Historic village green Radebeul
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© Kenny Scholz
Altradebeul
The village of Radebeul was first mentioned in 1349 and consisted of 9 farms at the time. This made it the smallest of the Lößnitz villages. In the 16th century, 12 farms were counted and in the 17th century, 14. From the small number and the layout of the village centre, it is concluded that Radebeul was founded on a Slavic predecessor settlement.
Viticulture in the village area was first mentioned in 1528. Until the Reformation, Radebeul belonged to Meissen Cathedral and was subject to the procurator's office. It was assigned to the parish of Kaditz for church and school purposes.
In 1860, Radebeul was given its own railway station, today's Radebeul Ost station.
Around 1865, more construction began in the area above the railway line. With the expansion of the factory district between the state forest and the railway, the rapid development of the municipality into the most important industrial centre of Lößnitz began after 1872.
In 1893, Robert Werner was elected full-time municipal councillor of Radebeul. After Radebeul had become a "town", he held the office of first mayor from 1924 to 1927. From then on, Radebeul developed from a relatively insignificant small rural community with 3,000 inhabitants into a prosperous, heavily industrialised town with 12,000 inhabitants.
Tip:
On the village green stele in Radebeul (Robert Werner Platz, Brunnenplatz) you will find another QR code for the audio story about the "12 apostles of Radebeul".
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