Klotzsche is a borough (''
Stadtbezirk'') of
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 p ...
,
Germany
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. It consists of four quarters (''Stadtteile''):
*Klotzsche proper
*
Hellerau
*Rähnitz
*Wilschdorf
The borough is located north of the
Elbe Valley and the Dresden city centre, on the western rim of the
Lusatian Plateau. It borders the extended
Dresden Heath woodlands on the
Prießnitz river in the south and east, and the area of
Moritzburg in the northwest.
Klotzsche hosts the major Dresden weather station and the international airport of the city. While Klotzsche has a historic villa quarter, that quarter does not have many residents. The northern part comprises the major industrial locations of
Silicon Saxony, such as
GlobalFoundries, Fab 1, and
Infineon Technologies. Klotsche can easily be reached from the city center with the tram number 7, commuter trains, and urban and suburban bus lines.
References
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Boroughs and quarters of Dresden
City districts in Germany