If translated by deepl, it means Residence palace but its english name is Dresden Castle because it is THE castle in Dresden that houses Electors and Kings.
Saxony (with Dresden as its capital) was formerly called Electorate state of Holy Roman Empire so we have “Electors”and then Napoleon Bonaparte elevated it into Kingdom so we have then “Kings”.
Dresden castle is huge. It houses a library plus 5 different museums. In my 13 years in Germany, it was my first time to actually get inside one of its museums and it has taken us most of the afternoon to go through with it. We have always passed by never even understanding the ceramic art along one of its outer walls depicting the procession of Kings from the house of Wettin in the last 800 years which is the ruling house in Saxony if Germany continued to be a Monarchy.
During World War Two, most of Dresden was bombed including Dresden castle. Luckily, most of its wealth survived after being relocated deep in the King’s Rock (Königstein) Fortress.
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Greetings,
Karlota
