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.
Constitution of Hamburg is represented by the senate (the cabinet), which is headed by the First Mayor of Hamburg ("Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg"), a position equivalent to a prime minister or minister-president. The constitution has been amended 34 times since 1952. Constitution of Hamburg The Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg (German: "Verfassung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg") is the basic governing document of the German city-state of Hamburg. It was approved on 6 June 1952. It is the fourth constitution that the state has had, consists of 76 articles, and has been amended 34 times. Erich