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Dresden
[ drez-duhn; German dreys-duhn ]
noun
- the capital of Saxony in E Germany, on the Elbe River.
Dresden
/ ˈdrɛzdən /
noun
- an industrial city in SE Germany, the capital of Saxony on the River Elbe: it was severely damaged in the Seven Years' War (1760); the baroque city was almost totally destroyed in World War II by Allied bombing (1945). Pop: 483 632 (2003 est)
adjective
- relating to, designating, or made of Dresden china
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In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.
The Stollen was paraded through the city of Dresden, and later an appointed “Stollen girl” cut the cake.
The tradition of baking of Stollen is probably the strongest in Dresden, Germany.
They would travel by train, and the trains would pass through Dresden, the East German city closest to Prague.
Vladimir Putin famously ran agents for the KGB from 1985 to 1990 out of Dresden, which was then in communist East Germany.
A serious insurrection occurred at Dresden, in Saxony, but was in a few days put down.
In the great battle round Dresden the Marshal's twenty thousand raw recruits played their part nobly.
I must confess I am only staying here in order to put off my arrival in Dresden and the society of the Jurgensons.
Breakfasted on the banks of the Elbe (omelette aux confitures) and returned to Dresden by boat.
Leaving Teplitz on the morning of August 26, he arrived in the evening of the same day in Dresden in good health and good humour.
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