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Historic city centre with main sights. Dresden ( / ˈdrɛzdən /, German: [ˈdʁeːsdn̩] ⓘ; Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany, pronounced [ˈdʁʲɛʒdʒanɨ]) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by ...
- Bombing of Dresden
Dresden viewed from the Rathaus (city hall) in 1945, showing...
- Trams in Dresden
The Dresden tramway network is a mixed system of traditional...
- New Synagogue
The new synagogue in Dresden. The New Synagogue is a...
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- Dresden Castle
Dresden Castle or Royal Palace (German: Dresdner...
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The Elbe (German: ⓘ; Czech: Labe ⓘ; Low German: Ilv or Elv;...
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Dresden is a large city in the eastern Saxony nearby the...
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Dresden was already settled in the Neolithic part of the Stone Age, but the first written record of the city was in 1206, when Dresden began to develop as a royal residence. Dresden was bombed a lot at the end of World War II. It was bombed by American and British bombers between 13 February and 15 February 1945. Most of the city's buildings were d...
Dresden is the political and cultural centre of Saxony. It is the seat of the governmental district of Dresden and of many universities. The city had a popiulation that exceeded 100,000 around 1852. Dresden has about 488,000 inhabitants (2005). Dresden forms the core of the densely-populated area of the same name in Central Europe and is a traffic ...
Dresden has got an international airport (Flughafen Dresden-Klotzsche) which has about 2 million passengers/year. This Airport has got daily flight connections to Frankfurt and Munich (Lufthansa), Moscow (Aeroflot), Cologne and Stuttgart (germanwings), Düsseldorf (germanwings) as well as to Zurich (InterSky), Hamburg (eurowings on behalf of germanw...
Dezember 2023) [2] ist Dresden, nach Leipzig, die zweitgrößte sächsische Kommune und der Einwohnerzahl nach zwölftgrößte Stadt Deutschlands . Als Sitz der Sächsischen Staatsregierung und des Sächsischen Landtags sowie zahlreicher Landesbehörden ist die Großstadt das politische Zentrum Sachsens.
Apr 7, 2024 · Dresden is the traditional capital of Saxony and the third largest city in eastern Germany after Berlin and Leipzig. It lies in the broad basin of the Elbe River between Meissen and Pirna, 19 miles (30 km) north of the Czech border and 100 miles (160 km) south of Berlin.
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Feb 13, 2024 · Dresden is the capital of Saxony ( Sachsen ). It's often referred to locally as Elbflorenz, or "Florence on the Elbe", reflecting its location on the Elbe river and its historical role as a centre for the arts and beautiful architecture - much like Florence in Italy.
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