Rabenauer GrundLocal recreation area between Freital-Coßmannsdorf and the Malter dam. A hike along the Rote Weißeritz is recommended at any time of the year, but especially on very hot summer days.

The development of the pristine beauty of the narrow and winding rocky valley goes back to an initiative of the Rabenau miller C.F.Ehrlich in 1834. Today the hiking and cycling path is part of an "energy adventure trail", you can see a small power plant and an associated water staircase.
The Weißeritztalbahn that runs here was rebuilt after the flood in 2002 in 2008 , but initially only to Dippoldiswalde.

Radeberger Landstraße,  road through the Dresdner Heide to Radeberg. Locataed on the road is the well-know restaurant called Fischhaus.
Radeberger Vorstadt (district),  see special page Radeberger Vorstadt
Radebeul (neighboring town),  see special page Radebeul
Radfahren, Radwege, Dresden also has a lot to offer for cyclists. In addition to the well-known Elberadweg, there are 2 routes in the surrounding area on dismantled small railway lines, on which you can cycle just as comfortably with some excellent views of the Elbe valley.

Rampische Straße,  Until 1945 it was considered one of the most beautiful baroque streets in the city and had a similar importance to the Große Meißner Straße on the Neustadt side.

The view from the Kurländer Palais towards the Frauenkirche with the stately corner house was well known to the Salzgasse in the foreground. The valuable facades that remained after the bomb attack in 1945, like the entire Neumarktviertel, were blown up by 1956.

After 2000, the entire street was rebuilt as a "copy" or adapted new building, and the Palais Riesch as a modern adaptation on the south side is nearing completion.

Rampische Straße 1
The house on Rampische Strasse / corner of An der Frauenkirche was built in 1716/17 according to plans by
George Haase for the Büttner Valentin Kolbe built with rich decoration. Burned out in the Seven Years' War, it was then rebuilt in a simplified manner and in the 19th century. inappropriately increased and decorated with neo-renaissance decor. In 1945 the house was destroyed and later demolished along with the entire quarters.

What is striking is the magnificent corner bay window, at the top of which there is a striking woman's head. The salvaged original had been at the entrance to Rähnitzgasse since the 1980s and was fitted into the replica of the house in 2006.

Rebuilding Rampische Straße 29

The company Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e.V. () planned From 2005 onwards the reconstruction of the house at Rampische Strasse No. 29, the property was acquired for this purpose. The house with a mansard roof and dormer windows, which was destroyed in the war and demolished in 1956, was built between 1715 and 1720 by George Haase.

By April 2007, the cellars were secured, the barrel vaults were restored and 19th/20th century fixtures were added. removed.
On December 8th, 2007 the laying of the foundation stone and ceiling ceremony was held. A baroque ceiling salvaged from a demolished house in Weissenfels was installed on the ground floor.

In 2009, the Kulturstiftung Historisches Bürgerhaus Dresden was founded, which will continue the construction of this house. The foundation deed was presented on January 29, 2010 by the Dresden State Directorate. The house itself was completed by the end of September 2010 and was ceremoniously handed over on October 9, 2010.

After completion, the house temporarily served as the seat of the regional bishop of the Regional Church of Saxony, for residential purposes for students of the Music University and on the ground floor on Salzgasse for a café; used.

On the ground floor on Rampische Strasse is the so-called "Weißenfels Baroque ceiling", which comes from a demolished house in Weißenfels.

Rathaus,  historically Dresden had 3 significant City Halls, two of the in the 1945 destroyed ones of the Altstadt (on the Altmarkt) and the Neustadt (on the Neustädter Markt), as well as the City Hall (called Neues Rathaus) built in 1905-10 by Karl Roth and Edmund Bräter, where the City Administration and the Council is located. A whole square between Kreuzstraße and Ring was torn down to built it. The building has 2 Show sites on facing the Ringstraße (Council-and Party Hall and offices of the Fractions) and one facing the Dr.-Külz-Ring (Main entrace) and constists of 6 courts.

After its destruction in 1945 the City Hall was rebuilt in a simpler style without the original ridge turrets, including without roof turrets. The ballroom wing was built between 1962 and 1965 by Manfred Arlt and others.

From the 5-story building rises the powerful 100 m high Rathausturm (town hall tower), where the gilded Rathausmann (town hall man) stands.

The tower was not allowed to the 100 m high tower "Hausmannstum" of the castle above, therefore, citizens have the figure, depending on the target, added or omitted. Earlier data call with figure 103 m, the latest but only 99.85 m.
In 68 m height is a viewing platform with a balustrade with 16 sandstone figures adorned.

From 1997 to 1999 the top of the city hall tower was reorganized and after many years of closure for the public the prospect platform was made again accessible, from the beginning of 2004 but because of reorganization of the lower part is closed again.

In front of the Party Hall on a green area stands the statue Trümmerfrau, down below the restaurant Ratskeller which is very suitable for tourist groups. However it is currently closed.

Next to it the statue of Bacchus, which is waiting (currently rather in vain) for some tender strokes of tourists ...

Opposite the New Town Hall, an additional building is currently being built, initially as the Technical Town Hall, currently known as the City Forum. The two divisions “Urban Development, Construction, Transport and Real Estate” and “Environment and Climate, Law and Order” with their offices as well as the Office for Economic Development will move into the new administration building on Ferdinandplatz. The complex for 1,350 employees is scheduled to be completed in 2025. The design is being built by the offices of TCHOBAN VOSS Architects, Dresden and BARCODE Architects, Rotterdam.

Rathausmann sculpture by Richard Guhr on top of the City Hall Tower Rathausturm. It is 4.9m high has a weight of 1750 kg and is covered with 100g of beaten gold.

For the city hall man sculpture the then 20-year old ringer and kindist
Ewald Redam stood model.

On the 20th of August 2004 the City hall man sculpture was taken down, to be restored in time for the city anniversary celebrations in 2006.

On 01.07.2006, the sculpture was lifted back to the tower. It was established a few days earlier to visit next to the rubble woman.

Rathäuser / City Halls of the administrative districts, 
the 10 Ortsämter (districts) and some Ortschaften (suburbs) have their own City Halls. Very attrictive ones are for example in Blasewitz, Cotta. Leuben, Pieschen and Plauen.
Rathaus Blasewitz (City hall), was built in several construction stages from 1850 onwards. Oldest Part of it is the old schoolhouse inaugurated in 1851 by Gottfried Semper, municipal office since 1876, rebuilt and converted in 1890 by Wägner 1904 by Karl Emil Scherz expanded again (Historicism-Baumix).
Rathaus Cotta (City hall ), 1898/19002 by Felix Reinhold Voretzsch, Heinz Otto and Bernhard Seitz (Neo-Renaissance with Neo-Gothic and Art nouveau)
Rathaus Klotzsche (City hall ), Built in 1906/07 according to plans by Gustav Rudolph as the seat of the municipal or city administration of Klotzsche.

For the council hall, which is decorated with Art Nouveau ornaments and coats of arms, the painter Friedrich Alfred Oehme created a painting in 1934/35 that gives a glimpse of the city. shows about the place. The picture was removed after 1950 and only returned to its original location in 2000.

Rathaus Leuben (City hall ), 1900/01 by architect Gustav Hänichen and master builder Otto Beeger (Neo-Renaissance and Art Nouveau elements)
Rathaus Niedersedlitz (City hall ), 1901/02 according to plans by Gustav Hänichen for the then independent municipality Niedersedlitz built in the neo-Renaissance style. After incorporation, the building is the only one of the district town halls listed here that will no longer be used for administrative purposes.

Since then, the Konsum, the social insurance fund and the Sparkasse have been housed., the latter has been the sole user since the renovation in 1994.

Rathaus Pieschen (City hall ), 1890/91 by Rudolph Schilling and Julius Graebner (Neo-Renaissance)
Rathaus Plauen (City hall ), 1893/94 by William Lossow and
Ferdinand Herrmann Viehweger (Neo-Renaissance, Art Nouveau elements)
Rathenauplatz,  square on bridgehead on the side old town of the Carola bridge near the synagogue.

He is one of the places with the most common renaming:

1898-22Amalienplatz (after the wife of King Johann)
1922-33Rathenauplatz (... murdered foreign minister)
1933-45Schlageterplatz (named after a Nazi-Fighters)
1945-71Rathenauplatz
1971-90unnamed
Since 1990Rathenauplatz again

Räcknitz (district),  see spacial page Räcknitz
Räcknitzhöhe1. Street in the districts Räcknitz and Zschertnitz and southern boundary from Volkspark Räcknitz.

2. Prefabricated housing estate built in the 1980s, originally located on Räcknitzer, Zschertnitzer and Kleinpestitzer Flur, is now completely part of the Zschertnitz district after it was re-located after 1990. Ludwig-Renn-Allee , the main axis of the district, leads directly to the observation tower Bismarcksäule. The settlement is very well developed for shopping with several markets.

Rähnitz (district),  see spacial page Hellerau with Rähnitz
Rähnitzgasse,  one of the oldest lanes in the medieval Inner New Town. Besides a few buildings which survived the fire in 1685 and a few buildings from the Wilhelminian period the other buildings are mainly in barock style. A beautifully reconstructed example is the "Hotel Bülow" and the second access to the street Königpassage.

In the Rähnitzgasse is also Dresden's oldest Pub "Red Rooster" ().

Rebecca-Brunnen created the fountain in the middle of the square between Königstrasse and Dreikönigskirche Gottfried Knöffler in the second half of the 18th century, the approximately 5.70 m high figure of the water-carrier Rebecca was probably created after the I. World War by an unknown person. The facility was reconstructed in 1993/94.

On Saturdays there is a small farmer's market around the fountain for producers. There are a number of restaurants all around the squareBuilding destroyed in 1945 on Rathenauplatz between Amalienstraße and Moritzring. The front building, built around 1895 in the Neo-Renaissance style, was, so to speak, the counterpart to the Imperial Palace at the Pirnaischer Platz.

Redlichhaus,  Building destroyed in 1945 on Rathenauplatz between Amalienstraße and Moritzring. The front building, built around 1895 in the Neo-Renaissance style, was, so to speak, the counterpart to the Imperial Palace on Pirnaischen Platz.
Reformierte Kirche, Ev.-Reformierte Gemeinde (church),  The Dresden community was founded in 1689 by Huguenots who fled France. It was not until 1763 that it received its own building from the Electorate's ownership, approximately where the town hall tower stands today. When the New Town Hall was planned, the community moved around 100 m further to today's Dr .-Külz-Ring, where the foundation stone for the new church was laid in 1882. The architect of the neo-Gothic brick building was Harald Julius von Bosse.

Destroyed in 1945, it was partially rebuilt in 1948/56 and served as a place of worship and concert venue until 1956. As early as 1954, the community had to look for a new home due to the announced expropriation (it took place in 1962) and found it in the ruins of the former Hofgaertnerei at the Brühlschen Garten.

The church building had a rather curious use from 1961 to 1963: it was the first venue for the cabaret Herkuleskeule.

Regierungsviertel,  The government district is the part of the Innere Neustadt near the Elbe between Augustus and Albertbrücke refers to the State Chancellery and all Ministry are located.
Reick (district),  see special page Reick
Reitzendorf (district), 
see special page Reitzendorf
Rennbahn (racecourse),  see Galopprennbahn
Renner (historic department store),  see Kaufhaus Renner
Rennersdorf (district),  see special page Rennersdorf
Residenz am Zwinger noble residential complex opposite the Zwinger. The German-Czech company CTR built 190 apartments in the Ostra-Allee, Hertha-Lindner-Straße and the street Am Queckbrunnen, 86 of which Owned and 104 rental apartments. The ground floor, which was still empty, was originally intended to be an organic food market. The entire complex was completed in 2017. There are both unfurnished apartments and apartments (short or long term) available to rent.
Residenzkaufhaus (historic department store),  was a very large department store and destroyed in 1945, located in the Northern part of the Prager Straße. Today on the almost same location is the building of the department store chain Karstadt.
Residenzschloss, Stadtschloss (Residential palace),
Main Castle, over many centuries the Renaissance-Complex was the residence of the House of Wettin.
First mentioned as a castle in 1287 and in 1471-74, 1530-35, 1547-56, 1586-95, 1674-76 and 1889-1901 changed and refurbished. Since 1485, Dresden has been the permanent residence of the Saxon electors and kings, from then until 1918 the Renaissance complex was the city seat of the Wettiner (Albertinian line).

The whole area is made out of 3 courts: the Large and the Little Court (Großer and Kleiner Schlosshof) and the Stallhof. The castle has some side towers and a main tower, called Hausmannsturm, which was built in 1674-76 and 100 m high, grating a perfect view down to the Inner Old Town.

In 1945 the castle burt out completely and the re-built is ongoing since 1985. Except for the east wing all outer building work is completed.

The goal is to repair the castle in its outside outlines until 2006. Also the in 1701 destroyed so called Giant hall (Riesensaal) in the East wing is to be established again.

The in 1558-58 by Hans Walther II created Renaissance-gate of the old evangelic castle chapel, which used to be located until 2003 next to the Johanneum ist currently being restored and will be inserted again at the earlier location.

The "Green Vault" (Grünes Gewölbe) which was located before the destruction on the ground floor of the West wing returned to its to historical location in the castle , the actual historic Green Vault was handed over in 2006. In 2007/08, the Small Castle Courtyard as the entrance foyer to the collections was roofed with a glass dome by Peter Kulka.

The passage between the two castle courtyards takes you to the English Staircase, which was reconstructed in 2005/10, and to the Tuerckische-Cammer, which opened in 2010.

In February 2013, the Riesensaal, which was demolished in 1733, was reopened and in which the treasures of the Armoury Chamber can be seen in the future.

The addition of additional museum facilities is planned.

Rhododendrongarten,  centre piece of a park in the district called Wachwitz, which was formerly part of a 38ha large vine yard own by the family Wettin since 1824. The, especially in the period of blossoming very beautiful Rhododendron developped from plants from the next door nursery.
Richard-Wagner-Denkmal (monument) [Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district], in Liebethaler Grund is home to the world's largest monument to Richard Wagner. The bronze statue, which is over four meters high, was designed by Richard Guhr in 1911/12. After the installation of the 12.5 meter high monument with its base in front of the theater in Teplitz-Schönau (today Teplice, Czech Republic) and in the Großer Garten failed in Dresden, it was built in 1932/33 in the Liebethaler Grund and was unveiled on the 50th anniversary of Wagner's death. It is proven that Wagner stayed in the neighboring Lochmühle in the summer of 1846 and left. were inspired by the wildly romantic valley for the opera Lohengrin.
Riesensaal,  was built in 1548/53 in its current dimensions of 57m x 13m. The name comes from the “giant” figures that were painted on the pillars between the windows at the time. The hall was an important spatial component for the exercise of courtly ceremonies. Its now restored dimensions follow the early Baroque ballroom, which was increased and modified after 1627.

Under August I the Strong, this hall was an extremely magnificent space for court festivities and masked balls. The existence of the Giant's Hall ended in 1733 with the death of August the Strong. His son, August II, abandoned it as a banquet hall in favor of dividing it into smaller rooms including a chapel for the queen.

As part of the reconstruction, the building was restored in the old dimensions but with a modern design based on designs by Peter Kulka. The monumental size of the hall offers the Armory Chamber the opportunity to representatively display a selection of its most important armor and weapons from the late 15th to 17th centuries.

Rietscheldenkmal, 1868–1876 Monument created by Johannes Schilling on the Brühlsche Terrasse.
Robotron

1. VEB Kombinat Robotron, former industrial combine in the area of the Ministry of Electrical Engineering and Electronics of the GDR. The word “Robotron” is a made-up word made up of the parts robot and electronics.

The headquarters of the combine management of the combine founded in 1969 was initially in Radeberg, and since 1970 in Dresden on the St.Petersburger Str. in the so-called Robotron-Gelaende. The VEB Robotron Projekt Dresden, the VEB Robotron-Meßelektronik "Otto Schön" (Measuring electronics) and the Zentrum für Forschung und Technik (ZFT, Center for Research and Technology).

In Dresden, the plants on Hamburger Strasse (Erika -Typewriters, after the reunification Technisches Rathaus) and on the Bodenbacher Straße (mainframe production) to the combine.

2. Robotron Database-Software GmbH, the only successor company in Dresden of Robotron (1.) in the Coschütz/Gittersee commercial area.

3. Robotron Bürohaus Bürgerwiese, atrium-shaped office complex built in 1968-74 by an architectural collective led by Axel Magdeburg, among others for Robotron -Combine management. Today it is used by a wide variety of companies, educational institutions and also by the city administration (in-house IT) and will probably be used for a future inner-city development with residential houses and shops give way.

In the spring and summer of 2016, the atrium complex was demolished in favor of future residential development.

Robotron-Gelände,  Group of office buildings built in 1968-74 by a collective of architects led by Axel Magdeburg. It consisted of the so-called atrium complex at Georgplatz (), the so-called L-building on Pirnaischer Platz (), another atrium-like building between Grunaer Strasse (), and Lingnerallee as well as smaller low-rise buildings such as data centers
() and company restaurant (). The entire facility was built for the combine management and the research facilities of the Roborton (1) combine.

After the fall of communism, there were ambitious plans for urban redevelopment. The city planning called for the demolition of all existing buildings on the Robotron site and a whole band of new buildings in the form of cubic blocks. But developments turned out differently than hoped.

In 2009, selected architects designed concepts on how the area between the stadium and the Robotron complex could be redesigned (more realistically).

With the demolition of the atrium complex in 2016, the transformation of the southern part of the Robotron site began. The first new apartment block was built on Zinsdorfstrasse in 2022/23.

Rochwitz (district),  see special page Rochwitz
Rockau (district),  see special page Ortschaft Schoenfeld-Weissig
Roitsch,  see special page Roitsch
Rosengarten (rose garden),  beautiful gardens in the Neustadt on the Elbe bank between Albertbrücke and Löwenstraße, created in 1935 on the site of a former sports field with a stock of 6,000 rose bushes as a teaching and show garden. Starting from the west, it is divided into three areas: front part, middle or standard rose part and sunken garden.

Der damalige Stadtgartendirektor Balke setzte eine alte Idee
von Kurfürst August des Starken von einer hochwasserfreien Uferpromenade so um, dass der Rosengarten und die benachbarten Gärten zum Gegenstück der bis an das Ufer bebauten Altstädter Elbseite wurden.

In the Rose Garden is the homonymous Italian restaurant with a popular Café garden.

Rosinendörfchen,  Small settlement located on the eastern outskirts of Eschdorf and belonging to its district. It was first mentioned in 1748 as Vierhauser and in 1753/57 as Raisin Endurffel.
Rossendorf (district),  see special page Ortschaft Schönfeld-Weißig
Roßthal (district),  see special page Roßthal
Rudolf Harbig Stadium,  Name of the venue of Dynamo Dresden from 1951-1971, from 1990-2010 and again from 2018.
see Dynamo-Stadion.
Rüstkammer,  Since 1831 also called the Historical Museum Dresden, is part of the State Art Collections and is one of the world's most important collections of ceremonial weapons, Armor and historical textiles.

Until 2012, the armory was located in the Sempergalerie of the Zwinger. From 2013, the armory can be visited in the Residenzschloss, including in the local Riesensaal.

The Ottoman part of the collection, the Turkish Chamber, has also been in the castle as a permanent exhibition since 2010.

Rundkino was built in 1970-72 by Gerhard Landgraf and Waldtraud Heischkel in form of a 20 m high cylinder.
The front is horizontal three-divided:
Ground floor glass front, 1st upper floor before-hung ornaments of steelwork, 2nd upper floor vertical white enamelled metal bands. The latter appear before the slate coloured background like a zebra crossing.

The large hall was suitable for film demonstrations, also for meetings such as "Jugendweihen". After the change the Rundkino as well as the newly built crystal palace became part of the UFA Cinema Centre and is used since 1997 also as performance place of the puppet theatre.

Since the flood in August 2002 there has been no performance held in the Rundkino and it remains uncertain if it will ever be used again. Other plans are to use it as a Varieté or even to establish the Staatsoperette.

Am 29.03.2007 wurde das Haus als digitales 3D-Großformatkino CINEMAGNUM neu eröffnet. Nach Sanierung der fünf Kinosäle im Untergeschoss firmiert das Haus seit 06.11.2008 als Neues Rundkino Dresden.

Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche (church),  built between 1872 and 1874 by Harald Julius von Bosse and Karl Weißbach. It was built near the former Russian embassy (today the "Landeskirchenamt") and devoted to the "Holy Simon from the wonderfull hill" . The church was partially destroyed in the Second World War, restored until 1952 and restaurated in the 1990's.

Initially it belonged to the "Moscow Partiarchat" until a juristic dispute with the "Foreign church" started and the church had to be handed over against the will of its congregation.

The community belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate. Gebäude und Grundstück gehören seit der Enteignung der Kirchenstiftung im Jahre 1939 der Deutschen Diözese der Russisch-Orthodoxen Kirche im Ausland, was erst nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands wieder rechtskräftig wurde.

Ein daraus resultierender Rechtsstreit wurde 2007 beigelegt, da die Auslandskirche seitdem wieder ein Teil des Moskauer Patriarchats ist.

Russische Gesandtschaft,  Built in 1897 by Ludwig Wilhelm Lippold in neo-baroque style. Today the building is used as the regional church office of the Saxon Regional Church. Rebuilt in a simplified manner after war damage, the building received a modern attic after reunification.