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Schwebebahn in Dresden-Loschwitz
Loschwitz is a district of Dresden, Germany.
It is a villa quarter located in the north of the river Elbe,
which used to be a spa. In the north of it there is the district Weißer Hirsch,
Blasewitz in the south, Wachwitz in the east, and the Rosengarten in
the west of Loschwitz. Loschwitz is connected with Blasewitz by the bridge
Blue Wonder (Blaues Wunder).
A very popular place for tourists in Loschwitz, which is located on two hillsides,
is the gazebo Luisenhof. There is the oldest endless rope haulage system and the oldest
suspension railway of the world, which are still in use. A famous inhabitant was Manfred von Ardenne.
Nobility and rich citizens of Dresden used to live in Loschwitz such as Heinrich Schütz, Theodor Körner, Carl Maria von Weber and Gerhard von Kügelgen. Also a number of famous people stayed
there for a short time: Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Arndt, Novalis, Tieck,
Humboldt, Mozart, Auer, and Graff.
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