Saxony
state in Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saxony (German: Sachsen [ˌzaksn̩] (
listen); Upper Sorbian: Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen [ˈfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈzaksn̩], Upper Sorbian: Swobodny stat Sakska), is one of 16 states of Germany. It is in the southeast of the country, north of Czech Republic. To the east of Saxony is Poland. The biggest city is Leipzig. The capital is called Dresden. It was founded in 1990.
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Geography
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.
Cities and towns
Districts
Saxony is divided into 3 administrative districts (Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig). These are subdivided into 10 districts:
(The car licence plate of the areas are in brackets)
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Urban districts
Saxony has three urban districts which do not belong to the rural districts.
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History
The first Free State of Saxony was founded in 1918, after the first World War. After the second World War, in 1945, the "country of Saxony" was founded. Later the Country was divided into 3 administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic, and thus robbed of its sovereignty.
In 1990 the Free State of Saxony was officially re-founded as a part of Germany.
Population development
The number of people in Saxony since 1905:
Other websites
- Official governmental portal (in German)
- Nature of Saxony (in German)
- Facts about Saxony (Statistisches Landesamt) (in German)
- Saxony at the Open Directory Project
- Christmas time in Saxony
- some facts about Saxony
References
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