Culture in Dresden are low. Culture in Dresden Dresden is a cultural centre in Germany which has influenced the development of European culture. "It is [...] outstanding as a cultural landscape, an ensemble that integrates the celebrated Baroque setting and suburban garden city into an artistic whole within the river valley, and as an example of land use, representing an exceptional development of a major Central-European city." Dresden is today reestabishing the cultural importance it held from the 19th century up until the 1920s when it was a centre of both fine and visual arts, architecture and music. During that period, famous artists
May Uprising in Dresden to Zürich, where Wagner remained. From 1849 the German states saw a sharp rise in emigration as thousands deserted their homeland for political reasons, many of them artists, writers and other well-educated, prominent members of society. The revolution had a slight effect on the political system, in that the nobility lost some of its power in the lower house, but otherwise was a complete failure. Reference: Dresdner Hefte, Heft 43 (1995), "Der Dresdner Maiaufstand von 1849" (The Dresden May Uprising of 1849), published by Dresdner Geschichtsverein e.V. May Uprising in Dresden The May Uprising took place in Dresden, Kingdom of