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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, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.
Before 1180 the name Saxony was applied to the territory conquered between about 200 and 700 ce by the Germanic Saxon tribe. This territory included Holstein and the area west of the lower Elbe River, in what is now the German Land (state) of Lower Saxony .
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Saxony, German Sachsen, Historical region, former state, and recreated state, Germany. Before 1180 the name was applied to the territory conquered c. ad 200–700 by the Germanic Saxon tribe. They were conquered and Christianized by Charlemagne in the late 8th century.
The history of Saxony began with a small tribe living on the North Sea between the Elbe and Eider River in what is now Holstein. The name of this tribe, the Saxons (Latin: Saxones ), was first mentioned by the Greek author Ptolemy. The name Saxons is derived from the Seax, a knife used by the tribe as a weapon. [citation needed]
Saxony (German: Sachsen ; Upper Sorbian: Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen [ˈfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈzaksn̩], Upper Sorbian: Swobodny stat Sakska), is one of 16 states of Germany. It is in the southeast of the country, north of Czech Republic. To the east of Saxony is Poland.
Saxony (Sachsen) is a federal state in the east of Germany. It contains the two largest and most important cities in eastern Germany other than Berlin: Leipzig and Dresden. The state has a long history of independence as a kingdom (much like Bavaria), and as a result has a strong sense of self-identity.
Also known by its official name, the "Free State of Saxony", Saxony (Sachsen) is a landlocked federal state in eastern Germany. It is bordered by the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries Poland and Czechia. It is the tenth-largest federal state by land area and the sixth most populous.
