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Saxony

(disambiguation)
See also: Saxon (disambiguation) or Saxonia (disambiguation) for other related terms.
Map showing the location of the three states, Lower Saxony in the northwest, Saxony-Anhalt in the center, and the Free State of Saxony in the southeast, within today's Germany
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Map showing the location of the three states, Lower Saxony in the northwest, Saxony-Anhalt in the center, and the Free State of Saxony in the southeast, within today's Germany

Saxony may refer to several Holy Roman Empire era, German Empire or later modern German states in different locations along the Elbe river:

Free State of Saxony, Freistaat Sachsen

Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen-Anhalt

  • Saxony-Anhalt, a federal German state located downstream (northwest) of the State of Saxony.
  • The Prussian Province of Saxony, its predecessor until 1945, ceded by the Kingdom in 1816.

Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen

Duchies

Saxony or Saxe is also a part of the name of the many duchies created of the break-up from the Saxon states:

Other uses

See also

nds-nl:Saksen


 
 
 

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