Wettiner Gymnasium Dresden, School building at Wettiner Platz, Dresden, Germany
Wettiner Gymnasium Dresden is a school building erected in 1884 on the site of a former plague and poor cemetery, designed by architect Theodor Friedrich. Its left wing, heavily damaged in the bombing raid of 7 October 1944, was rebuilt in 1974. Since restoration, the building at Wettiner Platz 13 has housed the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber.
The building was constructed in 1879 as Dresden's second municipal school and shaped the square for generations of students. Its left wing suffered significant damage during the bombing raids of 1944 in World War II but was later restored.
The building now hosts the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber and serves as a space for music education and performances. Students and musicians from the region come here to develop their craft in these halls.
The building stands at Wettiner Platz 13, on the square's edge rather than in its middle. The music school uses the rooms daily, so interiors are not open to visitors; the facade and the rebuilt left wing can be studied from the street and the square at any time.
The school building stands on the grounds of the Pest- und Armenfriedhof, a plague and poor cemetery dissolved in 1823, so the 1884 new building rose over a former burial ground. The architect was Theodor Friedrich (1829–1891), and the left wing, hit on 7 October 1944, was only rebuilt in 1974.
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