Dresden

A City Reborn

Alan Russell, Anthony Clayton, Alan Russell, Anthony Clayton

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781859734414
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781845209445
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: German History
• Index: History

On 13 February 1945 Dresden, one of the most beautiful and historic cities of Europe, was destroyed by British and American air raids. This book is the first comprehensive history in the English language of this important cultural and historical centre.

The book traces the city's evolution from 1206 to its great baroque period under Augustus the Strong, and from the bombing to the present day. The story of Dresden supplies the reader with unique insights into the collapse of the old monarchic order, the resistance of citizens to the Nazi regime, as well as the reaction of the Church and the rise and fall of the GDR. It describes the post-war replanning of the city, from its ideological reshaping under Communism to the liberation of ideas and energies after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Experts in their fields tell the story of Dresden's great musical, artistic, architectural, literary and theatrical traditions, which are further illuminated by a series of personal memoirs from eye-witness accounts in 1945 to contemporary reflections by Lord Menuhin and others.

Heavily illustrated and complete with a foreword from the Duke of Kent, Dresden: A City Reborn is an important text for all students of German history and art history.

Appendix 1
The House of Wettin in Dresden

Herzog/Kurfürst/König	Dates of reign	Duke/Elector/King
Herzog Albrecht der Beherzte	1443–1500	Duke Albrecht the Bold
Herzog Georg der Bärtige	1500–1539	Duke George the Bearded
Herzog Heinrich der Fromme	1539–1541	Duke Henry the Pious
Herzog und Kurfürst Moritz	1541–1553	Duke & Elector Maurice
Kurfürst August I	1553–1586	Elector Augustus
Kurfürst Christian I	1586–1591	Elector Christian I
Kurfürst Christian II	1591–1611	Elector Christian II
Kurfürst Johann Georg I	1611–1656	Elector John George I
Kurfürst Johann Georg II	1656–1680	Elector John George II
Kurfürst Johann Georg III	1680–1691	Elector John George III
Kurfürst Johann George IV	1691–1694	Elector John George IV
Kurfürst von Sachsen und	1694–1733	Elector of Saxony and
König von Polen		King of Poland
Kurfürst Friedrich August I (August der Starke) als König von Polen August II		Elector Frederick Augustus I (Augustus the Strong), as King of Poland Augustus II
Kurfürst Friedrich August II, als König von Polen August III	1733–1763	Elector Frederick August II, as King of Poland Augustus III
Kurfürst Friedrich Christian	1763	Elector Frederick Christian
Kurfürst Friedrich August III, von 1806 König Friedrich August I (Friedrich August der Gerechte)	1763–1827	Elector Friedrich Augustus III from 1806 King Frederick August I* (Frederick Augustus the Just)
König Anton (Anton der der Gütige)	1827–1836	King Anton (Anton the Good)
König Friedrich August II	1836–1854	King Frederick Augustus II
König Johann	1854–1873	King John
König Albert	1873–1902	King Albert
König Georg	1902–1904	King George
König Friedrich August III	1904–1918	King Frederick Augustus III

*The title Elector ended with the formal dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.

Appendix 2
Worldwide Support for the Frauenkirche

Background

Over two-thirds of the overall cost of rebuilding the Frauenkirche has come from non-official sources – that is from individuals, charitable bodies and companies. Appropriately for such an international collaborative effort, contributions have flowed in from all parts of Germany and from many parts of the world.

In Dresden, the Society for the Promotion of the Rebuilding of the Frauenkirche, which with its associate members had nearly 13,000 members in all, took the lead in fund-raising. Its work has been complemented by a student support group and by a number of regional associations. In November 2005, it was succeeded by the new Society for the Promotion of the Frauenkirche, which will help the Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden to develop the church as an evangelical, an ecumenical, an international and a cultural centre.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• List of Black and White Pictures
• Foreword
• HRH The Duke of Kent
• Dresden and the Dresden Trust
• Alan Russell
• Dresden, 1206–1918
• Anthony Clayton
• Dresden, 1919–45
• Anthony Clayton
• Dresden and East Germany, 1945–90
• Anthony Clayton
• Dresden: its Destruction and Rebuilding, 1945–85
• John Soane
• The Renaissance of Dresden after 1985
• John Soane
• Dresden’s Architectural Traditions and its Surviving Heritage
• Alan Russell
• The Art Collections of Dresden
• Clare Ford-Wille
• Dresden: A Music Metropolis
• Derek McCulloch
• Dresden’s Literary and Theatrical Traditions
• Judith Purver
• New Beginnings: An Epilogue
• Alan Russell
• Appendix 1: The House of Wettin in Dresden
• Appendix 2: Worldwide Support for the Frauenkirche
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• List of Plates
• Plate Section
• eCopyright