Geography and urban development of Dresden Geography and urban development of Dresden Dresden is a large city in the eastern German Free State of Saxony nearby the border to the Czech Republic at the river Elbe. The geography and urban development of Dresden is embossed by the valley location and by the Elbe stream. Dresden lies on both banks of the river Elbe, mostly in the Dresden Basin, with the further reaches of the eastern Ore Mountains to the south, the steep slope of the Lusatian granitic crust to the north and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains to the east at an elevation of about 113 metres.
SMS Dresden (1907) was carrying gold coins from their colony at Tsingtau; Delgado speculated that this salvage work was an attempt to retrieve these. In 1965, the ship's compass and several flags were recovered and returned to Germany, where they are held at the German Naval Academy Mürwik in Flensburg-Mürwik. In 2006, Chilean and German divers found and recovered "Dresden"s bell, which is now in Germany. CS Forester's novel "Brown on Resolution", and two subsequent movies, were inspired by the "Dresden"s escape and subsequent destruction. SMS Dresden (1907) SMS "Dresden" ("His Majesty's Ship "Dresden"") was a German light cruiser built for the "Kaiserliche