Radeburg
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Radeburg is a town in the district of Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
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 situated 19 km east of Meißen, and 18 km north 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....

. The main tourist attraction is the narrow-gauge Radebeul-Radeburg railway line
Radebeul-Radeburg line
The Radebeul-Radeburg railway, also known as the Lößnitzgrundbahn and locally nicknamed the Lößnitzdackel , is a gauge narrow gauge steam-hauled railway in the outskirts of Dresden, Germany...

 that connects Radeburg and Radebeul
Radebeul
Radebeul is a town in the Elbe valley in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. It is well-known for its viticulture, a museum dedicated to writer Karl May and a narrow gauge railway connecting Radebeul with the castle of Moritzburg and the town of Radeburg...

 via Moritzburg
Moritzburg
Moritzburg is a municipality in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, between Meißen as early centre of Saxony and the today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg....

. The painter and illustrator Heinrich Zille
Heinrich Zille
Rudolf Heinrich Zille , German illustrator and photographer, was born in Radeburg near Dresden, as the son of watchmaker Johann Traugott Zill and Ernestine Louise...

was born in Radeburg.
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