Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 18,413 square kilometres (7,109 sq mi), and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium.

The Kingdom of Saxony was the fifth state of the German Empire in area and third in population; in 1905 the average population per square mile was 778.8. Saxony was the most densely peopled state of the empire, and indeed of all Europe; the reason was the very large immigration on account of the development of manufactures.

Feb 14, 2025 · Saxony, state, eastern Germany. Present-day Saxony is composed largely of hill and mountain country, with only its northernmost portions and the area around Leipzig descending into the great North European Plain. The chief mountain range is the Ore Mountains and the capital is Dresden.

Saxony, any of several major territories in German history. It has been applied: (1) before 1180 ce, to an extensive far-north German region including Holstein but lying mainly west and southwest of the estuary and lower course of the Elbe River; (2) between 1180 and 1423, to two much smaller and

Also known by its official name, the "Free State of Saxony", Saxony (Sachsen) is a landlocked federal state in eastern Germany. It is bordered by the states of Brandenburg , Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia , and Bavaria , as well as the countries Poland and Czechia.

Official website of the Free State of Saxony, with information on citizens and the Free State, its economy, environment, education, knowledge, culture and recreation.

Feb 11, 2025 · From the architectural masterpieces that are scattered around Dresden to the cutting-edge art galleries occupying former industrial sites in Leipzig and the bizarre rock formations of the Saxon Switzerland national park – here are the top 10 things to see and do in …

Saxony is the border of Germany to the two countries Poland and Czech Republic. In the north of Saxony is Brandenburg, another German state. Saxony's west border is to Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Bavaria. A big part of the border to the Czech Republic are the Ore Mountains in the south of Saxony.

Feb 14, 2025 · Saxony - Germanic, Prussian, Reunification: The state of Saxony was re-created in the process of the reunification of East Germany with West Germany in 1990 from the former East German Bezirke (districts) of Dresden, Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt), and Leipzig, along with a small part of Cottbus district.

The politics of the German state of Saxony take place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Saxony-Anhalt.