Dresden Elbe Valley

Dresden Elbe Valley
View from Loschwitz to Dresden city centre (2005), prior to the construction of the Waldschlösschen Bridge.
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Length	20 kilometres (12 mi) Northwest-Southeast
Geography
Population centers	Dresden
Coordinates	51°02′59″N 13°48′48″E / 51.04972°N 13.81333°E / 51.04972; 13.81333
Rivers	Elbe
Former UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii, iv, v
Designated	2004 (28th session)
Reference no.	1156
Region	Europe
Delisted	2009 (33rd session)

The Dresden Elbe Valley is a cultural landscape and former World Heritage Site stretching along the Elbe river in Dresden, the state capital of Saxony, Germany. The valley, extending for some 20 kilometres (12 mi) and passing through the Dresden Basin, is one of two major cultural landscapes built up over the centuries along the Central European river Elbe, along with the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm downstream.

With respect to its scenic and architectural values, including the Dresden urban area as well as natural river banks and slopes, the Elbe Valley was entered on the World Heritage Site list of UNESCO in 2004. However, in July 2006 it was designated a World Heritage in Danger and finally delisted in June 2009, in the course of the construction of the Waldschlösschen Bridge river crossing.