Saxony

**Saxony** ( ; ), officially the **Free State of Saxony** (German:  , Upper Sorbian: ), is one of =16 States (Staaten) of Germany (not inkl. Anklawes World)., Bezirken: Dresden, Leipzig, Carl_Marx_Stadt,. DDR.
It is in the southeast of the country, north of TSCHSSR (Czech Republic). To the east of Saxony is PNR (Poland).
 The biggest city is Leipzig.
The capital is called Dresden..

It was founded in 1990.

## Geography

Saxony is the border of Germany to the two countries Poland and Czech Republic. In the north of Saxony is Brandenburg, another German state. Saxony's west border is to Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Bavaria. A big part of the border to the Czech Republic are the Ore Mountains in the south of Saxony.

### Cities and towns

|City|District|Number of people 31 December 2000|Number of people 31 December 2006|Number of people 30 June 2008|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Leipzig|align="right"|Leipzig (city)|align="right"|493,208|align="right"|506,260|align="right"|511,676|
|Dresden|align="right"|Dresden (city)|align="right"|477,807|align="right"|504,635|align="right"|508,398|
|Chemnitz|align="right"|Chemnitz (city)|align="right"|259,246|align="right"|245,739|align="right"|244,310|
|Zwickau|align="right"|Zwickau Rural District|align="right"|103,008|align="right"|96,878|align="right"|95,322|
|Plauen|align="right"|Vogtlandkreis|align="right"|71,543|align="right"|68,317|align="right"|67,309|
|Görlitz|align="right"|Görlitz Rural District|align="right"|61,599|align="right"|57,201|align="right"|56,608|
|Hoyerswerda|align="right"|Bautzen Rural District|align="right"|50,203|align="right"|41,515|align="right"|39,835|
|Freiberg|align="right"|Mittelsachsen Rural District|align="right"|45,428|align="right"|42,772|align="right"|42,120|
|Bautzen|align="right"|Bautzen Rural District|align="right"|43,353|align="right"|41,766|align="right"|41,354|
|Pirna|align="right"|Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Rural District|align="right"|42,108|align="right"|39,748|align="right"|39,291|
|Freital|align="right"|Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Rural District|align="right"|40,129|align="right"|39,059|align="right"|39,139|
|Riesa|align="right"|Riesa-Großenhain Rural District|align="right"|39,367|align="right"|36,145|align="right"|35,139|
|Radebeul|align="right"|Meißen Rural District|align="right"|32,246|align="right"|33,205|align="right"|33,284|
|Meißen|align="right"|Meißen Rural District|align="right"|29,398|align="right"|28,091|align="right"|27,846|
|Limbach-Oberfrohna|align="right"|Zwickau Rural District|align="right"|27,552|align="right"|26,591|align="right"|26,113|
|Zittau|align="right"|Görlitz Rural District|align="right"|27,454|align="right"|24,892|align="right"|29,093|
|Glauchau|align="right"|Zwickau Rural District|align="right"|27,285|align="right"|25,744|align="right"|25,159|
|Delitzsch¹|align="right"|Nordsachsen Rural District|align="right"|26,331|align="right"|27,448|align="right"|27,111|
|Weißwasser/O.L.|align="right"|Görlitz Rural District|align="right"|26,107|align="right"|21,797|align="right"|20,298|
|Werdau|align="right"|Zwickau Rural District|align="right"|26,077|align="right"|23,976|align="right"|23,565|
|Annaberg-Buchholz|align="right"|Erzgebirgskreis|align="right"|24,495|align="right"|22,817|align="right"|22,514|
|Coswig|align="right"|Meißen Rural District|align="right"|24,035|align="right"|22,365|align="right"|22,514|
|Reichenbach im Vogtland|align="right"|Vogtlandkreis Rural District|align="right"|23,469|align="right"|22,164|align="right"|21,210|
|Crimmitschau|align="right"|Zwickau Rural District|align="right"|23,305|align="right"|22,330|align="right"|21,684|
|Markkleeberg|align="right"|Leipzig Rural District|align="right"|23,157|align="right"|23,718|align="right"|23,962|
|Döbeln|align="right"|Mittelsachsen Rural District|align="right"|23,128|align="right"|21,356|align="right"|20,726|
|Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.|align="right"|Erzgebirgskreis|align="right"|20,201|align="right"|18,517|align="right"|19,187|
|Auerbach|align="right"|Vogtlandkreis Rural District|align="right"|20,042|align="right"|21,246|align="right"|20,620|
|Borna|align="right"|Leipzig Rural District|align="right"|20,010|align="right"|22,657|align="right"|21,539|

### Districts

Saxony is divided into 3 administrative districts (Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig). These are subdivided into 10 districts:

(The car licence plate of the areas are in brackets)

### Urban districts

Saxony has three urban districts which do not belong to the rural districts.
- Chemnitz (C)
- Dresden (DD)
- Leipzig (L)

## History

The first Free State of Saxony was founded in 1918, after the first World War.

After the second World War, in 1945, the "country of Saxony" was founded.
Later the Country was divided into 3 Bezirken of the German Democratic Republic (DDR), and thus robbed of its sovereignty.

In 1990 the Free State of Saxony was officially re-founded as a part of Germany.

## Population development

The number of people in Saxony since 1905:
|style="background:#efefef;"|Year|style="background:#efefef;"|-|style="background:#efefef;"|People|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| class="prettytable"|||||
|1905||4,508,601||||
|1946||5,558,566||||
|1950||5,682,802||||
|1964||5,463,571||||
|1970||5,419,187||||
|1981||5,152,857||||
|}|valign="top"|{| class="prettytable"||||
|1990||4,764,301||||
|1995||4,566,603||||
|2000||4,425,581||||
|2005||4,273,754||||
|2010||4.149.477||||
|2015||4.084.851||||
|}||||||

## Other websites

- Official governmental portal
- Nature of Saxony
- Facts about Saxony (Statistisches Landesamt)
- Christmas time in Saxony
- some facts about Saxony

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Free State of Saxony
- **native name**: Freistaat Sachsen
- **native name lang**: de
- **settlement type**: States of Germany, State
- **imagesize**: 270px
- **image flag**: Flag of Saxony.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Saxony.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **image map**: Locator map Saxony in Germany.svg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Germany
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Dresden
- **governing body**: Landtag of the Free State of Saxony
- **leader party**: CDU
- **leader title**: Minister-President
- **leader name**: Michael Kretschmer
- **leader title1**: Governing parties
- **leader name1**: /  /
- **leader title2**: Bundesrat of Germany, Bundesrat votes
- **leader name2**: 4 (of 69)
- **total type**: Total
- **area total km2**: 18,415.66
- **population total**: 4077937
- **population as of**: 31 December 2018
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **blank name sec1**: Gross regional product, GRP (nominal)
- **blank info sec1**: €128 billion (2019)
- **blank1 name sec1**: GRP per capita
- **blank1 info sec1**: €31,000 (2019)
- **blank2 name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI (2018)
- **blank2 info sec2**: 0.930
 · List of German states by Human Development Index, 9th of 16
- **iso code**: DE-SN
- **blank name sec2**: First level NUTS of the European Union#Germany, NUTS Region
- **blank info sec2**: DED
- **website**: [https://www.sachsen.de/ sachsen.de]