Talk:Old Saxony

message: Is this where we point out that the Finnish name for Germany is Saksa, and that it is something to do with something....sort of?...--83.108.28.69 (talk) 23:28, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saxony = Saksa ? 

message: chiefs, kings, dukes? There appears to be inconsistency with the title for the rulers of old Saxony. This article refers to Widulkind as a King, paramount chief and first duke, which I can understand. However, his predecessors are also called duke. My guess is that since they predate formal titles, they all apply, however there should be a way to do this that is less contradictory. after reading the articles on Widulkind and his predecessors, I realize two things, Saxony(or part of it) was under Frankish suzerainty long before Widulkind, and Widulkind didn't rule after his defeat. Either way it doesn't seem to be a formal title, and simply means leader. Tinynanorobots (talk) 23:03, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  rulers? 

message: There is no scientific evidence for this flag, in fact there are "sagas" about Widukind using a black horse on his coat of arms before converting to Christian faith. This should however not be tretaed as a proper flag in an encyclopedia. It should thus be removed.
It is also not right that widuking became the duke of saxony. We actually know very little about Widukind. The part mentioning that should thus also be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.2.198.198 (talk) 17:09, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag and "end of historical era" 

message: Wow, the more I read here the more shocked I am with how bad this article is. Like "Ultimately the Saxon people were forced to convert to Christianity and become a part of the Holy Roman Empire." The HRE did not even exist back then.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.2.198.198 (talk) 17:25, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horrible Quality, Lots of Mistakes 

message: In the map, Old Saxony also seems to include large parts of Schleswig-Holstein. --Oddeivind (talk) 10:58, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: And? Oleryhlolsson (talk) 22:31, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The article states: "Old Saxony is the original homeland of the Saxons in the northwest corner of modern Germany and roughly corresponds today to the modern German states of Lower Saxony, Westphalia and western Saxony-Anhalt." If the map is correct, then Schleswig-Holstein should be added. --Oddeivind (talk) 20:00, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the map is fairly correct. Nordalbingia were a part of the original Old Saxony, but not Schleswig and neither the eastern parts of Holstein. Oleryhlolsson (talk) 17:01, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Schleswig-Holstein? 

message: The image on the right is the same as this one. It's unnecessary to have the same file twice under different names. Besides, the map claims to show the "Saxons' homelands" from ~700 but is in fact the Duchy of Saxony in the HRE ~1000.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.61.201.254 (talk) 15:56, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: I assume that the above material must be covered by a more comprehensive German article to which this text is not linked.  
Of course a place called "Old Saxony" never existed.  As stated above, it was just how the Saxons of Britain referred to their German homeland to distinguish it from their new territory. In recent years British linguists also started to call the German homeland language "Old Saxon", and the British version "Old English" (instead of the formerly used "Anglo-Saxon"). Actually, there is hardly any difference between the two.--dunnhaupt (talk) 20:36, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: German article?