Dresden became a major industrial centre of East Germany, with a great deal of research infrastructure. It was the centre of Bezirk Dresden (Dresden District) between 1952 and 1990.

2025年1月25日 · 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.

Because of its location in southeastern Germany, postwar Dresden was occupied by Soviet forces and became part of the former East Germany until German reunification in 1990 - when West Germany and East Germany were finally unified again as one nation after decades of artificial separation during the Cold War.

The Bezirk Dresden was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany that lasted from 1952 to 1990. Dresden would be reabsorbed back into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Dresden. The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states.

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen) in eastern Germany. During DDR/GDR (East German) times Dresden was the capital of the district of Dresden. Today, with a population of over half a million, it is a thriving city as part of reunited Germany.

Beginning in 1990 with German reunification, Dresden has re-emerged as a cultural, political, and economic center in the eastern part of the nation. The name Dresden derives from the Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, referring to the valley in …

On a visit in the town the guest in our vacation appartements in Dresden is faced with history everywhere. That is why a brief outline of the changeful history of the town is given to tease the reader, travaller and visitor in the first place, before giving facts.

2017年6月12日 · Post-war Saxony came under communist rule and its capital, Dresden, began rebuilding, with some classic baroque Dresden buildings recreated. By 1963, there was a new Zwinger, by 1985 a new Semper Opera House. The famous 1989 demonstrations around East Germany (German Democratic Republic) for democracy also drew Dresdeners onto the streets.

After the war, Dresden became part of East Germany until 1990, when it became the capital of the federal state of Saxony following German reunification. Notable innovations linked to Dresden include the world’s first mountain cable car (1901) and the invention of milk chocolate.

Dresden, City (pop., 2002: 478,600), situated on the Elbe River, eastern Germany. Originally a Slavonic settlement, it was the residence of the margraves of Meissen in the early 13th century. The Dresden china industry originated there but was moved to …