Outline of Dresden

Flag of Dresden

Coat of arms of Dresden

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Dresden:

Dresden – capital and the most populated city in the German state of Saxony. With over 547,172 residents in 328.8 km2 (127.0 sq mi) it is also Germany's twelfth largest Großstadt. Dresden is one of the most visited cities in Germany.

General reference

• Pronunciation: German pronunciation: [ˈdʁeːsdn̩] ;
• Common English name(s): Dresden
• Official English name(s): City of Dresden
• Adjectival(s): Dresdener
• Demonym(s): Dresdener

Geography of Dresden

Geography of Dresden

• Dresden is:
  • a city
    • capital of Saxony
• Population of Dresden: 547,172
• Area of Dresden: 328.8 km² (127.0 sq mi)
• Atlas of Dresden

Dresden
Dresden Location within Germany
Coordinates: 51°2′N 13°44′E

Location of Dresden

Dresden is situated within the following regions:

• Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Europe (outline)
      • Central Europe
        • Germany (outline)
          • Saxony
• Time zone(s):
  • Central European Time (UTC+01)
  • In Summer (DST): Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)

Environment of Dresden

• Climate of Dresden

Landforms of Dresden

The Elbe river

Bastei bridge in Saxon Switzerland

Geography and urban development of Dresden

• Highlands in Dresden
  • Schönfeld Upland
• Rivers in Dresden
  • Elbe
  • Landgraben
  • Weißeritz
• Valleys in Dresden
  • Dresden Elbe Valley
    • Dresden Basin

Areas of Dresden

Districts of Dresden

• Löbtau
• Gorbitz

Neighborhoods in Dresden

The Neumarkt area

Pillnitz, the park of the Pillnitz Castle

• Albertstadt
• Äußere Neustadt
• Blasewitz
• Buehlau
• Friedrichstadt
• Hellerau
• Innere Neustadt
• Loschwitz
• Mickten
• Neumarkt
• Pillnitz

Locations in Dresden

• Tourist attractions in Dresden
  • Shopping areas and markets
    • Striezelmarkt
  • World Heritage sites in Dresden

Bridges in Dresden

Augustus Bridge

• Augustus Bridge
• Loschwitz Bridge
• Waldschlösschen Bridge

Castles in Dresden

The Dresden Castle, one of the oldest buildings in Dresden

• Dresden Castle
  • Dresden Armoury
  • Fürstenzug
  • Kupferstich-Kabinett
  • Münzkabinett

Cultural and exhibition centres in Dresden

• Transparent Factory

Monuments and memorials in Dresden

• Busmannkapelle Memorial

Museums and art galleries in Dresden

The Bundeswehr Military History Museum

Dresden Museum of Ethnology

• Albertinum
  • Skulpturensammlung
• Bundeswehr Military History Museum
• Dresden City Art Gallery
• Dresden City Museum
• Dresden Museum of Ethnology
• Dresden Transport Museum
• Galerie Neue Meister
• Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
• German Hygiene Museum
• Grünes Gewölbe
• Semper Gallery
• State Museum of Zoology

Palaces and villas in Dresden

Albrechtsberg Palace

• Albrechtsberg Palace
• Japanisches Palais
• Kaiserpalast
• Palais Flemming-Sulkowski
• Pillnitz Castle
• Wackerbarth-Palais
• Zwinger
  • Dresden Porcelain Collection
  • Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon

Parks and gardens in Dresden

The Großer Garten

• Großer Garten
  • Dresden Botanical Garden
  • Dresden Zoo

Public squares in Dresden

• Pirnaischer Platz
• Schillerplatz
• Schloßplatz
• Wasaplatz

Religious buildings in Dresden

The Dresden Frauenkirche

• Church of Reconciliation
• Dresden Cathedral
• Dresden Frauenkirche
• Himmelfahrtskirche
• Kreuzkirche
• New Synagogue
• Semper Synagogue
• St. Simeon of the Wonderful Mountain Church
• Trinitatiskirche
• Zionskirche

Secular buildings in Dresden

Yenidze

The Semperoper

The Dresden TV tower

• Johanneum
• Landhaus
• Dresden Panometer
• Orpheum Dresden
• Sächsische Staatskanzlei
• Sächsisches Ständehaus
• Saxon Landtag
• Saxon State and University Library Dresden
  • Deutsche Fotothek
• Taschenbergpalais
• Yenidze

Streets in Dresden

• Brühl's Terrace

Theatres in Dresden

• Festspielhaus Hellerau
• Opernhaus am Taschenberg
• Opernhaus am Zwinger
• Semperoper
• Societaetstheater
• Staatsschauspiel Dresden

Towers in Dresden

• Dresden TV tower

Demographics of Dresden

Demographics of Dresden

Government and politics of Dresden

The Sächsische Staatskanzlei, the seat of the Minister-President of Saxony's office

Government and politics of Dresden

• City Council of Dresden
  • Mayors of Dresden
• International relations of Dresden
  • Sister cities of Dresden
    • Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1961
    • Florence, Tuscany, Italy, since 1978
    • Hamburg, Germany, since 1987
    • Salzburg, Austria, since 1991

History of Dresden

History of Dresden

History of Dresden, by period or event

Augustus II the Strong, an important sponsor for the arts in Dresden

Timeline of Dresden

• Early history
• Kingdom of Saxony – Dresden becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918)
  • Battle of Dresden (1813)
  • May Uprising in Dresden (1849)
• Free State of Saxony – Dresden becomes the capital of the first Free State of Saxony (1918–1934)
• Dresden during the Second World War
  • Bombing of Dresden in World War II
• Dresden post-reunification

History of Dresden, by subject

• Dresden Conference (1851)
• Siege of Dresden
• Treaty of Dresden

Culture of Dresden

The Striezelmarkt, one of Germany's oldest documented Christmas markets

The Silver Lake in the Dresden Heath

Saxon Switzerland

Culture of Dresden

• Events in Dresden
  • Annual events in Dresden
    • Elbhangfest
    • Striezelmarkt
• Festivals in Dresden
  • Bunte Republik Neustadt
  • Dresden Music Festival
  • Internationales Dixieland Festival Dresden
  • Jazztage Dresden
• Languages in Dresden
  • Upper Saxon German
  • Upper Sorbian language
• Media in Dresden
  • Newspapers in Dresden
    • Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten
    • Sächsische Zeitung
  • Radio and television in Dresden
    • Dresden Fernsehen
    • Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
• Recreation in Dresden
  • Dresden Elbe Valley
  • Dresden Heath
  • Saxon Switzerland

Arts in Dresden

Portrait of Gottfried Semper, German architect who contributed many landmarks to Dresden

Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge by the Italian urban landscape painter Bernardo Bellotto

Architecture of Dresden

Architecture of Dresden

• Dresden school

Cinema of Dresden

Cinema of Dresden

Music of Dresden

Music of Dresden

• Music schools in Dresden
  • Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
• Music venues in Dresden
  • Semperoper
• Musical compositions written or adapted for Dresden:
  • Around 1728 Jan Dismas Zelenka expanded the Missa Providentiae, originally a Kyrie–Gloria Mass by Antonio Caldara, with a Credo (ZWV 31), Sanctus and Agnus Dei into a Missa tota for use at the then-time Prince-Electoral and Royal-Polish Catholic court in Dresden.
  • Kyrie–Gloria Mass in B minor, BWV 232 I (1733), by Johann Sebastian Bach.
  • Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis, ZWV 17 (1736), and Missa Votiva, ZWV 18 (1739), by Jan Dismas Zelenka.
• Musical ensembles in Dresden
  • Dresden Philharmonic
  • Dresdner Kammerchor
  • Dresdner Kreuzchor
  • Staatskapelle Dresden

Visual arts of Dresden

• Die Brücke

Dresden in art / Paintings of Dresden

• Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge

Cuisine of Dresden

Dresdner Christstollen

Cuisine of Dresden

• Dresdner Stollen

People of Dresden

• People from Dresden

Religion in Dresden

• Catholicism in Dresden
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
    • Bishop of Dresden

Sports in Dresden

The EnergieVerbund Arena

Stadion Dresden, the current home of Dynamo Dresden

Sports in Dresden

• Basketball in Dresden
  • Dresden Titans
• Football in Dresden
  • Dynamo Dresden
    • List of Dynamo Dresden players
    • List of Dynamo Dresden seasons
• Ice hockey in Dresden
  • Dresdner Eislöwen
• Sport venues in Dresden
  • EnergieVerbund Arena
  • Heinz-Steyer-Stadion
  • Ostragehege
  • Stadion Dresden

Economy and infrastructure of Dresden

Sunset in Saxon Switzerland, a popular tourist attraction

Economy of Dresden

• Banking in Dresden
  • Dresdner Bank
  • Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden
• Industry in Dresden
  • Enterprises in Dresden
• Tourism in Dresden
  • Tourist attractions in Dresden

Transport in Dresden

Dresden Airport

The Dresden Park Railway

The Dresden Suspension Railway

Transport in Dresden

• Public transport operators
  • Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe
• Air transport in Dresden
  • Dresden Airport
    • Dresden Flughafen station
• Maritime transport in Dresden
  • Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt
  • Ferries
    • Johannstadt Neustadt Ferry
    • Laubegast Niederpoyritz Ferry
    • Pillnitz Kleinzschachwitz Ferry

Rail transport in Dresden

• Dresden Funicular Railway
• Dresden Park Railway
• Dresden S-Bahn
  • S-Bahn stations in the Dresden inner city
    • Dresden Hauptbahnhof
    • Dresden Mitte station
    • Dresden-Neustadt station
• Dresden Suspension Railway
• Trams in Dresden
  • CarGoTram

Road transport in Dresden

• Roads in Dresden

Education in Dresden

The Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Education in Dresden

Public education in Dresden

• Secondary education in Dresden
  • Dresden International School
• Institutions of higher education in Dresden
  • Universities in Dresden
    • Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
    • TU Dresden
      • TU Dresden School of International Studies
• Research institutes in Dresden
  • Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
  • Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research

Publications about Dresden

• The Destruction of Dresden

See also

• Outline of geography

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Dresden