Saxony
The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen, Sorbian languages: Swobodny Stata Sakska), is one of 16 states of Germany. It is in the southeast, 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.
The Free State of Saxony
Freistaat Sachsen Swobodny Stata Sakska | |
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![]() Position of Saxony within Germany | |
Country | Germany |
Capital | Dresden |
Government | |
• Minister President | Michael Kretschmer (CDU) (CDU) |
• Governing parties | CDU / SPD |
Area | |
• Total | 18,415 km2 (7,110 sq mi) |
Population (December 2008) | |
• Total | 4,192,700 |
• Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | sachsen.de |
GeographyEdit
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 townsEdit
DistrictsEdit
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 districtsEdit
Saxony has three urban districts which do not belong to the rural districts.
HistoryEdit
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 developmentEdit
The number of people in Saxony since 1905:
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Other websitesEdit
- 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
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