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Microelectronics has revolutionized both industry and society and Saxony is among the leading locations for this key technology. 760 companies in the field of microelectronics as well as information and communication technology are currently established in the region of Dresden. Did you know that that Sydney and Frankfurt airports use recognition software made in Saxony? Or that cars can be located Europe-wide by Internet and mobile phone thanks to technology developed in Leipzig? The list of high-tech applications from Saxony is long - and the IT and telecommunications sectors in the Free State are correspondingly diverse and lively. With more than 20,000 employees, the semi-conductor sector is an important pillar of the industry with a secured future in the Free State.
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After 1918 Saxony was a state in the Weimar Republic and was the scene of Gustav Stresemann's overthrow of the KPD/SPD led government in 1923. The state was abandoned in all but name during the Nazi era, then reconstituted under Soviet occupation. It was officially dissolved in 1952, and divided into three smaller Bezirke based on Leipzig, Dresden and Karl-Marx-Stadt, but reestablished within slightly altered borders in 1990 upon German reunification. Saxony ... includes a small part of previous Silesia west of the town of Görlitz which remained German after the war and which for obvious reasons of unviability as a separate state was incorporated into Saxony. This part has been part of Silesia only after 1815 and belonged as part of Upper Lusatia to Bohemia before 1623 and thereafter to Saxony between 1623 and 1815.
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Dresden, the capital city of Saxony ... has a number of old buildings. Bruehl Terrace is a favorite place for both locals and tourists since from this large square you can enjoy a wonderful panoramic view of Dresden, where harmony of nature and old architecture meets.
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Saxony's capital Dresden has often been likened to Florence, hence its common name Elbflorenz, or "Florence on the Elbe." Pre-World War II Dresden was indeed an architectural marvel which was almost completely destroyed towards the end of the war. The city has since reclaimed some of its former glory through reconstruction.
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With biotechnology, another sector of future technologies has established itself in Saxony. -The use of biotechnological processes is already an everyday occurrence in many areas - whether through the production of detergent enzymes, vitamins, food additives or antibiotics. Two bio centres have been created in Leipzig and Dresden, both of which provide science and commerce with an excellent environment. Here, research networks, most modern work places and educational resp. qualification programmes are concentrated in one place. The integration of universities, the close proximity to the Max-Planck Institutes, university clinics and national research centres in both cities guarantee the quick transfer of technology as well as the speedy implementation of research results into entrepreneurial practice.
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See 24.733451 - Maria is the present Head of the Royal House of Saxony. He was arrested by the Gestapo and jailed in Dresden and only narrowly escaped a death sentence in 1944. Detailed information relating to the Saxony succession can be found: here.
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