Saxony

Besides the formerly Silesian area of Saxony, which was mostly included in the territory of the new Saxony, the free state gained further areas north of Leipzig that had belonged to Saxony-Anhalt until 1952.

Dresden regularly ranks among the best ten bigger cities in Germany to live in. Transparent Factory owned by Volkswagen Enterprises Three major sectors dominate Dresden's economy: Silicon Saxony Saxony's semiconductor industry was built up in 1969.

Electors of Saxony main The Golden Bull of 1356 confirmed the right to participate in the election of a Holy Roman Emperor to the Duke of Saxony in the Saxe-Wittenberg line.

From about the 7th century the Saxons had occupied a settlement area that roughly corresponds to the present state of Lower Saxony, of Westphalia and a number of areas to the east, for example, in what is now west and north Saxony-Anhalt.

It is now the second strongest party in three states, all of them in the former GDR, (Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) and the third strongest in four others, all but Saarland in the former GDR, (Saarland, Berlin, Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).

King of Saxony and Duke of Warsaw Elevation to Saxon-Polish ruler render Frederick Augustus was proclaimed king of Saxony on 20 December 1806.

The A38 is another west-east connection in the north of Thuringia running from Göttingen in Lower Saxony via Heiligenstadt and Nordhausen to Leipzig in Saxony.

This established a new and powerful state, occupying large portions of the present Free State of Saxony, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Bavaria (Coburg and its environs).

BERLIN (JTA) — Recognizing Israel’s right to exist is now mandatory for those who want to become German citizens in the former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

John Bopp sold property at 17 Saxony Drive to Danielle Karen Mullen for $215,000.

Königslutter lies in a beautiful part of Lower Saxony.

Next year will be the 30th anniversary of Dumfries being twinned with the town of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony.

Saxony, East Germany’s most populous federal state, falls slap bang in the middle of that anti-NATO heartland.

The political landscape could be significantly shaken next year when new state parliaments are elected in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg.

The regional tribunal in Brunswick, north Germany, said it had decided it was "not competent" to hear the case against Christian B. because his "last known address" in Germany was in another state, Saxony-Anhalt.

According to Saxony-Anhalt state Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff the suspect has been interrogated by police.

As Germany braces for elections in three eastern states-Thuringia, Saxony, and Brandenburg-next month, the country faces a potential political earthquake.

A toddler was among those who died in the attack and the suspected driver has been arrested, the prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt state, Reiner Haseloff, said in a televised statement.

German police shot dead a man armed with a knife in the city of Nienburg, in the state of Lower Saxony on Saturday, reports citing Deutsche Welle.

Half the seats on the company’s supervisory board are held by labor representatives, and the German state of Lower Saxony — which owns a 20% stake — often sides with trade union bodies.