Dresden
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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]
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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]
Coventry, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1959
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie, syne 1961
Wrocław, Poland, syne 1963
Skopje, Macedonie, syne 1967[5]
Ostrava, Czech Republic, syne 1971
Brazzaville, Congo, syne 1975
Florence, Italy, syne 1978
Hamburg, Germany, syne 1987[6]
Rotterdam, Netherlands, syne 1988
Strasbourg, Fraunce, syne 1990
Salzburg, Austrick, syne 1991
Columbus, Ohio, Unitit States, syne 1992
Hangzhou, Cheenae, syne 2009
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