Ottendorf-Okrilla
Encyclopedia
Ottendorf-Okrilla is a municipality in the Bautzen district, Free State of Saxony, Germany
. It is located 20 km northeast of Dresden
.
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and Königsbrück
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It is also the location of the letter processing center
for the Dresden area of the Deutsche Post
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is located 20 km northeast of Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
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Coat of arms
The coat of arms includes a heart with three arrows with two flowers on each side and a stem of a flower on a bottom. The color of the shield ranges from French to golf greenGreen
Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered...
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Area
The area is 25.88 km². The length from north to south is 6 km and the east to west length is 7 km. The municipality has 26.20 km² of which 1.58 km² are commercially used.Transportation
Ottendorf-Okrilla has its own access to the motorway A4 and is situated on the railroad track between DresdenDresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
and Königsbrück
Königsbrück
Königsbrück is a town in the Bautzen district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated west of Kamenz, and northeast of the Saxon capital Dresden...
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Boundaries
- district Weixdorf of DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
- district Großdittmannsdorf of RadeburgRadeburgRadeburg is a town in the district of Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 19 km east of Meißen, and 18 km north of Dresden. The main tourist attraction is the narrow-gauge Radebeul-Radeburg railway line that connects Radeburg and Radebeul via Moritzburg. The...
in the district Meißen - municipalities of LaußnitzLaußnitzLaußnitz is a municipality in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany.- References :...
and WachauWachauThe Wachau is an Austrian valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located midway between the towns of Melk and Krems that also attracts "connoisseurs and epicureans". It is in length and was already...
in the Kamenz district
Population
(December 31)
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Economics and Infrastructure
Ottendorf-Okrilla has about 6,500 jobs of which 700 are in the industrial sector.It is also the location of the letter processing center
Briefzentrum (Deutsche Post)
A Briefzentrum is a district center for the processing of letters for Deutsche Post.- History :Before 1993, there were more than 1,000 centers for the processing of letters....
for the Dresden area of the Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post AG, operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL, is the world's largest logistics group. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 467,088 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of € 51.48 billion in 2010...
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