Trams in Dresden Trams in Dresden The Dresden tramway network () is a network of tramways forming the backbone of the public transport system in Dresden, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, it has been operated since 1993 by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB). , the network comprised 12 tram lines, with a total line length of approximately and a total route length of . There was of track, which translated into of actual tram line, serving 154 tram stops. The origins of the Dresden tramway network can be traced back to the year 1872, when the first horse-drawn
Neo-Nazi marches in Dresden police force had done too little effort to guarantee the Nazis their constitutionally provided right to assemble and demonstrate. The police announced a strict strategy of separation. In this tenuous atmosphere "Dresden Nazifrei" insisted on their plan to blockade. It mobilized mostly against the big national Nazi-march which was scheduled for the week after 13 February. While "Dresden Nazifrei" had internally debated how to intervene against the prevailing myth of Dresden in 2010, it organized a tour guided by historians to the places of former national-socialist leaders and institutions that worked in Dresden on the morning of 13 February 2011.