In 1766 the von Riesch family acquired the property and left it. It was expanded extensively by Krubsacius, the architect of the nearby Landhaus: the core building was expanded into a four-wing complex with a ballroom wing, and the entire complex was expanded with new outbuildings as a through house to what was then Rampische Gasse.

From 1830 to 1945, the "Harmonie" society, which played an important role in the city's musical life, had its headquarters in the palace.

The Knöffler's wall fountain from the ballroom wing had stood at the now demolished extension of the since 1977 Police Headquarters. The reconstruction of the palace as the lead building is nearing completion (as of March 2023).

In 2015/16, a dispute broke out over the style of reconstruction between supporters of a historically faithful reconstruction and advocates of a modern building.

After an overly modernistic design with a “barcode look” by large parts of the population, the GHND and some experts were rejected, but for the investor CG Gruppe AG a historical reconstruction was out of the question, In a second competition, an adapted modern design by Nöfer Architects emerged as the winner. This is now (2023) close to completion together with the Palais Hoym.

In 1827/29 Thormeyer built two gatehouses on the outskirts of town, both of which burned down in 1945.
The northern one was restored in 1952 (it housed a registry office for many years), and the southern one was later demolished. There is a large fountain between the palace and the entrance to Königstrasse.

The building, which was destroyed in 1945, still housed dining establishments on the ground floor, including the first vending machine restaurant after the war. It was demolished in 1968, the property remains undeveloped to this day and was included in the new open space design of Postplatz in 2006/09.

The historic Palitzschhof no longer exists. He can be seen as a model in the museum.

On March 24, 2009, the palm house was reopened after several years of fundamental renovation. It shows plants from Australia and South Africa in a completely new design.

The dance school is one of the most respected of its kind in Germany and beyond and her founder, Grete Palucca, who later worked as a teacher and head mistress of this establishmentl, was in her youth a well-known and respected ballerina. To become a student of this school is very difficult as there is a strict selection process.

The Berlin architect and artist Yadegar Asisi exhibited his 27 m high and 105 m long panoramic picture 1756 Dresden in the small warehouse from 2006 to 2011. For the first time, a picture showed a complete, historically well-founded view of the electoral metropolis as it might have looked in the mid-18th century. The viewer stood on the tower of the Hofkirche.

From December 2011, Yadegar Asisi showed the panorama of ancient Rome in the year 312 in the small memory for almost a year. His second, revised picture then started About baroque Dresden.

As a result of the revision of the panorama 1756 Dresden, from until the end of 2014, the picture Dresden — The myth of the baroque residential city can be seen. the panorama of Dresden after the destruction on February 13th and 14th, 1945 was shown for the first time. Since then, the panorama of the destroyed Dresden — each for a few months around the anniversary of the attack - shown alternating with the panorama of baroque Dresden.

It offers, as it always used to, a special East European and international cheese assortment, good wines and upstairs is a restaurant.

After the opening of the Quartier an der Frauenkirche on Neumarkt there was a branch there "Second most beautiful milk shop in the world".

The first "Pirnaisches Tor" existed back in 1550, however only the Landhausstraße, coming from the Neumarkt lead to it. Since the 1830's the square has the name "Pirnaischer Platz". Only since the break-through of the street König-Johann-Straße after 1885 a direct connection to the Altmarkt was created. Until it was destroyed the square was surrounded by shgops and restaurants, one of the most famous ones was the Kaiserpalast. A few roads went next to the Tram-line above ground, today all roads go along the huge North-South connection called St.Petersburger Straße.

On the opposite side is by the rock Hoher Stein an excellent prospect in the valleay.

Because of the coal mines around Freital the "Dölzschener Eisenhammer" and other witnesses of the industrial revolution appeared: quarries, a brewery called Felsenkellerbrauerei and mills.

In 1854/55 the private railways "Albertbahn", going first until Tharandt later until Chemnitz, in 1856 the Windbergbahn to the mines and further until and in 1902 the tram to Deuben, later extended until Hainsberg (Coßmannsdorf).

In 1918-21 the road called Landstraße and the tram (Number 22, later Number 12 until Hainsberg and discontinued in 1974 ) were built on the left side of the "Weißeritz".

In the area around the "Felsenkeller" a tunnel was built after 1990 to avoid accidents on the train crossings.

The new motorway A17 leads at the height of the "Begerburg" across an enormous valley bridge, whose both ends follow tunnelled routes.

Between 1976 and 1983, a modern extension was built on the rear side on the plots of bombed-out town houses, which has since been demolished in order to restore the Neumarkt was carried out.

The associated Bartholomäuskirche served as the parish church of the four suburban communities until the construction of the Annenkirche, which were combined to form the Wilsdruffer Vorstadt in 1835.

Despite several bankruptcies and changes of ownership, the company was initially able to hold its own on the market. After the last (Russian) owner went bankrupt again, it was closed in 2013

The assignment of the postal codes to local offices, districts or Districts can be seen from the "Comparative Table" (in German only).

During the Middle age the gate "Wilsdruffer Tor" stood here and its exivalent "Das Pirnaische Tor" on the square Pirnaischen Platz. It was torn down in 1811 and a square developed, which was called since 1830 Wilsdruffer Platz or Wilsdruffer Thorplatz and was re-named to Postplatz in 1855. From 1843-88 there was a fountain in its centre called Cholera-Brunnen by
Gottfried Semper, which was relocated in front of the Taschenbergpalais, facing the Zwinger. The current centre piece is a round hut, waiting point for passengers, which is called Käseglocke, for its resemblance to a round cheese cover.

At the north east corner stood until its outline in 1963 the in 1945 destroyed church Sophienkirche. Bevor the destruction in 1945 many famous restaurants could be found here, for example the beer bar "Gambrinus", the "Palasthotel Weber" and the "Stadtwaldschlößchen" after 1945 the first self service restaurant was built, called "Gastronom" and the large restaurant "Am Zwinger" also called "Freßwürfel" for its square shape. In 1978 the new telecommunication centre was built by von Wolfram Starcke.

After the change there were many ideas how to improve the square, for example the plan from Schürmann. However, after many years of "back and forth" the place is a sad sight with neglected buildings, fast foodrestaurants, beer tents, little stalls and container. The only new thing is the "Adventariegel" with the restaurant "Busmann´s Brazil" which brings at least some atmosphaere into the area.

Reconstruction 2005/06
After years of back and forth, the Postplatz will be redesigned from June 2005 and provided with a modern central stop.
The tram tracks were moved from Marienstrasse to Wallstrasse and the current 16 stops were reduced to two 90m long and covered ones on Wallstrasse and Wilsdruffer Strasse. At the corner of Postplatz they are connected with a glass butterfly roof, two high metal pillars are intended to create an entrance situation into the inner old town in memory of the former Wilsdruffer Tor.

Which many Dresden residents call “dinosaurs”. After completion, the feared stop turned out to be a relatively delicate “butterfly”. Despite all the criticism, light-flooded and friendly stop areas have been created.

However, most Dresden residents are particularly critical of the design of the remaining area into a monotonous paved area that is only slightly divided by the tram tracks, and in the middle of which the cheese bell - robbed of its functions - is lost. Only a drinking fountain with a few seats and new trees around it is a small splash in the otherwise green and street furniture-free area. Drivers find it difficult to even find a route that is permitted for them.

Ersatzbebauung 2008-2011 (für abgerissene DDR-Bauten)
2008 entstand auf der Fläches der ehemaligen Zwingergaststätte der Wilsdruffer Kubus,
2010/11 wurde gegenüber die bereits bestehende Altmarkt-Galerie entlang der Wilsdruffer Straße bis zum Postplatz erweitert und dort an die Bebauung an der Wallstraße angebunden.

New development 2014-2021
In 2014/16, the first building in the area was Postplatz/ Wallstraße the house "Merkur" was built with 62 apartments and 576 m² of commercial space. The building was realized by Baywobau CTR GmbH & Co. Wallstrasse I KG, a joint subsidiary of the Dresden company Baywobau and the Czech CTR Group. The name Merkur is reminiscent of the bastion of the same name, the Dresden Fortress, which used to be located here. There is a new Postbank branch on the ground floor.

The adjoining complexes "Wall I" and "Wall II" have shops on the ground floor facing Wallstrasse, so that this has been transformed into a kind of pedestrian zone with a tram route. Both complexes were also realized jointly by Baywobau and CTR.

In 2017/19, "Wall I" (sometimes also called Merkur II) was built with 117 residential units and 900 m² of commercial space,

2018/20 the neighboring "Wall II" (also Merkur III) with 170 residential units and 1600 m" of commercial space.

Also completed in 2019 was the "Haus Postplatz" with its striking "round corner", whose façade facing Postplatz is adorned with a large, round clock. It has a diameter of three meters and will be backlit at night with LED spotlights. The clock is a reminiscence of the previous building of the telephone exchange with its clock, which was visible from afar. The telephone exchange was destroyed in 1945 and the ruins were demolished in 1952. The building with 72 residential units and a commercial area of around 11,000 m² was planned by the Tchoban Voss Architects office from Dresden.
The ground floor area houses, among other things, a REWE, an organic and a drugstore as well as the second Dresden Restaurant "Wenzel" with Bohemian cuisine. che.

In 2016/19, the Berlin CG Group converted the remains of the old post office and the former telegraph office into the Residenz am Postplatz and supplemented the complex with modern additions and new buildings. 246 apartments and commercial space on the ground floor were built in the complex. The striking clinker and plaster facade of the telegraph office was renovated, as was the sandstone facade of the post office and many components inside. Brick arches, old vaults and cast steel columns have been preserved and restored. The first tenants moved into the new buildings at the end of 2018. A total of 246 apartments were built there. A wine bar opened on the ground floor.

2019/2020 baut gegenüber ebenfalls die CG-Gruppe auf der Fläche des einstigen Fernmeldezentrums die "Vertical Village Apartments - MaryAnn Apartments", ein Neubau mit 177 Apartments.

In 2016/18, the second complex in the Postplatquartier, the "Haus am Schauspielgarten", was built with 142 rental apartments and a REWE store on the ground floor. The developer was the Hamburg real estate company Revitalis.

In 2020/21, the Annenhöfe on Postplatz will be the last larger property to be built. The office complex with shops on the ground floor is being built according to plans by Knerer and Lang Architects, who are also responsible for the neighboring but much more boring-looking Zwinger Forum with the hotel “Motel One”. Around 18,000 m² of office and service space is to be created between Freiberger and Schweriner Strasse.

The actual post office, i.e. the open space that was previously more like a stone desert, has been redesigned again in recent years, including replacing the flower beds with "ground-rooted" ones.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall it fell into disrepair due to unclear ownership conditions and was ultimately practically empty. In 2006, a ray of hope emerged through a new investor's heritage-friendly renovation ideas ().

All blocks have now been completed and the result is truly impressive.

The old streets of Prague before 1945
It was built in 1851, at the same time as the station "Böhmischer Bahnhof", today called Hauptbahnhof. Around 1860 the area was still dominated by large mansions and town houses in large garden but already in 1900 it was the traffic-richest road with Art dealings, cinemas, shops of all kinds, hotels and Coffee houses like the "Café Hülfert", "Kaisercafé and "Hotel Europäischer Hof".
On the corner Waisenhausstraße was the significant Victoriahaus, opposite the department store for men "Esders" and the department store Residenz-Kaufhaus called "Reka", which was enluminated beautifully around Christmas. This old Prager Straße was in 1945 completely destroyed, along with the city.

Reconstruction middle section after 1963
In 1963 the reconstruction started after plans by Peter Sniegon, Kurt Röthig and Hans Konrad. Coming from the main station on the right hand side is the "Hotel Newa" (1968-70 by C. Kayser, H. Klötzerl and B. Tellmann), on the left side 3 more hotels with shops inbetween and connected by pergola ways. All 4 Hotels are owned by the French chain Mercure and Ibis. Further on on the right side is a 12 floor block of flats with integrated shops (from Manfred Arlt).

In 2003/2004, the southern low-rise building was renovated and one floor was added and the other was replaced by a new three-story building. All four hotels belonged to the Interhotel Group until the fall of the Wall and have since been owned by a French chain (Mercure, now Pullmann, and Ibis).

On the right, the square-like space is surrounded by a 12-story residential area (by Manfred Arlt) with 2 low-rise buildings in front for sales facilities (textiles, most recently Breuninger, and food, most recently Schlemmerland). limited.

Both low-rise buildings were replaced by new buildings with similar external dimensions in 1995 (Breuninger) and 2006 (Schlemmerland). After Breuninger moved out, his building was rebuilt again in 2008, now into a commercial building with several shops. The residential area was renovated in 2007 according to plans by the Dresden office of Knerer and Lang.

The 1970-78 built and now demolished Centrum department store was already in the northern section.

From July to November 2004, the entire middle section was fundamentally redesigned. Five new water basins, seating steps and benches were built and around 13,000 m² of granite slabs and small paving stones were laid. The sculpture "Friendship of Peoples", created in 1986, which stood in front of the Rundkino until 1994, was put back up. 54 new trees planted in three rows replace the previous 38 chestnuts.

On 12.02.2004 was handed over to the revamped Boulevard to the public. In this area is also the well-known Pusteblumenbrunnen, one remaining of originally 3 fountains.

The buildings in the northern section
On the left side is another restaurant complex, formerly known as "Haus International", whose bar "Mazurka" was well known. Until a short while ago there was also the Sports Centre, belonging to the Karstadt chain followed by the former "Centrum"-Department store built in 1973-1978 by Ferenc Simon and Ivan Fokvar), and now the second Karstadt-building. The new Centrum-Galerie was built in 2007/09 on the property of this demolished GDR modern building.

In the North part 4 new buildings have been erected, from right the New House Karstadt (1993-95 by Rhode, Kellermann Wawrowsky & Partner), the Florentinum and the Woerl-Plazza (1995-96 von Gunter & Holger Just), left the new department store "Kaufhaus Esders", where also a branch of the City library () is located, and the Centrum-Galerie opened in 2009.

The northern part, which was newly built after the fall of the Wall, resumes the old width of 18 m, the same is also the case in the southern section (see Wiener Space) provided. This means that the middle section will finally and officially become “Prague Square”.

In 2021/23, the actual Woerl department store was almost completely demolished and a hotel was rebuilt on the remains of the foundation. This conversion was and is controversial, especially on the part of the architects Gunter and Holger Just.

Several pubs recently moved into the renovated former piano factory in the immediate vicinity, including "Mama Africa", which was already popular from the old location.

In the meantime, a number of shops and bars here and in the actual passage - such as the New California - have closed again; the competition from the Neumarkt area was probably too great.

Recently, the term has also been used colloquially for the newly opened Quartier an der Frauenkirche.

2. see Weizenmühle / Wheat mill in the Plauensche Grund

The three small flowers of the fountain, inaugurated in 1969, were integrated into one of the newly designed water basins in 2005.

In 2008/09 the entire dandelion fountain was rebuilt in Prohlis. For this purpose, the stored two large dandelions and the five mushrooms were refurbished, and the three small dandelions, the originals of which continue to spray Prager Strasse, were newly made.

Remarkable are the span roof, which reaches down to the ground and the wood carvings a reminderof historic russian farmer's houses. Today the building is used as a cultural centre.