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81 unusual facts about Saxony


4th Regiment of Front Guard

Incorporated into the Saxon army during the reign of Wettin dynasty in Poland, in 1764 it became part of the Polish-Lithuanian Army.

Alfred Rehder

Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863, Waldenburg, Saxony - 25 July 1949) was a horticulturist and taxonomist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.

Anagarika Govinda

Ernst Lothar Hoffmann was born in Waldheim, Germany, the son of a German father and a Bolivian mother.

Anja Möllenbeck

Anja Möllenbeck (born Anja Gündler on 18 March 1972 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is a retired German discus thrower, whose personal best throw is 64.63 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Obersuhl.

Antoni Edward Odyniec

In 1831 Odyniec settled in Dresden, in Saxony, where he translated works by Walter Scott, Byron and Thomas Moore, co-edited a "Library of Polish Classics," and wrote for Przyjaciel Ludu (The Friend of the People), published in Leszno.

Arzberg

Arzberg, Saxony, a municipality in the district of Torgau-Oschatz in Saxony, Germany

Aulosen

Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Aland.

Bärenstein

Bärenstein is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Bellingen

Bellingen, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Bierstedt

Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Rohrberg.

Bördeaue

Bördeaue is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Börnichen

Börnichen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Borstendorf

Borstendorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Breitenbrunn

Breitenbrunn, Saxony, in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany

Brücken

Brücken, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt

Burkhardtsdorf

Burkhardtsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Claußnitz

Claußnitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany.

Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark

With him in his revolt was Albert II of Ballenstedt, who raided the monastery of Nienburg, a foundation of the family of Dedi's first wife.

Disraelis

In June 2007, 20 disabled soldiers visited the town Schönebeck in Saxony-Anhalt.

Dorfchemnitz

Dorfchemnitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Eberhard Vogel

Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel (born 8 April 1943 in Altenhain) is a former German footballer.

Elend

Elend, Saxony-Anhalt, a village at the foot of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz in central Germany

Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

Nonetheless, Gisela Agnes was created Imperial Countess of Nienburg (German: Reichsgräfin von Nienburg) on 23 July 1694.

After the death of the Dowager Princess and formal assumption of the rule of his principality, Emmanuel Lebrecht sent for Gisela Agnes and they finally married in a secret ceremony in Nienburg on 22 May (30 September according to some sources) of 1692.

Frankenberg, Saxony

Frankenberg (also: Frankenberg/Sa.) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

Friedrich August von Schönberg

Friedrich August von Schönberg (Tannenberg, June 12, 1795 – Dresden, April 5, 1856), Lord of Weningen-Auma, Zodelsdorf and Silberfeld, was a German Nobleman.

Georg Feig

Georg Feig was born on 27 February 1899, in the town of Annaberg in Saxony, Germany to Karl and Mina Feig.

Gerhard Reinhardt

He was arrested and in 1936, sentenced to a prison term in the Zuchthaus in Waldheim, Saxony.

Giersleben

Giersleben is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Gisela Agnes of Rath

Gisela Agnes of Rath (9 October 1669 in Kleinwülknitz, now part of Köthen – 12 March 1740 in Nienburg) was Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen by marriage from 1692.

Großdubrau

Großdubrau, in Sorbian Wulka Dubrawa, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.

Großhartmannsdorf

Großhartmannsdorf is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Großrückerswalde

Großrückerswalde is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Hainichen concentration camp

Hainichen concentration camp is a concentration camp at Öderanstrasse in Hainichen, Saxony, formed on April 4, 1933 by order of Amtshauptmann Döbeln.

Halle, Bentheim

Unlike the people of the better known and bigger city of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, who call themselves Hallenser in German, the inhabitants here call themselves simply Haller, following the usual German rule for formulating nouns denoting a particular place’s inhabitants.

Heavy warmblood

The title includes the Ostfriesen ("East Friesian") and Alt-Oldenburger ("Old-Oldenburger"), Groningen, and similar horses from Silesia, Saxony-Thuringia, and Bavaria.

Heberlein brake

On several narrow gauge railways in Saxony, numerous vehicles with Heberlein systems can still be seen.

Heidersdorf

Heidersdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen

In May 1559 the brothers had to pledge the Lordships of Plauen and Oelsnitz and the district of Schöneck to Elector August of Saxony.

Herringfleet

Herringfleet was occupied by the Roman Empire, and archaeologists have made a number of finds, including a Roman bronze 'patera', a 'soup ladle' vessel with the maker's name 'Quattenus' on the handle, and a Roman nether mill-stone of trachyte, originally imported from Saxony or Koblenz on the Rhine.

Horst Sindermann

In March 1935, he again was arrested for attempted high treason, tortured and put in solitary confinement for six years at Waldheim jail.

Huysburg

Huysburg or Huysburg Priory (Priorat Huysburg), formerly Huysburg Abbey (Kloster Huysburg), is a Benedictine monastery situated on the Huy, a mountainous area near Halberstadt, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.

Joakim Stulić

His search for a sponsor and printer then took him to Bohemia, Saxony and Prussia.

Königshain-Wiederau

Königshain-Wiederau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Kriebstein

Kriebstein is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Krosigk

Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Petersberg.

Louis de Silvestre

Friedrich August II, the prince-elector of Saxony, met Silvestre when he was in France and offered him the chance to work at the court of his father Augustus II, King of Poland.

Low Lusatian German

After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic and an economical development because of a stronger extraction of lignite people from Mecklenburg, Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt moved to the Lusatia region to benefit from the development.

Marktredwitz station

The station has lost its importance for long-distance services, but still forms a central interchange for northern Bavaria, Saxony and western Bohemia.

Martinsrieth

Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Wallhausen.

Max Seydewitz

Max Seydewitz (December 19, 1892 — February 8, 1987) was a German politician (SPD, SAPD and SED) and Minister-President Saxony in East Germany).

Neukirchen, Erzgebirgskreis

Neukirchen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Niederdorf, Saxony

Niederdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Niederwiesa

Niederwiesa is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Nikolay Raevsky

When the Russian army entered Saxony, Raevsky was forced to return to Russia because of his poor health.

Novalis

Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg was born in 1772 at Oberwiederstedt manor (now part of Arnstein, Saxony-Anhalt), in the Harz mountains.

Pfaffroda

Pfaffroda is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Picolit

The Count oversaw production of more than 100,000 bottles that was exported to the royal courts of the Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Saxony and Tuscany as well as the Vatican.

Pretzschendorf

Since 31 December 2012, it is part of the municipality Klingenberg.

Raschau-Markersbach

Raschau-Markersbach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany.

Reinsdorf

Reinsdorf, Saxony, a municipality in the district Zwickauer Land, Saxony, Germany

Reinsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Rohrberg

Rohrberg, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Rosenbach, Görlitz

Rosenbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.

Rotenburg an der Wümme

Rotenburg an der Wümme (until May 1969: Rotenburg in Hannover) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Rudolf von Auerswald

He was a member of a Meissen family of nobility, first mentioned in 1263, from Auerswalde, now part of Lichtenau, Saxony.

Saleeite

It was later determined that the Katanga mineral was meta-saleeite Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) and the type locality was assigned to the Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.

Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011

On April 19, 2011, Reiner Haseloff was elected the new Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt and he continues the Grand coalition with the Social Democrats.

Schönau-Berzdorf

Schönau-Berzdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.

Schönbach, Saxony

Schönbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.

Seeburg

Seeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Seelitz

Seelitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Spherocobaltite

Spherocobaltite was first described in 1877 for an occurrence within cobalt and nickel veins in the St. Daniel Mine of the Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.

Striegistal

Striegistal is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

The Colditz Story

British, French, Dutch and Polish Prisoners of War (POWs), of many other nationalities who have repeatedly made escape attempts but have been recaptured, are sent to Oflag IV-C, a supposedly secure castle in Saxony, in the heart of Germany, during World War II.

Ute Hommola

Ute Hommola (born January 20, 1952 in Weißenborn, Saxony) is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the women's javelin throw event.

Viktor Orth

He believed himself at different times the King of Saxony, the Duke of Luxembourg, and the King of Poland.

Welbsleben

Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town Arnstein.

Wust-Fischbeck

It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Wust and Fischbeck.

Zettlitz

With 794 inhabitants on 30 June 2012, Zettlitz is the second smallest (by number of inhabitants) municipality in Saxony after Rathen with its 372 inhabitants.

Ziegra-Knobelsdorf

The villages of Forchheim, Kleinlimmritz, Limmritz, Poschwitz, Schweta, Stockhausen, Töpeln, Wöllsdorf and Ziegra have been incorporated into Döbeln, Gebersbach, Heyda, Kaiserburg, Knobelsdorf, Meinsberg, Neuhausen and Rudelsdorf into Waldheim.


89.0 RTL

While it is licensed to Saxony-Anhalt, the exposed position of the Brocken at 3,743 ft allows the channel to cover large parts of central Germany, including Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony.

Arktisch-Alpiner Pflanzengarten und Alpine Staudengärtnerei

It is located at OT Gorschmitz 14, Leisnig, Saxony, Germany, and open several days per week in the warmer months, without charge.

Brachstedt

Brachstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Charles Zeuner

Charles Zeuner (20 September 1795 Eisleben, Saxony - 7 November 1857 Philadelphia) was an organist and composer active in Germany for a time, and then in Boston and Philadelphia in the United States.

Drebach

Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Ebersbach

Ebersbach, Mittelsachsen, a municipality in the Mittelsachsen district, Saxony

Eggersdorf

Eggersdorf is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Ellen Wellmann

Ellen Wellmann (born 28 June 1948 in Müglitztal, Saxony) is a German track and field athlete who was born as Ellen Tittel.

François Coudray

1678 in Villecerf, in the Province of Champagne (now commune of Messon in the French departement of Aube) and died the died April 29, 1727 in Dresden, Duchy of Saxony (now federal state of Saxony, Germany) is a French sculptor who spent more of his proeminent artistic life in Dresden where he was the First sculptor of the King Augustus II the Strong.

Glinde, Saxony-Anhalt

Glinde is a town and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Gnandstein Castle

The castle stands on a hill overlooking the valley of the river Wyhra in central Saxony.

Götschetal

Götschetal is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Hedersleben, Harz

Hedersleben is a municipality in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Heinrich von Treitschke

His violent article, in which he demanded the annexation of the Kingdoms of Hanover and Saxony, and attacked with great bitterness the Saxon royal house, led to an estrangement from his father, a personal friend of the king.

Hermann Jäger

Hermann Jäger (1815-1890) was born October 7, 1815 at Münchenbernsdorf, Saxony (now Germany).

History of the violin

In the 19th and 20th centuries numerous violins were produced in France, in Saxony and the Mittenwald in what is now Germany, in the Tyrol, now parts of Austria and Italy, and in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.

Höhnstedt

Höhnstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Horburg-Maßlau

Horburg-Maßlau is village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Jahnsdorf

Jahnsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn

In early 1901 he accompanied his father on a special diplomatic mission to announce the accession of King Edward to the governments of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Russia, Germany, and Saxony.

Johann Gottfried Scheibel

Then he stayed in Hermsdorf in the Ore Mountains until 1836 where likewise he was asked to leave, then in Glauchau, Saxony, and Nuremberg in Bavaria.

Lehe

Lehe, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the district of Emsland, Lower Saxony "

Lichtenberg, Mittelsachsen

Lichtenberg is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Mehringen

Mehringen is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Mittweidaer BC

Mittweidaer Ballspielclub was a German association football club from the town of Mittweida, Saxony.

Nathaniel P. Hill

Accordingly, he spent a portion of 1865 and 1866 in Swansea, Wales and Freiberg, Saxony studying metallurgy, and returned to the United States with a perfected method of smelting.

Nempitz

Nempitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Niederwürschnitz

Niederwürschnitz is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Night on Bröcken

The title of the album is apparently a reference to the Brocken, a mountain in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, that is traditionally connected with witches (Walpurgis Night), most famously in Goethe's Faust.

Otto Ribbeck

He took great interest in the monumental Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, and it was chiefly owing to his efforts that the government of Saxony was induced to assist its production by a considerable subsidy.

Palaeocybe

The genus is monotypic, containing the single fossil species Palaeocybe striata, which was found in Tertiary amber in Saxony, Germany.

Plötzkau

Plötzkau is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Pretzsch

Pretzsch, Burgenlandkreis, a community in the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Rainald of Dassel

A younger son of a rich Saxon count, Reinold I, Count of Dassel, and destined as such to be an ecclesiastic, he was sent to the cathedral school at Hildesheim in 1146, where he started working as subdeacon.

Rodryg Dunin

He was a student at Maria Magdalena Gymnasium (high school) in Poznań, where he participated actively in a secret Polish educational-social youth movement, and later studied at academies in Tetschen (Děčín), Bohemia, and Leipzig, Saxony.

Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser

Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (24 January 1853, Rhaunen, Rhine Province – 4 January 1931, Dresden, Saxony) was a German psychiatrist born in Rhaunen.

Tornau

Tornau vor der Heide, a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Tov

Treaty of Versailles (1757), expansion of 1756 Versailles treaty to Saxony, Sweden and Russia; see Diplomatic Revolution

Wallstawe

Wallstawe is a municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

War of the Lüneburg Succession

Duke Frederick of Brunswick-Lüneburg married Duchess Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg a daughter of Prince-Elector Wenceslas, and Duke Bernard of Brunswick-Lüneburg was wedded to Duchess Margaret of Saxony, also a daughter of Wenceslas.

Wohlsdorf

Wohlsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Zweimen

Zweimen is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.