Definition of dresden Dresden

/dɹɛˈzdɪn/ - [drezdin] - Dres•den

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What does dresden mean?

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dresden - a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945

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dresden (Noun)
A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.

dresden
The capital city and after Leipzig the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

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The capital of the kingdom of Saxony, and one of the best built towns of Europe. Taken by Frederick of Prussia in 1756; by the Austrians in 1759; bombarded in vain by Frederick, July, 1760. On August 26-27, 1813, the allies were defeated in a terrible battle by the French under the walls of this city; and about a mile from it is a granite block, surmounted by a helmet, marking the spot where Moreau fell in the conflict, while conversing with the emperor Alexander.

Dresden () is the capital of the Free State of Saxony.

History.

Dresden was already settled in the Stoneage, but the first written record of the city was in 1206, when Dresden began to develop as a royal residence.

Politics and cultural.

Dresden is the political and cultural centre of Saxony. It is seat of the governmental district of Dresden and of numerous universities. The number of inhabitants of the city Dresden exceeded 100.000 in about 1852.

It was devastated after World War II. In 2002 it was flooded in Germany's so-called "century flooding".

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 junction and an economic centre. Together with the population centres of Chemnitz, Zwickau and Leipzig forms the population centre known as the "Metropolregion Saxonia triangle".

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