800 years of Dresden, 10 Euro silver coin 2006, Proof

Dresden is the state capital of the Free State < strong> Saxony . It is located in the Dresden Elbe valley widening on the mountains from the upper to the middle reaches of the Elbe and from the low mountain range threshold to the north German lowlands in southern eastern Germany.

Dresden is the political center of Saxony, and the Free State has concentrated most of its state cultural institutions here. Numerous universities are located in the state capital. The independent city of Dresden is a traffic junction and economic center of the Dresden metropolitan area. This region is considered to be one of the most economically dynamic in Germany. Dresden, together with ten other cities in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, forms the & ldquo; Metropolitan Region of Central Germany & ldquo; and, along with Leipzig, is one of the two southern core cities.

Motif of the 10 euro silver coin

The picture side of the 10-euro silver coin shows the cityscape of Dresden.