The battalion was present at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April, halting its advance that week – after elements had pushed as far forward as Tannenberg, on the Czech border – to be deployed in Zeitz as a garrison unit until the end of the war, some weeks later.
Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Rohrberg.
Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863, Waldenburg, Saxony - 25 July 1949) was a horticulturist and taxonomist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
Ernst Lothar Hoffmann was born in Waldheim, Germany, the son of a German father and a Bolivian mother.
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.
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Aland.
Bärenstein is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Bellingen, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Blankenheim, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in eastern Germany, part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn.
Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf is a municipality in the Mittelsachsen district of Saxony, Germany, created with effect from 1 January 2012 by the merger of Bobritzsch and Hilbersdorf.
Börnichen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Brücken, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt
Burgstall, Saxony-Anhalt a gemeinde in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt.
Burkhardtsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Claußnitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany.
In June 2007, 20 disabled soldiers visited the town Schönebeck in Saxony-Anhalt.
Doberschau-Gaußig (Sorbian Dobruša-Huska) is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
Dorfchemnitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Elend, Saxony-Anhalt, a village at the foot of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz in central Germany
On 24 January 1716 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Eleonore Wilhelmine married for the second time, to Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach (1688-1748).
On August 3 of that year Emmanuel Lebrecht assigned his wife the castle, city, and bailiwick of Nienburg as dowage for life and made her "tutrix and regent" in case of the minority of his successor, with the full approval of the agnates.
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When Emmanuel Lebrecht was still a young prince, he fell in love with Gisela Agnes of Rath (b. Klein-Wülknitz near Köthen, 9 October 1669 - d. Nienburg, 12 March 1740), of an old noble family of Anhalt.
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Nonetheless, Gisela Agnes was created Imperial Countess of Nienburg (German: Reichsgräfin von Nienburg) on 23 July 1694.
Eppendorf, Saxony, a German town in the Freiberg district in Saxony
When Aufrecht moved AMG to larger premises in Affalterbach, Melcher left the company to work independently in Burgstall.
Frankenberg (also: Frankenberg/Sa.) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Friedrich Gottlob Keller (born June 27, 1816 in Hainichen, Saxony – died September 8, 1895 in Krippen, Saxony) was a German machinist and inventor, who (at the same time as Charles Fenerty) invented the wood pulp process for the use in papermaking.
Gelenau is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Georg Feig was born on 27 February 1899, in the town of Annaberg in Saxony, Germany to Karl and Mina Feig.
Giersleben is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
In 1699, Emmanuel Lebrecht gave her the castle, city and district of Nienburg as a personal possession for life.
Gornsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town of Arnstein.
Großdubrau, in Sorbian Wulka Dubrawa, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
Großweitzschen is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Hainichen concentration camp is a concentration camp at Öderanstrasse in Hainichen, Saxony, formed on April 4, 1933 by order of Amtshauptmann Döbeln.
The title includes the Ostfriesen ("East Friesian") and Alt-Oldenburger ("Old-Oldenburger"), Groningen, and similar horses from Silesia, Saxony-Thuringia, and Bavaria.
Heidersdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
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.
Since 31 December 2012, it is part of the municipality Klingenberg.
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.
Jahnsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
His search for a sponsor and printer then took him to Bohemia, Saxony and Prussia.
Jochen Sachse (born 2 October 1948 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is an East German former athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.
Through the good offices of Reinhard, he became pastor of Schneeberg in Saxony (1807).
A group of Franciscan brothers from Saxony purchased the land from the owner of a castle in the southern Limburg region of the Netherlands.
Königsfeld is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Königshain-Wiederau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Born in Hainichen, Zdarsa was ordained to the priesthood on March 16, 1974, serving in Dresden-Meißen.
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Petersberg.
Lauter, Saxony, town in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany
Leutersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Lichtenau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Lichtenberg is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Losse, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal, Germany
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.
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.
Max Seydewitz (December 19, 1892 — February 8, 1987) was a German politician (SPD, SAPD and SED) and Minister-President Saxony in East Germany).
Mittelherwigsdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Mochau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Neschwitz, Sorbian Njeswačidło, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
Neukirchen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Niederwiesa is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
When the Russian army entered Saxony, Raevsky was forced to return to Russia because of his poor health.
Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg was born in 1772 at Oberwiederstedt manor (now part of Arnstein, Saxony-Anhalt), in the Harz mountains.
Oberschöna is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Ostrau, Saxony, a municipality in the district of Döbeln, Saxony, Germany
Pfaffroda is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
He lived until his death on 10 March 1689 with his old friend Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Schneeberg.
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.
When permanently present in sight of prisoners, it was thought to act as a deterrent against bad behaviour, especially when each prisoner had been subjected to a "welcome beating" on arrival, as in 18th-century Waldheim in Saxony (12, 18 or 24 whip lashes on the bare posterior tied to a pole in the castle courtyard, or by birch rod over the "bock", a bench in the corner).
Plötzkau is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Raschau-Markersbach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany.
Reinsberg is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Reinsdorf, Saxony, a municipality in the district Zwickauer Land, Saxony, Germany
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Reinsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
After the end of the First World War on 10 November 1918 by Hermann Fleißner was in the circus Sarrasani Call Out the Free State of Saxony, Lipinski was from 15 November 1918 to 16 January 1919 Lipinski was people's deputy and chairman of the Council of People's Representatives (equivalent to today's first democratic parliament) and he is was the first democratic prime minister in Saxony.
Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Wallhausen.
Rohrberg, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Rosenbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Rossau, Saxony, a municipality in the district of Mittweida, Saxony, Germany
Rossau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Schönau-Berzdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Schönbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Schöneck (also: Schöneck/Vogtl.) is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Seeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Striegistal is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
After a hearing before an Ort-Uschla in Saxony, expulsion was ordered for an SA man, but his SA commander disagreed with the decision and claimed that the tribunal had no jurisdiction over SA men performing their functions in the line of duty.
Ute Hommola (born January 20, 1952 in Weißenborn, Saxony) is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the women's javelin throw event.
Veit Hans Schnorr (15 March 1644, Schneeberg, Saxony - 26 January 1715, Schneeberg) was a German iron and cobalt magnate.
He believed himself at different times the King of Saxony, the Duke of Luxembourg, and the King of Poland.
Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town Arnstein.
Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, the dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling families of the United Kingdom and Belgium.
Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Kaiserpfalz.
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.
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Zettlitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Zschaitz-Ottewig is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
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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.
During this period he edited, in collaboration with N. F. S. Grundtvig, the Theologisk Maanedskrift (13 vols., 1825 sqq.), and in 1829 was called to the pastorate of Glauchau, Saxony, where he powerfully aided religious awakening and revolt against the rationalism of the period, though at the same time he opposed any formal separation from the Lutheran Church.
Borstendorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
It was first described in 1868 for a sample from a hydrothermal nickel-uranium vein from Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany and named for German chemist Robert William Eberhard Bunsen (1811–1899).
Finely crystallized specimens have been obtained from the Friedrichssegen mine in Lahnstein near Nassau, Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Mies in Bohemia, Phoenixville in Pennsylvania, Broken Hill, New South Wales; and several other localities.
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.
Dietersdorf is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Dornstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Ebersbach, Mittelsachsen, a municipality in the Mittelsachsen district, Saxony
Eggersdorf is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Von Tschirnhaus was born in Kieslingswalde (now Sławnikowice in western Poland) and died in Dresden, Saxony.
Elbe-Saale was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
It was a relatively late entrant to the group of porcelain factories set up in Europe as the secrets of the techniques developed by Johann Friedrich Böttger for the Meissen factory in Saxony (established in 1710) gradually leaked out.
Glasebach Pit, a mining museum in the Lower Harz, Saxony-Anhalt
Götschetal is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Hakeborn is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Hedersleben is a municipality in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
In May 1559 the brothers had to pledge the Lordships of Plauen and Oelsnitz and the district of Schöneck to Elector August of Saxony.
In the mid-1990s, the remaining section of the line, which connected Reichenbach and Zwickau to Adorf and Klingenthal, was selected by the state of Saxony as a pilot project for the revitalisation of endangered branch lines.
Horburg-Maßlau is village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Josef Zwernemann was born on 26 March 1916 in Kirchworbis in the Province of Saxony.
Wiederau, part of Königshain-Wiederau, is the birthplace of Clara Zetkin.
After the Fall of the Wall his family moved from Berlin to Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt where he founded his first band Kerosin together with his brother Hanno Koffler in 1994.
M. Shultz was a descendant of the German sculptor, the Danish royal medallist Anton Schultz (Anton Schultz — Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Hamburg, Denmark, XVII–XVIII cc.) who carried out orders the Russian Court as early as Copenhagen, and arrived at the service in Russia with Peter the Great.
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.
Niederwürschnitz is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
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.
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.
Pretzsch, Wittenberg, a community in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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.
Keiser was born in Teuchern (in present-day Saxony-Anhalt), son of the organist and teacher Gottfried Keiser (born about 1650), and educated by other organists in the town and then from age eleven at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where his teachers included Johann Schelle and Johann Kuhnau, direct predecessors of Johann Sebastian Bach.
At the end of 2013, the ongoing full electrification of the railway line Leipzig-Hof (as part of Saxony-Franken-Magistrale) south of Reichenbach im Vogtland was completed.
In his new position of Duke of Saxony he held the Land of Hadeln around Otterndorf, south of the river Elbe right opposite of Ditmarsh on the north bank.
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (24 January 1853, Rhaunen, Rhine Province – 4 January 1931, Dresden, Saxony) was a German psychiatrist born in Rhaunen.
Men and women of all ages and even children were murdered at Sonnenstein, including those from the Katharinenhof in Saxony's Großhennersdorf and from the Chemnitz-Altendorf State Institute.
Steuden is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Waldhufendörfer and Hagenhufendörfer are especially common in the Ore Mountains and their foreland as well as in East Saxony, the Sudeten and the Beskids, as well as the Thuringian Forest, Fichtelgebirge, Bavarian Forest, Bohemian Forest, Spessart, Odenwald, Westrich, North Black Forest and Nordvorpommern.
Wallendorf is a village and a former municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Wallstawe is a municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936 in Dürrhennersdorf, Upper Lusatia) is a German politician (CDU) and former Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011.