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The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
After losses, the CDU ended up with almost 32 percent as the strongest party ahead of the AfD. The Left and the SPD received 10.4 and 7.7 percent of the vote, respectively. The Greens increased and achieved their best result in a state election in Saxony with 8.6 percent, the FDP again missed entering parliament with 4.5 percent.
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Sep 28, 2011 · Absolutism in the Electorate of Saxony The fundamental domestic conflict of the era was that between the ruler, who strove for absolute unlimited power, and the Estates, who limited this power. The Estates system or absolutism? – this was the question which even Bach had to face.
- Ulrich Siegel
- 1997
Oct 1, 2019 · This article uses diverse sources to produce accurate troop counts for Electoral Saxony during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), concluding that its army was large only briefly. It also...
Donald B. Pryce. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract. Late in October 1923, troops of the German Reichswehr removed the government of Saxony and in the process touched off yet another political crisis in Berlin, one which nearly destroyed the Weimar Republic.
Electoral Saxony’s permanent standing army was established in 1683, but it was not until the reign of Augustus the Strong (1694–1733) that Saxony saw substantial centralization.
When Charles did publish the Edict of Worms in May 1521, thereby making Luther an outlaw and proscribing his views in the empire, Frederick obtained an exemption for electoral Saxony that again gave the Protestant Reformation freedom to continue.
