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    • To understand Saxony, look at its history – DW – 08/31/2018
      • No wonder Saxony was the strongest industrial region in Germany until World War II. Germany's first car company was at home in Zwickau, before the Volkswagen city of Wolfsburg even existed. For the textile industry and for mechanical and electrical engineering, Saxony was a prime location.
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      To understand Saxony, look at its history – DW – 08/31/2018

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  3. www.britannica.com › place › Saxony-state-GermanySaxony | History, Capital, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica

    May 5, 2024 · Saxony has a moderately important tourist industry focused in particular on the scenic Ore Mountains, Leipzig, the scenic Elbe River valley and Saxon Switzerland, and Dresden. Though the city was bombed into ruins by an Anglo-American bombing raid in 1945, some of Dresden’s former architectural glory has been restored.

  4. www.britannica.com › summary › Saxony-historicalSaxony summary | Britannica

    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.

  5. www.dw.com › en › opinion-to-understand-saxony-lookTo understand Saxony, look at its history – DW – 08/31/2018

    Aug 31, 2018 · Germany's first car company was at home in Zwickau, before the Volkswagen city of Wolfsburg even existed. For the textile industry and for mechanical and electrical engineering, Saxony was a...

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  7. www.encyclopedia.com › saxonySaxony | Encyclopedia.com

    May 18, 2018 · German Political Geography. Saxony. views 2,944,978 updated May 18 2018. SAXONY. The rise of Saxony dates from 1423, when the Holy Roman emperor Sigismund gave the electorate and duchy of Saxony to Margrave Frederick of Meissen of the Wettin dynasty. The gift was consequential, unifying the regions of Thuringia and Saxony under the House of Wettin.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SaxonsSaxons - Wikipedia

    Saxons. The Saxons [1] were a group of Germanic [2] peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country ( Old Saxony, Latin: Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of northern Germania, in what is now Germany. [3] Earlier, in the late Roman Empire, the name was first used to refer to Germanic coastal raiders, and in a similar ...

  9. kids.britannica.com › students › articleSaxony - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Saxony was raised to a kingdom and had its territory increased by Napoleon and then was deprived of its northern half to the gain of Prussia in 1815. It fought on the side of Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War and became part of the German Empire in 1871.

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