Lincke'sches Bad

The Dresden Court Theatre and famous artists such as Joseph Seconda, the composers Christian Gottlob Neefe and Carl Maria von Weber and the architect Bernhard Hempel worked there.

In the 1950s, pergolas and raised beds were created in the northwest corner from salvaged sandstone ashlars, and it was not until the mid-2010s that the grounds were provided with a sports field, a running track, a changing house and a car park.

In 1734, a Lusthäuschen [de] was built behind the Black Gate directly on the Elbe, which in 1753 received a licence to serve beer and wine ("Drachenschänke") as well as to bake, slaughter and keep a forge.

From 1816–17 to 1858, the Royal Court Theatre or King Friedrich August I leased the "Theater auf dem Linckeschen Bade" as an additional venue, alongside the Morettisches Opernhaus, for the summer months.

By 1901, there was an elegant wine restaurant, a tunnel tavern, a hall, as well as a concert garden and numerous verandas, collectively known as the "Restaurationsgarten", which existed at least until the 1920s[6] and is reported to have had 15,000 seats in 1911.

Numerous famous personalities took part in the performances, including the acting troupe around Joseph Seconda (engaged here between 1790 and 1816), the singers and actors of the Residenztheater, and Carl Maria von Weber and E.T.A.

On 30 April 1866, the eve of the inauguration of the new building of the Kreuzschule on Dresden's Georgplatz, the dramatic trifle: Sleeping Beauty was premiered in the hall of the baths, a play written by the Kreuzschüler Hermann Unbescheid (later Studienrat and Prof. Dr.) and set to music by Johannes Gelbke.

He was forced to slow down, but he hardly dared to look up, for he could still see the apples and cakes dancing around him, and every friendly glance from this or that girl was only a reflection of the gleeful laughter at the Black Gate.