Pirna
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Pirna is a town in Saxony, Germany and capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt.
Panorama of the historic centre of Pirna
The Elbe at Pirna
Bernardo Bellotto: View of Pirna from the right bank of the river Elba, near Posta.
Bernardo Bellotto: Market square of Pirna, 1753/54
Saxony
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Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 18,413 square kilometres (7,109 sq mi), and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants.
Henry the Lion (with his wife Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony) being crowned as the Duke of Saxony
Saxony before the Congress of Vienna compared to present day Saxony
Leipzig
Dresden