Dresden
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  Dresden | |
| Coordinates: 51°2′N 13°44′E / 51.033°N 13.733°ECoordinates: 51°2′N 13°44′E / 51.033°N 13.733°E | |
| Kintra | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Destrict | Urban destrict |
| Govrenment | |
| • Laird Mayor | Dirk Hilbert (FDP) |
| Area | |
| • City | 328.8 km2 (127.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • City | 555,351 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 780,561 |
| • Metro | 1,143,197 |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Dresden (German pronunciation: [ˈdʁeːsdᵊn]) (German: Dresden, Czech: Drážďany, Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany, Pols: Drezno) is the caipital ceety[2] o the Free State o Saxony in Germany. It is situatit in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is pairt o the Saxon Triangle metropolitan aurie.[3]
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Removal o UNESCO Warld Heritage status
[eedit | eedit soorce]Dresden Elbe Valley that obtained UNESCO Warld Heritage status in 2004 wis placed on the leet o endangered Warld Heritage sites in 2007. In 2009, Dresden haed its status as UNESCO Warld Heritage formally removed for the destruction o warld heritage through the biggin a controversial hieway brig athort the site.
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Alang wi its twin ceety Coventry, Dresden wis ane o the first twa ceeties tae twin wi a foreign ceety. Similar seembolism occurred in 1988, when Dresden twinned wi the Dutch ceety o Rotterdam. The cities became twins efter Warld War II in an act o reconciliation, as they haed suffered incisive destructions frae bombins. The Coventry Blitz an Rotterdam Blitz bombardments o the German Luftwaffe are an aa considered tae be disproportional. Dresden haes haed a triangular pairtnership wi Saunt Petersburg an Hamburg syne 1987. Dresden haes twal twin ceeties.[4]
Coventry, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1959
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie, syne 1961
Wrocław, Poland, syne 1963
Skopje, Macedonie, syne 1967[5]
Ostrava, Czech Republic, syne 1971
Brazzaville, Congo, syne 1975
Florence, Italy, syne 1978
Hamburg, Germany, syne 1987[6]
Rotterdam, Netherlands, syne 1988
Strasbourg, Fraunce, syne 1990
Salzburg, Austrick, syne 1991
Columbus, Ohio, Unitit States, syne 1992
Hangzhou, Cheenae, syne 2009
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.
- ↑ Designated by article 2 of the Saxon Constitution
- ↑ Region Sachsendreieck: Map of the Sachsendreieck (Saxon triangle)
- ↑ "Dresden – Partner Cities". © 2008 Landeshauptstadt Dresden. Archived frae the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ↑ "Official portal of City of Skopje – Skopje Sister Cities". © 2006–2009 City of Skopje. Archived frae the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 14 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Staff. "Hamburg und seine Städtepartnerschaften (Hamburg sister cities)". Hamburg's official website [1]. Retrieved 5 August 2008. freemit airtin in
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