Filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2013

File No. 002-81105

File No. 811-03632

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	| X |
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	|__|
Post-Effective Amendment No. 61	| X |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	| X |
Amendment No. 61
DWS Tax Free Trust (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
345 Park Avenue, New York, NY  10154 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (617) 295-1000
John Millette Vice President and Secretary One Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

/ X /	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/___/	On __________________pursuant to paragraph (b)
/___/	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)
/___/	On __________________ pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)
/___/	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (2)
/___/	On __________________ pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Rule 485.
	If Appropriate, check the following box:
/___/	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

This filing relates solely to the following Fund, a series of the Registrant:

·   DWS Intermediate Tax/AMT Free Fund – Classes A, B, C, Institutional Class and Class S

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on the 7th day of October 2013.

DWS TAX FREE TRUST

By:  /s/Robert Kendall

Robert Kendall*

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

SIGNATURE	TITLE		DATE
/s/Robert Kendall
Robert Kendall*		President		October 7, 2013
/s/Paul H. Schubert
Paul H. Schubert		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer		October 7, 2013
/s/John W. Ballantine
John W. Ballantine*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Henry P. Becton, Jr.*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
Dawn-Marie Driscoll*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Keith R. Fox
Keith R. Fox*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Paul K. Freeman
Paul K. Freeman*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Kenneth C. Froewiss
Kenneth C. Froewiss*		Chairperson and Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Richard J. Herring
Richard J. Herring*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/William McClayton
William McClayton*		Vice Chairperson and Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Rebecca W. Rimel
Rebecca W. Rimel*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/William N. Searcy, Jr.
William N. Searcy, Jr.*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Jean Gleason Stromberg
Jean Gleason Stromberg*		Trustee		October 7, 2013
/s/Robert H. Wadsworth
Robert H. Wadsworth*		Trustee		October 7, 2013

*By:           

/s/Caroline Pearson

Caroline Pearson **

Chief Legal Officer

** Attorney-in-fact pursuant to the powers of attorney as filed herein; and that are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement as filed on September 26, 2008.

Cash Account Trust

Cash Management Portfolio

Cash Reserve Fund, Inc.

DWS Equity 500 Index Portfolio

DWS Global High Income Fund, Inc.

DWS Global/International Fund, Inc.

DWS High Income Opportunities Fund, Inc.

DWS High Income Trust

DWS Income Trust

DWS Institutional Funds

DWS International Fund, Inc.

DWS Investment Trust

DWS Investments VIT Funds

DWS Market Trust

DWS Money Funds

DWS Money Market Trust

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust

DWS Municipal Income Trust

DWS Municipal Trust

DWS Portfolio Trust

DWS Securities Trust

DWS State Tax-Free Income Series

DWS Strategic Income Trust

DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust

DWS Target Date Series

DWS Target Fund

DWS Tax Free Trust

DWS Value Series, Inc.

DWS Variable Series I

DWS Variable Series II

Investors Cash Trust

Tax-Exempt California Money Market Fund

(each a “Fund”)

Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the following person, whose signature appears below, does hereby constitute and appoint Scott Hogan, John Millette and Caroline Pearson, and each of them, severally, with full powers of substitution, his true and lawful attorney and agent to execute in his name, place and stead (in such capacity) any and all amendments to enable the Fund to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the Fund’s Registration Statement pursuant to the 1933 Act and/or the 1940 Act, together with any and all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as President of the Fund such Registration Statement and any and all such pre- and post-effective amendments filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1933 Act and/or the 1940 Act, and any other instruments or documents related thereto, and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or may substitute or substitutes therefor, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE
/s/Robert Kendall Robert Kendall	President	October 3, 2013

DWS FUNDS BOARD

CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY

I, John Millette, do hereby certify as follows:

1.   That I am the duly elected Secretary of the Funds listed on the attached Appendix A, (each a “Fund,” and each Fund’s underlying portfolios, if applicable, a “Series”);

2.   I further certify that the following is a complete and correct copy of resolutions adopted by all of the members of the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Funds by written consent effective October 3, 2013, and that such resolutions have not been amended and are in full force and effect:

WHEREAS, the President of the Fund, Robert Kendall, desires to execute a Power of Attorney and thereby delegate legal authority to the below-designated individuals to sign Registration Statements, including any amendments, on his behalf:

NOW THEREFORE BE IT:

RESOLVED, that the following individuals be, and they hereby are, and each of them hereby is, given a Power of Attorney in substantially the form presented to the Board, with such changes as the officers, with the advice of counsel, shall recommend, to sign the Fund’s Registration Statements, including any amendments:

Scott Hogan

John Millette

Caroline Pearson; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that any Registration Statement signed pursuant to such Power of Attorney shall comply with Rule 483 (b) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, including, but not limited to the inclusion of: (1) a copy of the authorizing Power of Attorney; and (2) a certified copy of the resolutions of the Board authorizing such delegation as Exhibits thereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand this third day of October, 2013.

 /s/John Millette

John Millette

Secretary

APPENDIX A

CASH ACCOUNT TRUST, and its series: Government & Agency Securities Portfolio Money Market Portfolio Tax-Exempt Portfolio   CASH MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO   CASH RESERVE FUND, INC., and its series: Prime Series   DWS EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO   DWS GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.   DWS GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC., and its series: DWS Enhanced Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund DWS Enhanced Global Bond Fund DWS Global Growth Fund DWS Global Small Cap Growth Fund DWS RREEF Global Infrastructure Fund   DWS HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.   DWS HIGH INCOME TRUST   DWS INCOME TRUST, and its series: DWS Core Fixed Income Fund DWS Global High Income Fund DWS Global Inflation Fund DWS GNMA Fund DWS High Income Fund DWS Short Duration Fund DWS Strategic Government Securities Fund DWS Ultra-Short Duration Fund DWS Unconstrained Income Fund   DWS INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS, and its series: DWS EAFE Equity Index Fund DWS Equity 500 Index Fund DWS S&P 500 Index Fund DWS U.S. Bond Index Fund   DWS PORTFOLIO TRUST, and its series: DWS Core Plus Income Fund DWS Floating Rate Fund           DWS INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC., and its series: DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund DWS Global Equity Fund DWS International Fund DWS International Value Fund DWS Latin America Equity Fund DWS World Dividend Fund   DWS INVESTMENT TRUST, and its series: DWS Capital Growth Fund DWS Core Equity Fund DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund DWS Mid Cap Growth Fund DWS Small Cap Core Fund DWS Small Cap Growth Fund   DWS INVESTMENTS VIT FUNDS, and its series: DWS Equity 500 Index VIP DWS Small Cap Index VIP   DWS MARKET TRUST, and its series: DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Fund DWS Diversified Market Neutral Fund DWS Global Income Builder Fund DWS Select Alternative Allocation Fund   DWS MONEY FUNDS, and its series: DWS Money Market Prime Series   DWS MONEY MARKET TRUST, and its series Cash Management Fund Cash Reserve Fund Institutional Daily Assets Fund Institutional DWS Money Market Series NY Tax Free Money Fund Tax Free Money Fund Investment   DWS MULTI-MARKET INCOME TRUST   DWS MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST   DWS MUNICIPAL TRUST, and its series: DWS Managed Municipal Bond Fund DWS Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund DWS Strategic High Yield Tax-Free Fund   DWS TAX FREE TRUST, and its series DWS Intermediate Tax/AMT Free Fund    

DWS SECURITIES TRUST, and its series: DWS Communications Fund DWS Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund DWS Gold & Precious Metals Fund DWS Health Care Fund DWS RREEF Global Real Estate Securities Fund DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities Fund DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities Income Fund DWS Technology Fund DWS STATE TAX-FREE INCOME SERIES, and its series: DWS California Tax-Free Income Fund DWS Massachusetts Tax-Free Fund DWS New York Tax-Free Income Fund DWS STRATEGIC INCOME TRUST DWS STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST DWS TARGET DATE SERIES, and its series: DWS LifeCompass 2015 Fund DWS LifeCompass 2020 Fund DWS LifeCompass 2030 Fund DWS LifeCompass 2040 Fund DWS LifeCompass Retirement Fund DWS TARGET FUND, and its series: DWS Target 2014 Fund DWS VALUE SERIES, INC. and its series: DWS Equity Dividend Fund DWS Large Cap Value Fund DWS Mid Cap Value Fund DWS Small Cap Value Fund DWS VARIABLE SERIES I, and its series DWS Bond VIP DWS Capital Growth VIP DWS Core Equity VIP DWS Global Small Cap Growth VIP DWS International VIP DWS VARIABLE SERIES II, and its series DWS Alternative Asset Allocation VIP DWS Global Equity VIP DWS Global Growth VIP DWS Global Income Builder VIP DWS Government & Agency Securities VIP DWS High Income VIP DWS Large Cap Value VIP DWS Money Market VIP DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP DWS Small Mid Cap Value VIP DWS Unconstrained Income VIP INVESTORS CASH TRUST, and its series: Central Cash Management Fund DWS Variable NAV Money Fund Treasury Portfolio TAX-EXEMPT CALIFORNIA MONEY MARKET FUND

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase