Riesa

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Riesa is a town in the German state of Saxony, situated on the Elbe River and known historically as an important regional railway and industrial center.

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Riesa canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
areaCode 03525
coatOfArmsDescription shield with black lion and blue wavy bar
country Germany
countryCode DE
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 100 metres
hasCityRightsSince 1960s
hasCulturalInstitution Stadthalle Stern
hasIndustry food processing
machinery manufacturing
steel industry
hasMuseum Stadtmuseum Riesa
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.riesa.de
hasPopulationCharacteristic medium-sized town
hasRailBridge Elbe railway bridge at Riesa
hasRailwayStation Riesa railway junction
surface form: Riesa station
hasReligiousBuilding St. Marien church
Trinitatiskirche Riesa
hasSportsClub BSG Stahl Riesa
BSG Stahl Riesa
surface form: SC Riesa
hasSportsFacility SACHSENarena
historicalRole industrial center
regional railway hub
isPartOf region of Saxon Elbeland
languageUsed German
locatedIn Germany
Saxony
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Meissen district
surface form: Meißen district
locatedInRiverBasin Elbe basin
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Dresden
Leipzig
locatedOnRiver Elbe
locatedOnTransportCorridor Dresden–Leipzig railway
mayorTitle Oberbürgermeister
partOf Saxony
surface form: Free State of Saxony
postalCodeRange 01587–01591
railwayLine Dresden–Leipzig railway
surface form: Leipzig–Dresden railway

Chemnitz–Riesa railway
surface form: Riesa–Chemnitz railway
regionalLanguage Upper Saxon
surface form: Upper Saxon German
twinTown Lommatzsch
Merseburg
Rostock
Rotherham
Villers-la-Montagne
vehicleRegistrationCode MEI

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