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Dresden - Welcome to the county capital!


Dresden, core of the metropolitan area "Upper Elbvalley", is an important industry location and a centre of microelectronics. Furthermore, Dresden is a city dedicated to science, having several universities and many research institutes. Dresden also has the biggest university of central Europe. Dresden is also a crossing point for many supra-regional transport connections with the important economic and political centres, such as Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Munich and Leipzig.

The geographic location of Dresden is extremely attractive:

The city is located in the middle of the Dresden Elbe valley widening, imbedded between the foothills of the eastern Erz mountains, the Lusatian granite plate and the Elbe sandstone mountains. The Elbe flows through the whole city on the longitudinal axis. The level of the Elbe is confirmed to be 105,70 m above sea level. The highest point of Dresden is located 315 m above mean sea level (in Dresden-Bühlau), while the lowest point of Dresden is at 102 m above sea level (in Dresden-Stetzsch).

Typical for the weather in the Dresden Elbe valley is the so called "micro climate", which even allows vineyards to exist in the area.

Geographic location:

  • 51° 02' 55" northern latitude
  • 13° 44' 29" eastern longitude

Reachability

  • Motorway A4 and A13 (soon also A17)
  • National roads B6, B97, B170, B172 and B17
  • Airport Dresden-Klotzsche
  • Main train station and train station Dresden-Neustadt (IC-,ICE and IR- services)
  • Elbe shipping

Area

  • 328,30 km²

Population

  • 504.635 habitants
  • 1.537 habitants/square kilometre

Culture

  • Centre of educating art and music
  • Art Gallery "Alte Meister" ("Old Masters")
  • Over 300 year old Semper opera
  • Crosschoir Dresden
  • Baroque city Dresden
  • Zwinger palace
  • "Hofkirche", a famous church
  • Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) (rebuilt 2005)
  • Pillnitz

Economy

  • Centre of microelectronics (Infineon, AMD, ZMD, AMTC) and biotechnology
  • Exhibition hall Dresden and international congress centre
  • "Transparent Factory" of Volkswagen

Sport

  • Heinz-Steyer stadium
  • Rudolf-Harbig stadium (FC Dynamo Dresden)
  • Water sport centre
  • 320 sporting club for 70 different sports

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