Sächsisches Ständehaus
The Sächsisches Ständehaus rises in central Dresden as a three-storey, trapezoidal building clad in sandstone. Paul Wallot designed it between 1901 and 1907 for Saxony’s parliament. Renaissance and Neobaroque forms meet around a 50-metre tower above the city. A golden statue of Saxonia crowns its summit above the sandstone facade.
Three earlier buildings, Brühlsche Palace, Fürstenburgsche House and Charonsche House, occupied this site before construction. The Weimar Republic brought Saxony’s first fully democratically elected parliament here. It met here from 1919 to 1933. Artists including Johannes Schilling, Heinrich Wedemeyer and Heinrich Epler supplied statues and artworks between 1905 and 1907. Air raids in World War II severely damaged the building. Reconstruction followed, and renovation continued from 1996 to 2001.
The Dresden Higher Regional Court and Saxony’s State Office for Monument Preservation work within its rooms. Seven courtrooms support judicial work inside the building. Representative rooms preserve a connection with Saxony’s parliament. The tower’s gilded Saxonia remains the clearest detail against Dresden’s skyline.
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