Dresden
Capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany
Also known as Elbflorenz · Drezda · Kreisfreie Stadt Dresden
- Country
- Germany(since 1990)
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- , Electorate of Saxony(1423–1806)
- , Kingdom of Saxony(1806–1918)
- +6 more
- Germany(since 1990)
- Located in
- Saxony(since 2012)
- , Dresden Directorate District(2008–2012)
- , Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden(1873–1932)
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- Population
- 562,764(December 31, 2025)
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- , 564,904(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 566,222(December 31, 2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +57 more
- 562,764(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 328.48 km²(December 31, 2017)
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Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- 328.48 km²(December 31, 2017)
- Elevation
- 126 m
- Head of government
- Dirk Hilbert(since 2015)
- , Helma Orosz(2008–2015)
- , Ingolf Roßberg(2001–2008)
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- Founded
- 1206
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Sources- 1.dresden-central.de/entdecken/nuetzliches/geschichteRetrieved 2023-06-18
- 1206
- Postal code
- 01067
- , 01326
- , 01309
- +8 more
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
434 statements · 11% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Florence(since 1978)
- Daejeon(since 2010)
- Skopje(since 1967)
- Salzburg(since 1991)
- Coventry(since 1959)
- Saint Petersburg(since 1961)
- Wrocław(since 1959)
- Ostrava(since 1971)
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- Brazzaville(since 1975)
- Hamburg(since 1987)
- Rotterdam(since 1988)
- Strasbourg(since 1990)
- Columbus(since 1992)
- Hangzhou(since 2009)
- Silistra
- Local dialing code
- 351
- 35201 applies to part: Langebrück
- Vehicle registration plate code
- DD
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Sources- 1.kfz.de/autokennzeichen/autokennzeichen_deutschland/#dRetrieved 2023-06-18
- 2.m.3d-kennzeichen.de/kennzeichen/ddRetrieved 2023-06-18
- DD
- Capital of
- Saxony(since 1990)
- Dresden (Germany : Landkreis)
- Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt
- Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden-Bautzen
- Kreisdirektion Dresden
- Dresden Government Region
- Kingdom of Saxony(1806–1918)
- Dresden-Land
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- Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden
- Saxony(1945–1952)
- Dresden District(1952–1990) end cause: German reunification
- Electorate of Saxony(1547–1806)
- Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Neustadt
- Time of earliest written record
- 1206
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Sources- 1.dresden-central.de/entdecken/nuetzliches/geschichteRetrieved 2023-06-18
- 1206
- Highest point
- Triebenberg elevation: 383 m
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- Triebenberg elevation: 383 m
- Short name
- D
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- DD
- D
- Awards
- Schleudersachse(2005)
- Schleudersachse(2004)
- Official name
- Dresden
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- Dresden
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1994)
- Mayors for Peace(since 1985)
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Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Kommunaler Sozialverband Sachsen
- International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities described at url: iaks.sport
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- World Tourism Cities Federation
- Native label
- Dresden ipa transcription: ˈdʁeːsdn̩ · pronunciation audio: De-Dresden.oga
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- Dresden ipa transcription: ˈdʁeːsdn̩ · pronunciation audio: De-Dresden.oga
- Demonym
- Dresdner applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Dresdnerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Dresdnerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- Dresdener applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Dresdenerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Dresdenerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- Drježdźanjan applies to part: masculine
- Drježdźanjanka applies to part: feminine
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- drezdai
- Different from
- Drezno criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Drezno
- Dresden criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Dresden
- Grants
- Dresden resident writer(since 1996)
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Saxony/Dresden.map
- Hashtag
- Dresden
On other databases
111 identifiers linking Dresden across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:704
- ArchINFORM location ID458
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinedresden
- BHCL UUID14355fda-a90a-4868-b1a9-2d8b1d5e05fa
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119742433
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDdresden-20
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID05156b
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00006089
- Comic Vine ID4020-61108
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/Saxony/Localities/Dresden/
- De Agostini IDDrèsda
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--432142
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID139dec04-c84a-403e-bf5b-57c9ab6c70e7
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0005565
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Dresden-Germany
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDdresde
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1k7uzr
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526871
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ2502456
- Facebook location ID106661926035646
- FactGrid item IDQ10286
- FAST ID1205937
- Freebase ID/m/09b9m
- GADM IDDEU.14.3_1
- GeoNames ID2935020
- German district key14612
- German municipality key14612000
- German regional key146120000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004455
- GitHub topicdresden
- GND ID4012995-0
- Google Maps Customer ID297714536935915184
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDDresden
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDdrezden-ccbe71
- Grove Art Online IDT023611
- Harper's tagdresden
- HASCDE.SN.DE
- Hikr waypoint ID84285
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDDREDENJO61UB
- HOV-ID8043
- IdRef ID027771385
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ1731
- INaturalist place ID29493
- Instagram location ID214326583
- Instagram usernamevisit.dresden
- Interlingual Index IDi82966
- ISNI0000000110164613
- J9U entity ID987007309200405171
- Japan Search name IDドレスデン
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID5315
- Joconde location IDT84-658
- Klexikon article IDDresden
- Klimadashboard.de region ID1f4cca36-c261-4b1d-bfa5-d41a73eeca71
- KSW place ID77695
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID3685
- Le Figaro tag IDDresde
- Lex IDDresden
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79085026
- Museum-digital place ID1
- MusicBrainz area ID624f2956-bfdb-43a9-8924-9aadb812ee04
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/49CEBC27-F7FE-409A-B6D6-513163039585
- National Library of Iceland ID000077513
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000187634
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810592035705606
- NE.se IDdresden
- NL CR AUT IDge129086
- NUTS codeDED21
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning1639226
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3894257
- Open Library subject IDplace:dresden_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap node ID20833613
- OpenStreetMap relation ID191645
- OpenWeatherMap city ID2935022
- Pinakes city ID158
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID18485
- Provenio UUID97133263-c670-4c1c-92c1-94990d7cbdc1
- Quora topic IDDresden-Germany
- RIA Novosti reference54680658
- RKD thesaurus ID533
- SBN place IDUSML000907
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID1812
- SNARC IDQ1932
- Songkick area ID28467
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202249
- SPAP IDp/c91c6724-1b01-492f-9651-76250e3fbf53
- Stadtwiki Dresden articleDresden
- Subredditdresden
- SVKKL authority ID0308785-Drazdany-Nemecko
- TasteAtlas IDdresden
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDJ6KBPK4DORFTXJR3QEKM4SAQ24