Altmarkt-Galerie

Altmarkt-Galerie opened in 2002 in the historic Altmarkt district of Dresden’s city centre, with approximately 55,000 sqm of gross leasable area as the principal enclosed retail destination for Saxony’s state capital and one of East Germany’s most historically significant commercial developments in the post-reunification era. The centre is owned by Deutsche EuroShop and managed by ECE Projektmanagement.

Dresden’s Altmarkt is the historic market square at the geographical heart of the city, surrounded by restored baroque civic architecture and forming the commercial and cultural axis of post-war Dresden reconstruction. The Altmarkt-Galerie’s position on and around the Altmarkt integrates the enclosed mall into Dresden’s historic urban fabric, with the centre’s design incorporating the existing street pattern and providing ground-floor retail frontage along Webergasse that contributes to the pedestrianised shopping circuit. The Kaufhof anchor and mainstream fashion tenants including H&M and mainstream fashion retailers serve Dresden’s resident population and the substantial tourist flow that visits the Semperoper, Frauenkirche, and Zwinger museum complex within walking distance. Dresden’s cultural tourism overlay gives the centre a visitor dimension that supplements resident retail spending, particularly during the famous Striezelmarkt Christmas market period on Altmarkt itself.