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Dresden, Germany

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    (1206- )
    Former capital of the Kingdom of Saxony
    City population: 529,781 (2011)
    Metro area population: 1,143,197
    4th largest metropolitan area in Germany

Why Dresden, Germany might be annoying:

    It was heavily damaged by shelling during a seige by Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War (July, 1760).
    Several buildings including the opera house were burned down during an anti-monarchist uprising (May, 1849).
    Most of the inner city was destroyed and over 25,000 people killed in firebombing by the US and British air forces (February 13-15, 1945).
    In the 21st century, several commemorations of the bombing were hijacked by neo-Nazis and skinheads.
    When it was part of East Germany, much of the city was rebuilt in the dreary 'socialist modern' style.
    The Dresden Elbe Valley was removed from the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list following the construction of a highway bridge that UNESCO concluded had destroyed the 'cultural landscape' (2009).

Why Dresden, Germany might not be annoying:

    When it was the capital of Saxony, it was nicknamed the Jewel Box for its baroque and rococo architecture.
    Several of Richard Wagner's operas premiered there.
    The bombing of Dresden inspired Kurt Vonnegut's novel 'Slaughterhouse Five.'
    Since German reunification, it has been one of the fastest-growing cities in the former East Germany, in terms of both population and the economy.
    The group Dresden Without Nazis organized a peaceful mass blockade that prevented neo-Nazis from holding a planned march through the city (February 13, 2010).

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 96 Votes: 48.96% Annoying