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Neustadt Dresden
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Dresden
Saxony
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The Dresden suburb of Neustadt is situated on the right bank of the Elbe. It suffered less war damage and, although it has few major sights, it does have pleasant Baroque, Neo-Classical, and Gründerzeit neighborhoods. Hauptstraße leads from the 1736 gilded, oversized equestrian statue of Augustus the Strong at the end of the bridge to Albertplatz. It is lined with shops, the courtyards and passages on the left-hand side being particularly favored by artists and with intimate bars and cafés.
A bit to the right behind a large Communist-era apartment block, is the Museum für Sächsiche Volkskunst (Saxon Folk Art), Köpckestraße 1. It is housed in the Jägerhof, one of very few buildings in Dresden that predates the Baroque era. The collection is of rustic furniture, traditional costumes, toys and Erzgebirge woodcarvings, intended mainly as Christmas decorations.
The Dreikönigskirche, Hauptstraße 23, was destroyed during the war but repaired in 1994 to resemble the exterior designed by Pöppelmann and Bähr in the 1730s. The interior is modern, but also contains one of the most important Renaissance works in town – the Dresden Death Dance, designed by Christoph Walter in 1536 and originally part of the George Gate at the Castle.
A few steps off the main road in the Market Hall is the Automobilemuseum Dresden, Markthalle, Metzer Straße 1. On the second floor is a small collection of cars produced in the German Democratic Republic – the variety on sale was never large. Many have plastic bodies and polluting two-stroke engines.
From the Albertplatz, Königstraße leads back to the Elbe. This street has some of the classiest shops in Dresden and it is worth looking into the passages and courtyards in the vicinity. At the end of the street is the Japanese Palace, originally intended to house Augustus the Strong’s Far Eastern porcelain collection. It currently houses two specialized museums. The Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte (Pre-History), Palaisplatz 11, has temporary exhibitions on Saxon and European archeology. The Museum für Völkerkunde (Ethnology), Palaisplatz 11, displays ethnological pieces.
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