Saxony (disambiguation)

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See also: Saxon (disambiguation) or Saxonia (disambiguation) for other related terms.

Map showing the location of Lower Saxony in the northwest, Saxony-Anhalt in the center, and the Free State of Saxony in the southeast.

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

• The Free State of Saxony, a federal German state in eastern Germany, recreated in 1990, also (1918-1934)
• The Kingdom of Saxony, its predecessor state (1806-1918)
• The Electorate of Saxony, its approximate predecessor (1356-1806)

Saxony-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

• Lower Saxony, a federal German state located on the lower Elbe, northwest of Saxony-Anhalt
• The Duchy of Saxony, a medieval duchy (until 1180)
• Old Saxony, the origin of the Saxon and Anglo-Saxon people

[edit] Duchies

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

• Saxe-Lauenburg
• Saxony-Wittenberg
• The Saxon Duchies in Thuringia split off from the Electorate of Saxony after 1485
  • Saxe-Altenburg
  • Saxe-Coburg
  • Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
  • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
  • Saxe-Eisenberg
  • Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Saxe-Eisenach
  • Saxe-Gotha
  • Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
  • Saxe-Hildburghausen
  • Saxe-Jena
  • Saxe-Marksuhl
  • Saxe-Meiningen
  • Saxe-Römhild
  • Saxe-Saalfeld
  • Saxe-Weimar
  • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

[edit] Other uses

• Sachsen, Bavaria, a town in the district of Ansbach
• Saxony Hotel, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA
• Saxony Mill, a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockville, Connecticut, USA

[edit] See also

• History of Saxony
• Rulers of Saxony
• Saxo Grammaticus

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