Dresdner Zwinger is a palatial complex in Dresden, Germany

Dresdner Zwinger is a palatial complex in Dresden, Germany

the zwinger German Dresner zwinger is a palacial complex with Gardens in Dresden Germany designed by architect mathus Daniel poelman it is one of the most important buildings of the Baroque Period in Germany along with the FR and C the swinger is the most famous architectural Monument of Dresden the name swinger goes back to the name used in the Middle Ages for a fortress part between the outer and inner Fortress walls even though the zwinger no longer had a function corresponding to the name at the start of construction the zwinger was built in 1709 as an orangery and garden as well as a representative Festival area its richly decorated Pavilions and the galleries lined with ballustrades figures and vases testified to the Splendor during the reign of Augustus the strong elector of Saxony and elected king of Poland in the original conception of the elector the zwinger was the for cord of a new Castle that would take up the area between it and the elb therefore the zwinger remained undeveloped on the elbs side provisionally closed with a wall the plans for a New Castle were abandoned after the death of Augustus the strong and with the departure from the Baroque Period the zwinger initially lost importance it was only over a century later that the architect gotfried Seer completed it with the Seer Gallery towards the El The Seer G Gallery opened in 1855 was one of the most important German museum projects of the 19th century and made it possible to expand the use of the zwinger as a museum complex which had grown under the influence of time since the 18th century the bombing of Dresden on February 13th and 14 1945 hit the zwinger extensively and led to extensive destruction since the Reconstruction in the 1950s and 1960s the galde gallery Al Meister old master picture gallery the Dres in porcelain collection dressed in or porcelan sming and the mathemati physical iser salon Royal cabinet of mathematical and physical instruments have opened to the public the original intended use as an orangery garden and as a representative Festival area has taken a back seat the latter continues to be cultivated with the performance of music and Theater events the zwinger covers an area on the Northwestern edge of the inner a alstat inner Old Town that is part of the historic heart of Dresden it is located near other famous sites including Dresden castle and the Seer oper the zwinger is bounded by Sophi and straa in the Southeast Post plots in the South Austra La in the southwest the AMS Wier Tie Road in the Northwest and theater Square Theater plots in the East nearby buildings include the Dron State Theater to the Southwest the houseum Winger to the South the tashen bur pet hotel to the southeast The West Wing of the palace with its green Vault to the east the alaish Hopi to the Northeast The Seer Opera to the North and the former Royal Stables to the Northwest within view lie the Catholic Court church and the Italian Village in theater Square The Wil ruffer cubis on post plots in The Duchess garden with the remnants of the former orangery building in the west the Terrace banks of the elb river are located 200 M Northeast of the zwinger the name zwinger goes back to the common medieval German term for part of a fortification between the outer and inner defensive walls or outer Ward archaeological evidence indicates that the construction of the first city wall took place in the last quarter of the 12th century a documentary entry as civitas in 1216 points to the existence of an enclosed dressed in fortification at that time in 1427 during The Hite Wars work began on strengthening the city’s defenses and they were enhanced by a second outer wall that is all subscribe and post comments for future videos

The Zwinger (German: Dresdner Zwinger, IPA: [ˈdʁeːzdnɐ ˈt͡svɪŋɐ]) is a palatial complex with gardens in Dresden, Germany. Designed by architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, it is one of the most important buildings of the Baroque period in Germany. Along with the Frauenkirche, the Zwinger is the most famous architectural monument of Dresden.

The name “Zwinger” goes back to the name used in the Middle Ages for a fortress part between the outer and inner fortress walls, even though the Zwinger no longer had a function corresponding to the name at the start of construction.

Thanks and credit to Google Earth Studio for this aerial video.