Country Germany Disestablished 1 March 2012 Website www.rp-dresden.de Capital Dresden | State Saxony Region seat Dresden Area 7,931 km² Date dissolved March 1, 2012 | |
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Population 1.627 million (31 Dec 2010) | ||
Dresden is one of the three former Direktionsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state. It coincided with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge.
It was disbanded in March 2012.
History
The Direktionsbezirk Dresden came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Dresden Government Region.
References
Dresden (region) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA