History of Saxony
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The history of Saxony is encompassing the history of modern German state of Saxony and its predecessors in the wider region of Upper Saxony, and also includes the historical overview of various mediev
870 Saxony.
Duchies in Saxon lands (1235): the Ascanian Duchy of Saxony (green), the Welf Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and the ecclessiastical Duchy of Westphalia
Kings of Poland and Electors of Saxony; Augustus II in the foreground and Augustus III behind him as depicted on Fürstenzug mural in Dresden
Historic boundary stones of Saxony and Prussia in Königswartha
Saxony
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Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Cz
History of Saxony
…The history of Saxony is encompassing the history of modern German state of Saxony and its predecessors in the wider region of Upper Saxony, and also includes the historical overview of various medieval and early modern states named…
Henry the Lion (with his wife Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony) being crowned as the Duke of Saxony
Meissen, with Albrechtsburg and Cathedral
Depiction of the ruins of Dresden's Kreuzkirche following its destruction by Prussian artillery during the Seven Years' War (Canaletto, 1765)
Elbe Valley in Dresden