Did you ever hear of a house with two names? Here at the corner of Reicker and Rayskistraße, nestled within a sprawling 14,000-square-meter park, sits the Erlwein-Villa. Sometimes, it’s also known by the address Elsa-Brändström-Straße 13. This Italian Renaissance-style mansion, the Erlwein-Villa, was built in 1869. Its first owner, Ernst Ludwig Aulhorn, was a prominent Dresden entrepreneur, the owner of the Petzold & Aulhorn chocolate factory in Löbtau. The Erlwein-Villa’s namesake, Dresden city architect Hans Erlwein, resided here from 1904 until his death in 1914. He didn’t own the villa, he rented it. During his tenure, Erlwein shaped Dresden’s cityscape, designing around 150 buildings. His signature style emphasized practicality, clarity, and integration with the surroundings. He moved beyond the prevailing historicism of the time. The Erlwein-Villa then witnessed a dramatic shift in occupants after 1945. The Red Army seized it, housing Soviet officers. From 1946 to 1948, or possibly until 1952, it became the home of Professor Hermann Kastner, a state leader of the LDPD and Saxon Minister of Justice. Then, from 1952 to 1995, the Erlwein-Villa took on a new role, serving the community as a kindergarten. After that, the grand old house stood empty, until a revival began in the spring of 2018. The Franz Holzapfel Group took ownership and began extensive renovations, breathing new life back into the Erlwein-Villa and its neighboring coach house. This beautiful park surrounding the Erlwein-Villa is also part of the property.
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