Dresden of the population was female. the mean age of the population was 43 years, which is the lowest among the urban districts in Saxony. there were 34,7277 people with a migration background (6.3% of the population, down from 8.7% in 2013), and about half, 25,224 or about 3.6% of all Dresden citizens were foreigners. This percentage is down from 4.7% in 2013. Dresden is one of Germany's 16 political centres and the capital of Saxony. It has institutions of democratic local self-administration that are independent from the capital functions. Some local affairs of Dresden receive national attention. Dresden hosted some
Culture in Dresden them was the "Kugelhaus" (Globe House) which was torn down. Along with older constructions, many modern buildings were destroyed in the Second World War. Most of the present cityscape of Dresden was built up after 1945, a mix of reconstructed or repaired old buildings and new buildings of the modern and postmodern styles of the second half of the 20th century. Under the German Democratic Republic, Dresden was planned and reconstituted as a model socialist city. Streets were arranged to keep chimneys of industry in sight. Wide streets and squares were cut into the landscape. Central public spaces, such as