Dresden

Dresden () (, , , ) is the caipital ceetyDesignated by article 2 of the Saxon Constitution o the Free State o Saxony in Germany. It is situatit in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is pairt o the Saxon Triangle metropolitan aurie.Region Sachsendreieck: Map of the Sachsendreieck (Saxon triangle)

 Internaitional relations 
 Removal o UNESCO Warld Heritage status 
Dresden Elbe Valley that obtained UNESCO Warld Heritage status in 2004 wis placed on the leet o endangered Warld Heritage sites in 2007. In 2009, Dresden haed its status as UNESCO Warld Heritage formally removed for the destruction o warld heritage through the biggin a controversial hieway brig athort the site.

 Twin touns – Sister ceeties 

Alang wi its twin ceety Coventry, Dresden wis ane o the first twa ceeties tae twin wi a foreign ceety. Similar seembolism occurred in 1988, when Dresden twinned wi the Dutch ceety o Rotterdam. The cities became twins efter Warld War II in an act o reconciliation, as they haed suffered incisive destructions frae bombins. The Coventry Blitz an Rotterdam Blitz bombardments o the German Luftwaffe are an aa considered tae be disproportional. Dresden haes haed a triangular pairtnership wi Saunt Petersburg an Hamburg syne 1987. Dresden haes twal twin ceeties.

  Coventry, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1959
  Saunt Petersburg, Roushie, syne 1961
  Wrocław, Poland, syne 1963
  Skopje, Macedonie, syne 1967
  Ostrava, Czech Republic, syne 1971
  Brazzaville, Congo, syne 1975
  Florence, Italy, syne 1978
  Hamburg, Germany, syne 1987 
  Rotterdam, Netherlands, syne 1988
  Strasbourg, Fraunce, syne 1990
  Salzburg, Austrick, syne 1991
  Columbus, Ohio, Unitit States, syne 1992
  Hangzhou, Cheenae, syne 2009

 References 


Category:Ceeties in Saxony
Category:German state caipitals
Category:Populatit places established in the 12t century