Excerpt from Dresden: History, Stage, Gallery<br><br>Dresden, then, is to be numbered among those villages of the Elbe valley settled by the Sorbs during the second half of the sixth century after Christ. As they came from the east, they built at first on the right bank of the Elbe, grouping their low huts around a ring formed village-place. Their gable-fronted little houses stood close together around such a circular place, which had only one open way leading into it. This method of building was for convenience in securing their flocks at night. The Neustadter Markt of to-day is the Site of the old Wendish village market-place.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.