Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Rohrberg.
Altmittweida is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
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.
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.
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Aland.
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.
Bördeaue is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Börnichen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Kaiserpfalz.
Burgstall, Saxony-Anhalt a gemeinde in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt.
Burkhardtsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
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).
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.
Esther Charlotte Emily Weisbrodt Francis, wife of Samuel Francis, was born June 24, 1836, in Turin, Italy, of German parentage, her parents coming from Saxony.
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.
Frankenberg (also: Frankenberg/Sa.) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Friedersdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt
Keller spent his childhood and youth working for his father as a weaver and leaf-binder in Hainichen, Saxony (north-eastern Germany).
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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.
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Petersberg.
He was born in Kleinbobritzsch (now a part of Frauenstein, Saxony) as the youngest son of the carpenter Michael Silbermann.
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.
Großhartmannsdorf is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Großrückerswalde is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, 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.
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.
Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.
Hartmannsdorf (Hartmannsdorf bei Chemnitz) is a small municipality in the district Mittweida, Free State of Saxony, Germany, near the town Chemnitz.
Heidersdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
His fortune including large palaces at Pförten (present-day Brody), Oberlichtenau and Wachau-Seifersdorf was found to amount to a million and a half talers, and was sequestered but afterwards restored to his family.
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 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.
In March 1935, he again was arrested for attempted high treason, tortured and put in solitary confinement for six years at Waldheim jail.
Jahnsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Jochen Sachse (born 2 October 1948 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is an East German former athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.
Königsfeld 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.
Kriebstein is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Lauter, Saxony, town in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany
It was formed on 1 January 2013 by the merger of the former town Lauter and municipality Bernsbach.
Lichtenau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Lichtenberg is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, 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.
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Low Lusatian German (in German: Niederlausitzer Mundart (also English: Low Lusatian Dialect)) is a variety of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg within the regions of Lower Lusatia (Cottbus) and the northern part of Upper Lusatia (Hoyerswerda).
Malschwitz, Sorbian Malešecy, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
The station has lost its importance for long-distance services, but still forms a central interchange for northern Bavaria, Saxony and western Bohemia.
Mittelherwigsdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Neschwitz, Sorbian Njeswačidło, is a municipality in the east of 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.
Ostrau, Saxony, a municipality in the district of Döbeln, Saxony, Germany
Ostrau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony in Germany.
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).
Raschau-Markersbach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany.
Reinsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Wallhausen.
Rosenbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Rossau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Rotenburg an der Wümme (until May 1969: Rotenburg in Hannover) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
This had been necessary, after the private firm, the Chemnitz-Riesa Railway Company, had gone bankrupt due to the cost of structures needed between Waldheim und Döbeln.
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 is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Seeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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.
The river has its source as Wolfsbach in the crest regions of the Saxon Vogtland, between Schöneck and Kottenheide.
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.
Thermalbad Wiesenbad is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
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 September 2010, it is part of the municipality Aland.
It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Wust and Fischbeck.
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.
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.
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This marriage allied Saxony not only to a royal house of Scandinavia, but also to the north state of Schleswig-Holstein which was ruled by Anna’s uncle, Adolf (reign 1544-1586).
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.
Braschwitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, 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).
Cörmigk is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Dietersdorf is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Eggersdorf is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Elbe-Saale was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen is a German association football club from the industrial city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen in southern Saxony-Anhalt.
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
Gröningen Priory (Kloster Gröningen) was a house of the Benedictine Order located west of Gröningen in Saxony-Anhalt in 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 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.
He left Paris and was a captain in the 1813 Saxony campaign, assisting at the battles of Lützen and Bautzen (at the latter he was decorated personally by Napoleon).
His search for a sponsor and printer then took him to Bohemia, Saxony and Prussia.
Josef Zwernemann was born on 26 March 1916 in Kirchworbis in the Province of Saxony.
Klobikau is a former municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Wiederau, part of Königshain-Wiederau, is the birthplace of Clara Zetkin.
Latdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
At the beginning of the First World War he was serving with the 15th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony" at the Western Front and was involved in September 1914 fighting in Lorraine and around St Quentin as commander of a machine gun platoon.
Mehringen is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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 is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, 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
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Pretzsch, Burgenlandkreis, a community in the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Joseph Maria Frederick Wilhelm of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duke in Saxony (5 October 1702 – Hildburghausen, 4 January 1787), was an Austrian General and Field Marshal.
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.
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.
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.
Tornau vor der Heide, a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Treaty of Versailles (1757), expansion of 1756 Versailles treaty to Saxony, Sweden and Russia; see Diplomatic Revolution
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.
Wedlitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Wohlsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Wust, Saxony-Anhalt, a village in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany