Dresden

Dresden
Dresden
	Clockwise: Dresden at nicht, Dresden Frauenkirche, Schloss Pillnitz, Dresden Castle an Zwinger.
	Coat airms
	Dresden
	Coordinates: 51°2′N 13°44′E / 51.033°N 13.733°ECoordinates: 51°2′N 13°44′E / 51.033°N 13.733°E
Kintra	Germany
State	Saxony
Destrict	Urban destrict
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Dirk Hilbert (FDP)
Area
• City	328.8 km2 (127.0 sq mi)
Population (2021-12-31)
• City	555,351
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
• Urban	780,561
• Metro	1,143,197
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dresden (German pronunciation: [ˈdʁeːsdᵊn]) (German: Dresden, Czech: Drážďany, Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany, Pols: Drezno) is the caipital ceety^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]