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Dresden is one of the three Direktionsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
e of the Free State of Saxony, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, located in the east of the state. It coincides with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge. The Direktionsbezirk Dresden came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
 Dresden.










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Dresden is one of the three Direktionsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
e of the Free State of Saxony, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, located in the east of the state. It coincides with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge. The Direktionsbezirk Dresden came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
 Dresden.









Kreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)

# Bautzen
Bautzen (district)

Bautzen is a district in the Free State of Saxony in Germany including the former districts of Bischofswerda and Kamenz. It is bounded by the Czech Republic, the district of S?chsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, the district-free city Dresden and the districts of Mei?en and G?rlitz ....

# Görlitz
Görlitz (district)

G?rlitz is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after its capital city G?rlitz. It borders the district of Bautzen , the state Brandenburg, Poland and the Czech Republic....

# Meißen
# Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

S?chsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Erzgebirge....


# Dresden
Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....



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