Saxony

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Free State of SaxonyFreistaat SachsenSwobodny Stata Sakska

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State Service Flag

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Civil Flag

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Statistics

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Capital:Dresden

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Area:18,413 km?

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Inhabitants:4,300,000 (2004)

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pop. density:234 inh./km?

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Website:sachsen.de

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ISO 3166-2:DE-SN

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Politics

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Minister-president:Georg Milbradt (CDU)

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Ruling party:CDU/SPD

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Map

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With an area of 18,413 km? and a population of 4.3 million, the Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is the tenth-largest in area but sixth in population among Germany's sixteen federal states. Re-established upon Germany's reunification in 1990, it occupies the approximate area of the former kingdom (until 1918) of the same name. Dresden serves as the capital city.

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In the early Middle Ages the term Saxony referred to a different region, occupying today's states of Lower Saxony and Bremen and the northern (Westphalian) part of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Saxons had migrated there from the area of present-day Schleswig-Holstein between 250 AD and 500 AD. See the history section below.

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Minister-president: A minister-president is the head of government in a number of European countries, and is alternative term for prime minister or first minister....

Georg Milbradt: Georg Milbradt (born 23 February 1945 in Eslohe) is a German politician (CDU). He was the Minister-president of the Free State of Saxony from 2002 to 2008....

CDU: CDU as a three-letter abbreviation can refer to:...

Saxony related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Arrival of Princess Amelia of Saxony in a Carriage at the Doge's Palace	Maria Antonia Princess of Saxony	Louis XIV (1638-1715) Welcomes the Elector of Saxony Frederick Augustus II (1670-1733)	Johann George I Elector of Saxony
Marechal de Saxe Moritz Count of Saxony	Forges and Steelworks at Freiberg Saxony	Portrait of a Girl of the Staude Family School of Saxony 1645