Filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2012.

 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

Pre-Effective Amendment

Post-Effective Amendment No. 59

And/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 59

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) 295-2572

John Millette

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.

One Beacon Street

Boston, Massachusetts  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 15th day of October 2012.

DWS TAX FREE TRUST

By:  /s/W. Douglas Beck

W. Douglas Beck*

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/W. Douglas Beck
W. Douglas Beck*		President		October 15, 2012
/s/Paul H. Schubert
Paul H. Schubert		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer		October 15, 2012
/s/John W. Ballantine
John W. Ballantine*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Henry P. Becton, Jr.*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
Dawn-Marie Driscoll*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Keith R. Fox
Keith R. Fox*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Paul K. Freeman
Paul K. Freeman*		Chairperson and Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Kenneth C. Froewiss
Kenneth C. Froewiss*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Richard J. Herring
Richard J. Herring*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/William McClayton
William McClayton*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Rebecca W. Rimel
Rebecca W. Rimel*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/William N. Searcy, Jr.
William N. Searcy, Jr.*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Jean Gleason Stromberg
Jean Gleason Stromberg*		Trustee		October 15, 2012
/s/Robert H. Wadsworth
Robert H. Wadsworth*		Trustee		October 15, 2012

*By:        /s/Caroline Pearson

Caroline Pearson**

Chief Legal Officer

** Attorney-in-fact pursuant to the powers of attorney that are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 56 to the Registration Statement, as filed on September 28, 2011; and as filed on September 26, 2008 in Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement.

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