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20 October 1139 – 1142. son of Otto the Rich and grandson of Magnus Billung; also Margrave of Brandenburg. Welf Dynasty. Henry the Lion. 1142–1180. son of Henry the Proud and grandson of Lothair III; also Duke of Bavaria. With the removal of the Welfs in 1180, the Duchy of Saxony was sharply reduced in territory.
Saxony ( German: Sachsen [ˌzaksn̩] ( listen); Upper Sorbian: Sakska ), officially the Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen [ˈfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈzaksn̩], Upper Sorbian: Swobodny stat Sakska ), is one of 16 states of Germany. It is in the southeast of the country, north of Czech Republic. To the east of Saxony is Poland.
The history of Saxony began with a small tribe living on the North Sea between the Elbe and Eider River in what is now Holstein. The name of this tribe, the Saxons (Latin: Saxones ), was first mentioned by the Greek author Ptolemy. The name Saxons is derived from the Seax, a knife used by the tribe as a weapon. [citation needed]
Sachsenpfennig. Saxon revolt of 1077–1088. Saxony (1945–1952) Saxony in the German Revolution (1918–1919) Electorate of Saxony. Schock (coin) Siege of Bautzen. Sorbs (tribe)
25 ott 2023 · Saxony. Art, History & Archaeology Sites & Museums. Although Saxony has monumental prehistoric structures that date to around the 5th century BC, it is better known for its medieval heritage. From the Duchy of Saxony, to an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire and then the Kingdom of Saxony. Art and culture, castles and palaces as well as crafts ...
History. The geographic concept of Saxony has undergone great shifts and has acquired many meanings in the past 15 centuries. The land of the Saxons, Saxony was in Frankish times roughly the area in NW Germany between the Elbe and Ems rivers; it also included part of S Jutland. (This area corresponds in part to the state of Lower Saxony ...
The Free State of Saxony is located in central east Germany, it is the easternmost federal state of the country. It shares international borders with, (from the east and clockwise), Poland, and the Czech Republic and borders within Germany the federal states of Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
