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Dresden

Western Europe

Dresden is the capital of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. Known historically as a center of art and culture on the Elbe river, sometimes called the Florence of the Elbe, Dresden was largely destroyed by Allied bombing in February 1945 and has since been extensively rebuilt, with landmarks such as the Frauenkirche and the Zwinger palace restored as major symbols of the city's recovery.

Facts
Population
536,107 1
Area (sq km)
328.8 1
Founding Year
1206 2
Elevation (m)
113 1
Latitude
51.05 degrees north 1
Longitude
13.74 degrees east 1
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Elbe River, Bodies of Water
Germany, Countries
Western Europe, Regions
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Source Ballhaus Watzke (Wikipedia)Lead sentence
Quote, Lead sentence
The restaurant is located in Dresden at the corner Leipziger Straße and Kötzschenbroderstraße in the district Mickten (Ortsamt Pieschen)
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1. Dresden (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, City area row
    328.8 km2 (127.0 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Elevation row
    113 m (371 ft)
  • MediaWiki API prop=coordinates (decimal degrees resolved from the infobox Coord template)
  • Infobox, population
    536107 filled via Gemeindeschlüssel -->
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
    most populous city after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany
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2. Dresden (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
Quote, P571 (inception)
inception 1206
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Wikidata: Dresden
Wikidata Q1731, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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