The first mention of Dresden (1206) is in a document about the dispute over the Castell Thorun on the Pesterwitzer Burgwartsberg. A stele commemorates the historical site.
Before 1206, Burgrave Heinrich II von Dohna had a castle built on the Burgwartsberg. However, Castell Thorun stood on episcopal territory. The bishop and burgrave fought over the territory for years. Both sides turned to Margrave Dietrich of Meissen under threat of ecclesiastical punishment from the Pope. His arbitration award, pronounced on March 31, 1206, names as witnesses Berthold and Dietrich von Potschappel (Potshapel), Reinhold von (Reinhardts-)Grimma (Grimme) and his brother Hugo, Arnold von Döhlen (Dolen), Burchard von Kaitz (Kiz), Hermann von Wurgwitz (Worganewiz), Hildebrand von Gompitz (Gonpitz), Johann von Plauen (Plawen), among others. This is why so many places in the region celebrate their "birthday" at the same time as the state capital. The document is kept in the main state archive and a stele, which can be easily reached via a hiking trail, is dedicated to the event. Visible earth walls on the Burgwartsberg hill are a reminder of the castle's demolition.
