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 
CityDistrictNumber of people 31 December 2000Number of people 31 December 2006Number of people 30 June 2008 LeipzigLeipzig (city)493,208506,260511,676 DresdenDresden (city)477,807504,635508,398 ChemnitzChemnitz (city)259,246245,739244,310 ZwickauZwickau Rural District103,00896,87895,322 PlauenVogtlandkreis71,54368,31767,309 GörlitzGörlitz Rural District61,59957,20156,608 HoyerswerdaBautzen Rural District50,20341,51539,835 FreibergMittelsachsen Rural District45,42842,77242,120 BautzenBautzen Rural District43,35341,76641,354 PirnaSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Rural District42,10839,74839,291 FreitalSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Rural District40,12939,05939,139 RiesaRiesa-Großenhain Rural District39,36736,14535,139 RadebeulMeißen Rural District32,24633,20533,284 MeißenMeißen Rural District29,39828,09127,846 Limbach-OberfrohnaZwickau Rural District27,55226,59126,113 ZittauGörlitz Rural District27,45424,89229,093 GlauchauZwickau Rural District27,28525,74425,159 Delitzsch¹Nordsachsen Rural District26,33127,44827,111 Weißwasser/O.L.Görlitz Rural District26,10721,79720,298 WerdauZwickau Rural District26,07723,97623,565 Annaberg-BuchholzErzgebirgskreis24,49522,81722,514 CoswigMeißen Rural District24,03522,36522,514 Reichenbach im VogtlandVogtlandkreis Rural District23,46922,16421,210 CrimmitschauZwickau Rural District23,30522,33021,684 MarkkleebergLeipzig Rural District23,15723,71823,962 DöbelnMittelsachsen Rural District23,12821,35620,726 Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.Erzgebirgskreis20,20118,51719,187 AuerbachVogtlandkreis Rural District20,04221,24620,620 BornaLeipzig Rural District20,01022,65721,539

 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)

 Bautzen (BZ)
 Erzgebirgskreis (ERZ)
 Leipzig (L)
 Meißen (MEI)
 Mittelsachsen (FG)
 Görlitz (GR)
 Nordsachsen (TDO)
 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (PIR)
 Vogtlandkreis (V)
 Zwickau (Z)thumb|400px|right|Districts of Saxony

 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:
 Year - People 1905   4,508,601 1946   5,558,566 1950   5,682,802 1964   5,463,571 1970   5,419,187 1981   5,152,857 Year - People 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

References


Category:1990 establishments in Germany