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Dresden

Dresden. die Hauptstadt Sachsens. Home to Kings. 1206 - Dresden’s first mentioned Kings of Saxony August the Strong Catholic King of Poland 1694-1733. Dresden Fürstenzug. Kultur und Architektur. Florence on the Elbe Renaissance buildings Baroque architecture

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Dresden

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  1. Dresden

  2. die HauptstadtSachsens

  3. Home to Kings • 1206 - Dresden’s first mentioned • Kings of Saxony • August the Strong • Catholic • King of Poland • 1694-1733

  4. Dresden Fürstenzug

  5. Kultur und Architektur • Florence on the Elbe • Renaissance buildings • Baroque architecture • 19th century buildings • Approximately 523,000 citizens

  6. Frauenkirche • Baroque dome • Erected between 1726 and 1743 • “Stone Bell” collapsed on February 15, 1945 • Left as an anti-war symbol during GDR days • Rebuilt • 2 million visitors since 2005

  7. Frauenkirche

  8. Die Semperoper • Gottfried Semper • Architect for original opera house - 1841 • Manfred Semper • Son, in charge of reconstruction - 1869 • Early Renaissance, Greek Revival and Baroque Architecture • Wagner operas premiered here • Destroyed during bombing • Rebuilt 40 years later • Reopened in 1985

  9. Semperoper

  10. die KatholischeHofkirche • Started building in 1738 • Balance to the Frauenkirche • Considered Roccoco

  11. Zwinger • Built between 1710 and 1728 • “Zwinger” means “interspace” • Frederick August married Hapsburg Archduchess Maria Josepha • Originally built as an orangery and a location of festivities • Art Museum • Baroque pieces • Old and new masters • Porcelain

  12. Aerial View of Zwinger1933

  13. Zwinger

  14. Bombing of Dresden • February 13 through 15, 1945 • Churchill – German Strategy and Capacity to Resist • Arthur Harris – Air Chief Marshal • Firestorm by the British Royal Air and the US Army Air Force • Destruction of the best of Germany • Civilians, Refugees, Casualties • 25,000 to 500,000 http://web311.pavilion.net/2WWdresden.htm

  15. Neumarkt und Frauenkirche in 1949

  16. “Inspiration” for Slaughterhouse Five "You guys burnt the place down, turned it into a single column of flame. More people died there in the firestorm, in that one big flame, than died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined." --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

  17. das Ende

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