Dresden (region)

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Dresden
Direktionsbezirk Dresden
Saxony Direktionsbezirk Dresden.png
Map of Saxony highlighting the former Direktionsbezirk of Dresden
Country Germany
State Saxony
Disestablished1 March 2012
Region seat Dresden
Area
  Total7,931 km2 (3,062 sq mi)
Population
 (31 Dec. 2010)
  Total1,626,870
  Density210/km2 (530/sq mi)
GDP
[1]
  Total€54.425 billion (2021)
Website www.rp-dresden.de

Dresden is one of the three former Direktionsbezirke of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state. It coincided with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge.

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History

The Direktionsbezirk Dresden came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Dresden Government Region. It was disbanded in March 2012.

Administrative divisions

Kreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Bautzen
  2. Görlitz
  3. Meißen
  4. Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
  1. Dresden

See also

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References

  1. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat" . Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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