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Revision as of 11:21, 3 February 2002 by Berek (talk | contribs) (*Spelling of Frauenkirche)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Capital of the German Land of Sachsen. (Saxony)
On the river Elbe.
Population: c. 500,000
Seat of the Wettin landgraves of Meissen since the 11th century.
Since 15th century capital of Electorate of Saxony, and the Kingdom of Saxony in the 19th.
Famed for its beautiful architecture, most of which was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945(?) near the end of World War II.
Frauenkirche ("Lady Church") is being restored.