Magazin (furniture store),  established in 1995/96 after plans of the abacus architects Hanns W. Leithhold, Marcus Mannhardt and Birgit Prelle in the street Grüne Straße. Is considered to be one of the few sensible examples of the After-Change-Architecture.
Magdeburger Straße,  part of the western arterial road (B6) between Ostragehege and the back of the building complex Friedrichstraße (cemeteries, garden).
Mayor / Oberbürgermeister,  see Oberbürgermeister
Malschendorf (district), 
see special page Malschendorf
Marcolini-Palais,  see Hospital Friedrichstadt
Marcolinis Vorwerk,  built in 1856 in the current form, the name goes back to the Duke Camillo Marcolini, director of the Academy and China Manufacture, who purchased the ground in front of the "Bautzner Tor" in 1785. It is a two-floor Mansion with a park like garden leading down to the river Elbe. The so called "Nicolai school" was built in similar style (Georg Hermann Nicolai, next to Gottfried Semper most influencial architect of the 19th century.)Today, the building is an exclusive restaurant.
Margon-Haus,  built in 1967 for the Economic Affairs Council of Dresden and after the Change used a Ministry of Economic and Office building. The illuminated advertisement "Margonwasser - prickelnd frisch", dating back to the 1950's and under preservation order, promotes since 2002, when the refurbishment of the building was complete for the popular mineral water "Margonwasser". It used to "shine" from the Hotel "Excelsior" near the main station Hauptbahnhof.
Maria am Wasser,  a church which was erected in Hosterwitz for the Elbe-skipper. First mentioned in 1406 and in 1497 rebuild in late-gothic style. In 1704 is was extended and altered in baroque style. The tower dates back to 1741, at least according to the weather vane.
Marie-Gey-Brunnen,  see Fountain figure Aphrodite
Marienallee,  a street crossing the Stauffenbergallee in the Albertstadt. The former building of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek (today the Melli-Beese-Elementary School) and the Army Officers' School.

Passing the historic military buildings you get directly to them Hiking trails of the Dresdner Heide ().

Marienbrücke,  is Dresdens oldest preserved and constantly used bridge across the river Elbe. It was built in 1852 as combined rail and road bridge by Karl Theodor Kunz and Johann Gottlieb Lohse. The sand stone brigde has got 13 pylons and is 433 m long. It was widened in the 1990's on the side down the river, 50 m along is the second bridge Marienbrücke, solely used by the rail lines connecting the two large train stations Bahnhöfe of the town. This bridge was built in 1898-1901 by Hans Manfred Krüger and is currently being extensively restored and reconstructed. Another, third bridge Marienbrücke is planned a part of a South-West diversion of the traffic through the City Centre. However, it should only be built after the “long-running” fixture that has been built beforehand. Waldschloesschenbrücke should be tackled, which is no longer possible today.
Marienmühle,  First mentioned in 1532 as the "Obermühle" excursion centre in the Seifersdorf Valley. A watermill was built around 1850, the main building of which burnt down in 1898 and was later rebuilt and fell into disrepair.

The restoration and reopening of the popular tourist attraction took place in 1991/93, followed by its closure and reopening by the municipality at the end of 2004. The Marienmühle has since reopened.

Marienstraße,  part of the Old Town ring with the lane Wallstraße, lying within the western border of the medieval town. Between the two streets was the fortress (moat and city wall).
Marina Garden,  Construction project west of the Hafencity in the narrower sense, and in the broader sense a part of it. The plan is to build an ensemble of residential buildings on the Elbe with 244 one- to five-room apartments and an underground car park. The project is characterized by elegantly designed and classical-looking large urban buildings, which are grouped around a spacious inner courtyard.

The then new red-red-green City Council wanted to prevent the Marina Garden project and instead secure flood protection. However, in the opinion of the other factions and investors, this would also be possible with the project.

Since March 2016, a lawsuit has been ongoing at the regional court regarding claims for damages on the part of the investor.

The investor has no longer pursued the Marina Garden project since around 2016 because there is no longer any trust in the city administration. The area is now being redeveloped in a different, but not very appealing way.

Maritim-Hotel,  see Erlweinspeicher
Markthalle Weißeritzstraße,  is a market hall build in the late 19th century to take some pressure off the weekly markets. In the street Weißeritzstraße markets were held until after the change, where vegetables and other fresh products were sold until large shopping centres on the outskirts took over. Today the furniture house "Domäne" is located here.

Today, the furniture and interior design store "POCO is located here.

Markthallen,  since 1893 the market places were closed in favour of Market halls like the: Neustädter Markthalle, Markthalle Weißeritzstraße and one on the place Postplatz between the streets Wall- und Marienstraße, which was destroyed in 1945.

1) Nowadays, however, weekly markets are being held again.

Markuskirche,  St Mark's Church, built in the neo-Gothic style, was consecrated in 1888. Today it belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of St Laurentius in Dresden-Trachau. The architect was Christian Gottfried Schramm.

The Markusgemeinde was founded in 1884, previously it belonged to the Kaditz Church. The Markusfriedhof was also created this year.

Marsdorf (district),  see special page Ortschaft Weixdorf
Marstall,  The Royal Stables was a four-wing stable complex. It was built between 1745 and 1748 to accommodate the horses, as the old stables in the Johanneum were used to accommodate the Painting gallery was rebuilt. From 1794 to 1795, Christian Traugott Weinlig added the riding hall in the classicist style. Partially destroyed in 1945, the rebuilt building was converted into the theater workshops of Semperoper and State drama included.
Martin-Luther-Denkmal (monument),  see Lutherdenkmal
Martin-Luther-Kirche,  most important evangelical church in the Outer New Town. Built in 1883-87 by EErnst Giese and Bernhard Paul Weidner in cathedral form with new-gothis style elements. When ascending the tower for which one should be free from giddiness one has a terrific view over the changing roof tops of the New Town.
Martin-Luther-Platz,  rectangular place in the Outer New Town with closed developments in Wilhelminien style and the church Martin-Luther-Kirche in its centre. After the change the open space around the church was newly developed, also with a new play ground and a fountain in form of a ball carried by the water.

To the north-east of the square is the Old Jewish Cemetery.

Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon,  Collection of historical clocks, globes and instruments, which has been housed in the Zwinger since 1728.

Around 2016, under the Zwingerwall, the Mathematical-Physical Salon received an extension for technology, an emergency depot and a workshop as well as around 1,100 m² of additional exhibition space.

Matthäuskirche (St. Matthew's Church),  Protestant baroque church built in 1728/30 by
Daniel Pöppelmann (). The builder of the church is also located in the associated Inner St. Matthew's Cemetery ().

The Outer St. Matthew's Cemetery () on Bremer Straße, built in 1875 no longer used as a cemetery since around 1985.

Mäanderstruktur (meander structure),  In the 1970s/80s, this was partly a typical development structure in new development areas, in Dresden, for example, in Zschertnitz and Leuben. The intertwined residential rows and flowing transitions between street and courtyard spaces are striking.
Mälzerei,  an old factory building which evolved through step-by-step reconstruction into a department store with many little shops. Together with new and reconstructed factory buildings (also some administrative buildings) and the shops on the place Trachenberger Platz a quite lively district centre has developed, easily accessibly by city train and tram (station Pieschen).

After bankruptcy and a change of operator, the future of the shopping center, which is now called a department store, appears to be secured.

Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials (MBC),  Built in 2002 by the architecture firm Brenner & Partner Stuttgart on Budapester Straße. The architecturally sophisticated building fits in very well between the renovated laboratory building and the neighboring office buildings.
Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik,  The modern institute complex, known for short as MPI CBG, was built in 1999/2001 based on designs by the Finnish star architects Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen with the participation of the Munich architecture company HENN.

The main building, clad in dark blue metal, has a green metal grid on both long sides as sun protection; depending on the location, the building appears in blue or green. In addition to this institute and laboratory building, there is a laboratory animal house and a guest house.

Medizinische Fakultät,  see University Hospital
Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum,  see University Hospital
Mehrzweckhalle Bodenbacher Straße (Multi-functional hall),   In 1997/98, a sports and multi-purpose hall for around 3,000 spectators was built according to plans by the architect Witter. This first new building of its kind since the fall of the Wall will be used for major sporting events, but also for concerts. It has been called Margon-Arena since 2007.
Meinholdsches Turmhaus [City of Radebeul] Part of today's Aust winery on the historic Meinholds vineyard in the Radebeul district Oberlößnitz.

Around 1650, a two-story winemaker's house with a wine cellar and pressing room, today's south wing, was built. Around 1720, the north wing was built, also with a wine cellar. The octagonal corner tower was built on the corner of the building. The three-part lantern on top was lost in a lightning strike.

The house is named after Carl Christian Meinhold, who acquired it in 1792. In 1978, the site passed from Meinhold's heirs to the kennel builder Ulrich Aust über. Since the 1990s, one of his sons has been running a winery there again, the Weingut Karl Friedrich Aust.

Meißen,  city, see special page Meißen
Meißner Landstraße,  part of the arterial road to Meißen on the left side of the river , access to the motorway connection Dresden-Altstadt. Just befor the exit on the left hand side the church of Briesnitz.
Meiss'nisch Kanzlei Buchstabenstein,  Below Stankt Afra zu Meißen on property Freiheit No. 10 there is a strange stone with intertwined capital letters. The letters A. B. C. & E. probably refer to the district official Christoph Beyer & his wife Anna Elisabeth, who acquired the property behind the wall in 1690.

It was probably only discovered later that, with a little patience and imagination, all the capital letters of the alphabet could be interpreted from the tangle of lines.

A replica of this stone was found, among other things, on the facade of the Hotel de Saxe on Dresden's Neumarkt attached.

Merbitz see special page Ortschaft Mobschatz
Messe Dresden,  Fair- and exhibition area of Dresden which is located on the place called Straßburger Platz. In 1896 the Exhibition Palace was built there, when the quare was still called Stübelplatz, and made Dresden to be Germany's first exhibition city. International exhibition history was written here during Hygiene-, Building- Art- and Garden Fairs and every year millions of visitors were drawn to Dresden.
To replace the in 1945 destroyed exhibition palace simple halls were built instead, for example for the Christiams Fair and Flower fairs.

In 1999 the co called New Fair was opened on the grounds of the former slaughter house in the Ostragehege, re-using some existing building, which is now a registered company called Messe Dresden GmbH. Included in the complex is a large open space with water basins and parking places. The public transport connection was initially provided by the bus line "M" and now by the bus number 82, which commutes in regular intervalls between Postplatz (from the in direction South West). The Fair halls are also suitable for large events of all kinds.

Meußlitz (district),  see special page Meußlitz
Mickten (district),  see special page Mickten
Migration, Migranten, Migrationshintergrund, Ausländer 
Militärakademie der NVA,  for the building see Luftgaukommando
Militärgericht,  The U-shaped building was built in 1901/02 in the Albertstadt in the neoclassical style. The new building for the former Saxon Military Court had become necessary because after 1900, military courts in the German Empire also had to be held in public sessions.

The building served as the seat of the Higher Court Martial until 1919, then as an economic and accounting office, a military college and from 1933 again as a military court. In 1946/47 it was the headquarters of the Saxon Ministry of Justice, and from 1948 to 1991 it was used by the Soviet armed forces.

After the listed building was renovated in 1996-98, it is used by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) as one of four locations. The former detention building was separated and is being renovated for residential purposes.

Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr,  is housed in the main building of the Dresden garrison arsenal, which was built between 1873 and 1876. As early as 1897, parts of the Arsenal collection were presented in an exhibition. From 1914 the facility was called the Saxon Army Museum, and from 1940 the German Army Museum.

From 1946 to 1965, events (Christmas exhibitions, etc.) took place in the building now called the town hall. In 1972, the Army Museum of the GDR opened here and showed its collections on German military history. In 1990 it was taken over by the Bundeswehr.

In recent years the building has been rebuilt according to plans by Daniel Libeskind. The main facade was pierced by a glass arrow, which was controversial among the population, and which significantly changed the overall impression of the building, which survived the war externally intact.

Ministry building,  all ministries () are located in the Inner Neustadt in the so-called government district around Carolaplatz. Particularly noteworthy are the mighty buildings of the State Chancellery and the Finance Ministry.
Mobschatz (district),  see special page Ortschaft Mobschatz
Mockritz (district),  see special page Mockritz
Monuments,  see special page Denkmale (monuments)
Moreaudenkmal,  memorial built in honour of the, in 1813 badly wounded French general Victor Moreau, who fought side by side with the allied forces (Russia, Prussia and Austria) against Napoleon. He died a few days later in Bohemia. The memorial was built in 1814 by Gottlieb Friedrich Thormeyer.

Not far away is a, in the 1960's with students very popular restaurant/inn Moreauschänke, a pub that was left to decay for many years and and was renovated from 2002 to around 2006 (but not as a restaurant).

Moritzburg,  see special page Community of Moritzburg
and Castle Moritzburg
Moritzmonument,  on the outer North East corner of the Brühlsche Terrasse is since 1896 the oldest monuments Dresden's is located, the Moritzmonument, created in 1553 by
Hans Walter II. The monument depicts how Moritz, who fell in the battle of Sievershausen (near Lehrte) in 1556, hands the electoral sword to his brother and successor.
Moritzstraße,  in the 16th century The street that was built and is now built over, which ran from Neumarkt in a south-east direction to Maximilianring (today's Ringstrasse). Its straight extension was the current Lingnerallee. On Moritzstrasse there were well-known baroque buildings such as Hotel de Saxe, Hotel Stadt Rom and British Hotel. It only crossed at the end of the 19th century. The König-Johann-Strasse (today Wilsdruffer Strasse) is roughly where the restaurant "Szeged" was located for a long time. located. The original buildings that were built at the new corners interrupted the overall baroque picture.

If restoration is planned, the recently renovated WOBA block would have to be combined with the former "Szeged" soft.

Mosaikbrunnen,  in the park Großer Garten. The fountain, completely covered with small mosaic stones, was designed in 1926 by
Hans Poelzig.
Mozartdenkmal,  the sculpture, erected in 1907 by the Berlin sculptor Hermann Hosaeus, shows 3 females (exhilaration, astringency and grace) dancing around the name "Mozart". The sculpture was restored in 1991 and giving a new golden coating. It stands to on the Bürgerwiese.
Möller's Sanatorium,  Around 1904, the doctor Möller opened his first spa facility on Malerstrasse in Oberloschwitz, in which he used, among other things, the then well-known Schroth cure. A few years later, the growing number of patients led to the then very modern building on Alpenstrasse.
After purchasing additional villas, the patients now had a huge area in the Karee Alpen-, Tiedge-, today's Sierks- and Ulrichstrasse with park-like facilities available.
During the Second World War, the sanatorium served as a reserve hospital, after the end of the war it became the Loschwitz City Hospital and was owned by 1972 to 1993 at the Neustadt City Hospital.

The remarkable building has since been converted into a residential building, while the park with its many trees has been preserved.

Museums,  see Overview of museums and entries to the individual objects
Museum Ludwig Salvator

Former museum in Neugruna (today part of Blasewitz), named after the Archduke of Österreich and Prince of Tuscany. It was built in 1877-1879 by Ernst Giese as an entomological museum for Ludwig Wilhelm Schaufuß in the Florentine Renaissance style.

Museum of Dresden Romanticism,
see Kügelgenhaus - Museum of Dresden Romanticism
Museum für Völkerkunde (museum of ethnology),
is an institution of the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony in the Japanese Palace. It houses extensive collections with more than 90,000 artefacts from all regions of the world. Around 70,000 pictorial documents complement the ethnographic and anthropological holdings.

The Dresden Ethnological Museum is one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Europe. Its historical roots go back to the 'Kunstkammer' founded in 1560 by the Elector of Saxony, Prince Augustus.

Musikfestspiele (music festival),
one of the most important Dresden festivals of international standing. They were established by decree of the Central Committee of the SED and the GDR Council of Ministers in 1978 and have been held every year since then under a specific theme. Since 1994, each festival has attracted around 100,000 music lovers.

In addition to the venues in Dresden mentioned in this list, there will also be events in Terezin (Theresienstadt) in the Czech Republic in 2012.

Musikgymnasium,  see Villa Rothermund
Mühlen / Mills,  see the following individual objects
Müllerbursche (mill boy),  sculpture created by Robert Henze on the in Dresden-Plauen located fountain called Müllerbrunnen.
Münchner Platz (Munich Square),  famous for the memorial in Hornour of the victims of the Dictatorship in the former county court Landgericht, which is today part of the Technical University (Georg-Schumann-Bau, converted in 1958/64 to a lyceum and research centre). On the South side is a memorial stone for the murdered Chilian President Salvador Allende, on the North side markets are being held every Wednesday.
Münchner Straße,  large road through the Südvorstadt and Plauen, due to the war destruction only a few of the originally beautiful town houses, dating back to the 1900's, are lining the road. In the part of Plauen mainly (social) housing from the 1930's until the 1950's.
Münzgasse,  little lively lane between the Brühlsche Terrasse and the Frauenkirche. Until recently it was the only Kneipenmeile, full of pubs and bars in the Old Town (among other thinks German, Spanish and Australian, Bars and Cafés), but now competing with the lane Weiße Gasse.

Münzgasse 1930, 1945, 1991 und 2004

Münzgasse impressions today

Münzkabinett,  collection of historical coins in the Castle.