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User:Michael Goodyear/Königstraße, Dresden

Coordinates: 51°3′39.4″N 13°44′27.6″E / 51.060944°N 13.741000°E / 51.060944; 13.741000
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Konigstrasse
View along Konigstrasse towards Japanese Palace
Former name(s)Friedrich-Engels-Straße
Length0.45 km (0.28 mi)
LocationInnere Neustadt, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Postal code01097
Coordinates51°3′39.4″N 13°44′27.6″E / 51.060944°N 13.741000°E / 51.060944; 13.741000

Königstraße is a baroque boulevard in Dresden, Germany, running from the Japanese Palace to Albertplatz in the Innere Neustadt district. Nearly all of the buildings are preserved baroque originals.

History

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Königstraße was built during the reconstruction by August the Strong(1670–1733) of the surrounding area after the fire of 1685, between 1722 and 1732, to a design by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736). Originally referred to as Neue Königstadt (New King's City), the area is now just called Neustadt. August envisaged a planned baroque city on the right bank of the Elbe River. As originally conceived, Königstraße would be 340 m long and 30 m wide, lined with linden trees and baroque buildings, providing a vista of the Japanese Palace.



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