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Definition: Dresden from Philip's Encyclopedia

City on the River Elbe, capital of Saxony state, SE Germany. First settled by Germans in the early 13th century. It suffered almost total destruction from Allied bombing during World War 2. Dresden china, famous since the 18th century, is in fact manufactured in Meissen. Industries: optical and precision instruments, glass, chemicals. Pop. (1999) 477,700.


Dresden

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Capital of the Land (administrative region) of Saxony , Germany, lying in a wide basin in the upper Elbe Valley; population (2003 est) 473,300. An industrial and cultural centre, and a large inland port, Dresden was a district capital within the former state of East Germany, the German Democratic Republic, and became a state capital within the Federal Republic of Germany. Products include precision and optical instruments, computers and office machinery, electrical transformers, radio and electrical equipment, and musical instruments; flowers and shrubs are grown for export, and telecommunications and high-tech industries are also important. Ranked as one of the world's most beautiful cities before World War II, with a rich architectural and cultural heritage, it was devastated by Allied carpet bombing in 1945; much rebuilding has since taken place, and the city has become an important tourist destination. Dresden was originally a Slavic fishing settlement called Drezdane. From 1485…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
A city in eastern Germany that was destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. It was formerly one of the world's most beautiful cities, referred to as 'the Florence on the Elbe', but on the night of 13-14 February 1945 a massive raid by 800 RAF bombers created a firestorm in the city that…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Capital of the Land (administrative region) of Saxony , Germany, lying in a wide basin in the upper Elbe Valley; population (2003 est) 473,300. An industrial and cultural centre, and a large inland port, Dresden was a district capital within the former state of East Germany, the German Democratic…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(drĕz'dӘn), city (1994 pop. 479,300), capital of Saxony , E central Germany, on the Elbe River. It is an industrial and cultural center, a rail junction, and a large inland port. Manufactures include precision and optical instruments, computers and office machinery, radio and electrical equipment, …
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Town, county seat of Weakley co., NW Tennessee; pop. (2000c) 2855. Former town, Kent co., SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Chatham-Kent; gas wells. District of former East Germany. City, ✽ of Saxony state, E Germany, and formerly of Dresden dist., East Germany, on Elbe River 63 mi. (101 km.) ESE of…
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Full text Article Dresden china

From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The fine, hard porcelain so called, attaining high repute from the 18th century, was made from about 1709 at Meissen, some 12 miles (19km) from Dresden. Among the many figurines produced there, the Dresden shepherdess has remained a favourite for daintiness and grace. The factory was established by…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
The Frauenkirche in Dresden, Ger., designed by...
City (pop., 2002: 478,600), situated on the Elbe River, eastern Germany. Originally a Slavonic settlement, it was the residence of the margraves of Meissen in the early 13th century. The Dresden china industry originated there but was moved to Meissen in 1710 ( see Meissen porcelain ). Napoleon I…
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From The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
German city, formerly capital of the electors and kings of Saxony. The Dresden court, long served by Schütz, became in the first half of the 18th century one of the most musically illustrious in Europe, graced by Zelenka, Lotti and Hasse. In 1817, as patronage swivelled to the bourgeoisie, a German…
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Full text Article Dresden, Battle of

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In the Napoleonic Wars, French victory in battle for control of the German city of Dresden 27 August 1813 between 80,000 French troops and an Allied army of almost 200,000 Austrian, Prussian, and Russian troops. The Allies lost some 38,000 troops; the French about 10,000. The Allied army under Count…
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Full text Article The Dresden Files (2007) [TV series]

From Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives
Premiere: January 21, 2007: Main Cast Paul Blackthorne as Harry Dresden, Valerie Cruz as Lt. Connie Murphy, Terrence Mann as Bob, Hrothbert of Bainbridge, Raoul Bhaneja as Detective Sid Kirmani, Conrad Coates as Morgan, Jonathan Higgins as Malcolm Dresden, Matthew Knight as Young Harry Dresden; …
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The success of the Meissen factory in reviving, from the 1840s, its 18th-century figures and wares was reflected in the large number of smaller porcelain factories and decoration workshops that produced less expensive copies and adaptations of 18th-century Meissen in the second half of the 19th…
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