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Description: The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of ... more

Saxony ... Germany. Located in the country's southeast, it is the tenth-largest in area and sixth-largest in population among Germany's sixteen states, and has a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4.3 million. Saxony has a long history as a duchy, an electorate (the Electorate of Saxony), and eventually as a kingdom (the Kingdom of Saxony). Its monarchy was overthrown in 1918 and a republican form of government was established under its current name subsequent to Germany's defeat in World War I. Abolished during communist rule, it was re-established in 1990 after the re-unification of the nation-state of Germany from East and West Germany.

Newest Review: ... an hour we come to Bautzen, again a very beautiful town, with many baroque buildings. In 2002 Bautzen will celebrate its 1000th anniversary! The town stands on a hill overlooking the river Spree (the one which then flows on to Berlin) and still has a long stretch of intact city wall, robust medieval towers (The youth hostel is in such a tower with the beds standing in recesses IN the ... more

... walls.), a castle and one of the two churches in Germany which Catholics and Protestants have shared peacefully since the time of the Reformation, with a low fence dividing the nave into two sections. Bautzen is known not for the fact that I was born there (...more

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Saxony for Anglo Saxons (2013 words)
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Hey, you Anglo Saxons, have you ever been on holiday in Saxony? If so, well done! If not, why not? In case you feel it’s asking a bit much to even consider spending your holidays in Germany , you can stop reading here, in case you feel intrigued to find out why anyone should make such a suggestion, follow me! Let’s begin our journey in the easternmost German restaurant of the easternmost German town Görlitz. The restaurant is built into a former watermill in the river Neisse, which is now the border between Germany and Poland. Before the Second World War the town stretched across the river, now the eastern part is the Polish town ... Read the complete review