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Löbtau
Löbtau is a quarter or ''Stadtteil'' in south-west Dresden, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... It is part of the '' Stadtbezirk'' Cotta. It borders the quarters of Friedrichstadt, Cotta, Gorbitz, Naußlitz, Dolzschen, Plauen and Südvorstadt. History First mentioned in 1068 Löbtau has found a "Liubituwa" ("lovely meadow"), as the German King Henry IV missed two hooves from his collection to the diocese of Meissen. Löbtau it one of the oldest recorded settlements in the Elbe Valley. Its history dates back probably to the time of the Sorbs. The place was under the Meissen Cathedral Chapter, but was passed in the wake of the Reformation in the Electorate of Saxony. In the 19th Century attacked the growth of the neighboring city of Dresden to the subur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotta (Dresden)
Cotta, located in the western part of the Saxony state capital Dresden, is a district within the city of the same name. Founded as a Slavs, Slavic village on the Elbe, Cotta was first documented in 1328. In 1903 it was merged into Dresden along with many other communities. Today, the district is centrally located in the western part of the state capital and features the mouth of the Weißeritz River. Predominantly characterized by buildings from the Wilhelminian Germany, Wilhelminian period, only a few houses from the historic village center still remain in Cotta. Geography District and statistical district Geology Cotta lies on the banks of the Elbe, which flows through the Ostragehege and Übigau before reaching the left boundary of the Elbe valley at that point and forming a steep bank that extends all the way to Kemnitz. As a result, the 600-meter-long Cotta Bank's Elbe meadows are extremely constrained. The low-lying areas of the district along the Elbe have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne), and the third-most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Saxony, Coswig, Radeberg, and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has approximately 1.34 million inhabitants. Dresden is the second largest city on the River Elbe after Hamburg. Most of the city's population lives in the Dresden Basin, Elbe Valley, but a large, albeit very sparsely populated, area of the city east of the Elbe lies in the West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands (the westernmost part of the Sudetes) and thus in Lusatia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography And Urban Development Of Dresden
Dresden is a large city in the eastern Saxony nearby the border to the Czech Republic at the river Elbe. The geography and urban development of Dresden is embossed by the valley location and by the Elbe stream. Geography Location Dresden lies on both banks of the river Elbe, mostly in the Dresden Basin, with the further reaches of the eastern Ore Mountains to the south, the steep slope of the Lusatian granitic crust to the north and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains to the east at an elevation of about 113 metres. The northern parts of Dresden are in the West Lusatian Highlands (Westlausiter Berg- und Hügelland). The depth influx valleys and the higher areas in the south of Dresden characterise the change to the eastern foothills of the Ore Mountains. The Elbe valley basin is a part of the Saxon Elbe Landscape. The highest point of Dresden is the Triebenberg, at about 384 metres above sea level. With a pleasant location and a mild climate on the Elbe, as well as Mediterranean ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorbitz
Gorbitz is an area in south-west Dresden, Germany. It is part of the '' Stadtbezirk'' Cotta, and is subdivided into three ''Stadtteile'': Gorbitz-Nord/Neu-Omsewitz, Gorbitz-Ost and Gorbitz-Sud. Gorbitz is the largest Plattenbau area of Dresden, but still smaller than large Plattenbau-settlements like Grunau quarter in Leipzig and planned city of Halle-Neustadt. Location Gorbitz is a plateau with considerable altitude 213–130 m above sea level. In the west it is bordered by unincorporated Altfranken and Gompitz, north of Omsewitz, Leutewitz and Cotta. In the east it borders districts of Wölfnitz, Naußlitz and Löbtau, and south of the district Roßthal. History The site of Altgorbitz is characterized by narrow streets with old buildings and is one of the historic village centers in Dresden. From the development area is separated by the Gorbitz Kesselsdorfer road and is therefore south of the large settlement. Old Gorbitz arose from a Sorbian settlement. The villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadtteil
A quarter is a part of an urban area, urban settlement. A quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of the city, town or other urban area). Such a division is particularly common in countries like Bulgaria (), Croatia (), France (), Georgia (country), Georgia (, ''k'vart'ali''), Italy (), Romania (), and Serbia ( / ). It may be denoted as a borough (in English-speaking countries), Portugal/Brazil (), Spain (''barrio''); or some other term (e.g. Cambodia ( ''sangkat''), Germany (), and Poland ()). Quarter can also refer to a non-administrative but distinct neighbourhood with its own character: for example, a slum quarter. It is often used for a district connected with a particular group of people: for instance, some cities are said to have Jewish quarter (diaspora), Jewish quarters, diplomatic quarters or Bohemianism, Bohemian quarters. History Most ancient Rome, ancient R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrichstadt (Dresden)
Friedrichstadt is a neighborhood in central Dresden, Germany. A factory district in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is known as the home of the founders of the artistic association known as Die Brücke. Its population is 9,887 (2020). History Once known as ''Ostra'', a Sorbian people, Sorbian village going back to the year 1206, it was then turned into a manor farm for the Prince-elector, elector's residence in Dresden. Augustus II the Strong of Electorate of Saxony, Saxony renamed the area ''Neustadt'' in 1730. This Neustadt should not be confused with the neighborhood in Dresden now known as Innere Neustadt (Dresden), Neustadt, then called ''Neue Königstadt''. In 1731, the people of Neustadt again renamed their settlement, this time to ''Friedrichstadt'' after Augustus the Strong's son, future elector Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, known in German as ''Friedrich August II''. After the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
