historical region of Saxony

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The historical region of Saxony is a former central European territory that formed the core of the medieval Duchy and later Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony, now largely part of modern eastern Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former political territory
historical region
associatedWithDynasty House of Wettin
Liudolfing dynasty
borders historical region of Bohemia
historical region of Brandenburg
historical region of Franconia
historical region of Silesia
historical region of Thuringia
coreOf Duchy of Saxony
Electorate of Saxony
Kingdom of Saxony
country Holy Roman Empire
hasCity Chemnitz
Dresden
Görlitz
Halle (Saale)
Leipzig
Magdeburg
Meissen
Torgau
Wittenberg
Zwickau
historicalCapital Dresden
Leipzig
Meissen
linked to: Meißen

Torgau
Wittenberg
historicalEra 19th century
Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
historicalLanguage Middle Low German
Old Saxon
language German
locatedIn Central Europe
eastern Germany
notableEvent Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation
notablePerson Augustus the Strong
Frederick the Wise
Martin Luther
partOf East Francia
German Confederation
German Empire
Holy Roman Empire
North German Confederation
presentIn federal state of Brandenburg
linked to: Brandenburg

federal state of Lower Saxony
linked to: Lower Saxony

federal state of Saxony
federal state of Saxony-Anhalt
linked to: Saxony-Anhalt

federal state of Thuringia
linked to: Thuringia
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
traversedBy Elbe River
linked to: Elbe

Mulde River
linked to: River Mulde

Saale River
linked to: Saale

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Lützen locatedIn historical region of Saxony