaiserpalast (Ilgenhaus), c 1910 The Pirnaischer Platz in February 1945, with the Kaiserpalast ruins at the top of the picture.. The Kaiserpalast was a five-storey neo-Baroque building in Dresden, which stood on the north side of the Pirnaischer Platz between Moritzring and Amalienstraße.
The Henschel-Wegmann Train (2006 postage stamp) The Henschel-Wegmann Train was an advanced passenger express train operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Germany, which ran non-stop express services between Berlin and Dresden (see Berlin–Dresden railway) from June 1936 to August 1939.
The museum's permanent exhibition covers various aspects of Dresden's history, including its cultural and business history. More than 1000 exhibits are on display in four rooms. The exhibitions cover more than 1800 square metres over several floors. Twenty media stations also provide information about Dresden's development over the last 800 years.
Schieck was a member of the DVP and was elected Minister-President of Saxony on 6 May 1930. His cabinet consisted mostly of differing parties. As Minister-President, he also served as the Minister of Education. Schieck resigned on 13 May 1930, but legally held the office until his dismissal in 1933. He was buried in the Johannisfriedhof in ...
After Prince Albrecht and Rosalie had died, their younger son Count Frederick of Hohenau (1857–1914) lived in the castle until his death, whereafter his elder brother Wilhelm (1854–1930) took over the residence. In 1925 Wilhelm finally had to sell the castle and the territory because of gambling debts. The new owner was the City of Dresden.