
Country: Germany Dresden is best known as the capital of Saxony and the state’s second-largest city after Leipzig. It ranks as Germany’s 12th most populous city and the fourth largest by area, while also standing as the third-largest city in the former East Germany after Berlin and Leipzig. Its urban area includes Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Radeberg and Heidenau, with around 790,000 residents, while the wider metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million.
