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would no longer exist at various locations. It would visually cut the Elbe river bend in
two.
This effect is especially clear from vantage points at the apex of the Elbe river bend.
These viewing points illustrate the spatial coherence of the Elbe bend in a special
manner because it is possible from there to look into both the eastern and western sides
of the valley. The planned bridge structure, however, would cause the valley to visually
fall into two parts, greatly changing its landscape quality.
From other viewing points, different visual effects are produced. The visual impact
diminishes as the viewer proceeds to the east or the west of the study area. So, for
instance, almost no visual impact results from the planned thoroughfare when viewed
from the lookout points at the hill station of the suspension cable railway at Loschwitz
or the dome of the Frauenkirche. This is a result of the greater distance from the apex
of the Elbe valley bend. From other viewing points nearer to the apex, the impairment
is greater. The original panoramic composition from the Saloppe waterworks lookout
point for instance, must be regarded as totally devalued because, from that location,
Dresden’s silhouette is completely obscured.
Generally panoramas from viewing locations at higher elevations, for instance the
terrace at the Elbe castles, are less impaired by the planned construction since, from
there, the valley can still be perceived in its total context. This is also partially true for
the well known “Waldschlösschen view”. From this position, the view of Dresden’s
skyline above the Waldschlösschen Bridge would still be possible. From there, however,
the Elbe meadows, which originally “framed” the city silhouette and are therefore an
essential component of this panoramic view, are cut in two. This would greatly degrade
this “classical” view of Dresden’s silhouette, familiar from paintings and photographs.
Additional visual changes would occur around the north bridge head. It has been a
characteristic of this landscape until now, that the Elbe meadows have extended up to
Bautzner Strasse. This allowed, on the one hand, a connection between the “Prussian
Quarter“ and the Elbe floodplains and, on the other, an unimpaired view from the
Elbe valley towards the Waldschlösschen brewery. As a result of the extension of the
planned bridge head at this location, a considerable part of the Elbe meadows, which
up to now have been left open, would be built over, thereby changing the characteristic
local morphology of the Elbe meadowland.
Similarly, the area of Stauffenbergallee would be greatly affected by the planned trough
structure, significantly changing the character of the street. This measure, however,
affects an area beyond the UNESCO protected zones.
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