Coventry and Dresden signed the twinning agreement in 1959. This makes Dresden the oldest sister city and a symbol of reconciliation and the will for peace. Both cities were badly destroyed in the Second World War and shook hands afterwards.
Our Saxon Sun King was called August. He shaped our wonderful city skyline with his architecture, in keeping with the French spirit of the time. Today, the Institut français in Dresden's old town is a meeting place for Francophiles.
The ancient sculptures of the Dresden State Art Collections in the Semper Gallery are probably the oldest Greek heritage in Dresden and the largest collection outside the Mediterranean region.
In 1839, the Javanese prince and painter Raden Saleh came to Dresden, where he said he spent the best years of his life. Today, Raden Saleh is considered the father of modern Indonesian painting.
Language As a further development of Latin, it is considered the language with the greatest similarity to this “dead” language of all the Romance languages still in use today. From…
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski lived in Dresden for twenty years in the middle of the 19th century. Today, the Polish writer's home is a museum in Dresden's Neustadt district.
Language Romani has its roots in Indian, as the Roma migrated from India to Europe in the 11th century. The language developed from Sanskrit and other Indian languages and, over…
The Transylvanian Saxons speak the Transylvanian Saxon dialect. They are the oldest surviving German settler group in Eastern Europe.
Today's Pujatin House in Kleinszschachwitz was donated by the eponymous Russian prince in 1823. Today it serves as a socio-cultural center.
The language The Swedish language developed from Old and Middle Swedish. Its roots go back to the 8th century, when the Scandinavian countries began to differentiate themselves linguistically. Over the…
Hanging in the state rooms of Dresden Palace are 34 tapestries that were made in Spain. For these magnificent tapestries, 60 kilograms of silk, 32 kilograms of wool as well as silver and gold threads were used.
The distance from Dresden to Hungary or Flensburg is 600 km. So we can choose between paprika and fish sandwiches.