Do you know that Kleinpestitz history stretches back to 1370? This district of Dresden has seen centuries of change. Kleinpestitz together with Mockritz forms a statistical district in Plauen.
Let’s explore Kleinpestitz. It was first mentioned as Pestewicz. The name means “people of the Pest” in Old Sorbian. By 1495 only three farms existed here. Kleinpestitz was a small farming village near Mockritz.
In 1620 a farmer named Palitzsch owned the village. He built six houses for his day laborers. The Palitzsch estate still stands today. Kleinpestitz paid taxes to the Diocese of Meissen. Until 1889 the village belonged to the Frauenkirche. Children attended school in Kaitz. From 1893 they went to the school in Mockritz.
The Moreauschänke’s keystone shows the year 1813. This inn got its name from Jean-Victor Moreau. The inn’s walls once showed paintings of the Battle of Dresden in 1813.
After World War I a small housing estate appeared. It was northeast of the village square. Kleinpestitz became part of Dresden in 1921. During construction in 1926 remains of an Iron Age settlement were found. This was on the new housing estate road.
In the 1970s and 1980s three prefabricated housing estates were built here. They arose north of Kohlenstraße. Others sprung up south of Kohlenstraße and north of Südhhöhe.
Streets here carry names of Dresden councilors. These families include Berner Isfried Römmchen Tirmann and Ziegler. After reunification new houses replaced a pig farm. These new homes stand between Altpestitz and Südhhöhe. The pig farm buildings became a furniture store. But they were torn down in 1994.
Today Kleinpestitz extends from Tonberg to the Kaitzbach valley. The Westendring borders it to the north toward Plauen. The Kohlenstraße and Südhhöhe mark the boundary toward Räcknitz and Zschertnitz. To the south houses near Lippersdorfer Weg and Döbraer Straße define the border with Kaitz.
The Innsbrucker Straße splits Kleinpestitz. The eastern part features houses and the old village center Altpestitz. The western part contains the large apartment buildings on Kohlenstraße. South of these are many Reihenhäuser from the GDR era.
Kohlenstraße and Südhhöhe form Kleinpestitz’s main route. They connect Coschütz/Plauen with Zschertnitz/Strehlen. Kleinpestitz a place of layered history continues to evolve.