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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
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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Associated With

Elbe River, Bodies of Water
Germany, Countries
Western Europe, Regions

Capital Of

Saxony, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Dresden - GeoNames
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The restaurant is located in Dresden at the corner Leipziger Straße and Kötzschenbroderstraße in the district Mickten (Ortsamt Pieschen)
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is a public research university in Dresden, Germany
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is a public research university in Dresden, Germany
Sources
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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3. GeoNames: Dresden - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2935022
    51.05089 13.73832 P PPLA DE 13 00 14612 14612000 564904 116 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 116 m
  • Capital Of: Saxony, cities500 record 2935022, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 13)
    51.05089 13.73832 P PPLA DE 13 00 14612 14612000 564904 116 Europe/Berlin
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 13.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 13.75
51.25 13.75 Cfb
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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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