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Saxony Portal
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Welcome to the Saxony portal! This portal provides all those interested with access to articles on the geography, history, culture, politics and economy of Saxony. The Free State of Saxony (Upper Sorbian Swobodny stat Sakska), is a state in the east of the Federal Republic of Germany. The state, which was newly founded in 1990, is known as the "Free State" (Freistaat) of Saxony, free state being an older term for republic, as it was from 1919 to 1933 as a member of the Weimar Republic. The state capital is Dresden.

Culture and Art

Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

Literature, theatre and film: Sachsenspiegel · Theodor Körner · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Friedrich Schiller · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Faust I · Stefan Heym · Johann Gottfried Seume · Karl May · Erich Kästner · Jurij Brězan · Johann Gottlieb Fichte · Friederike Caroline Neuber · Gert Fröbe

Visual Arts and Architecture: Werner Tübke · George Bähr · Canaletto · Caspar David Friedrich · Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann · Ernst Rietschel · Gottfried Semper · Heinrich Zille · Fritz Bleyl · Max Pechstein · Lucas Cranach · · Die Brücke · Georg Baselitz · Gerhard Richter · Fritz von Uhde

Music and Dance: Johann Sebastian Bach · Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy · Felix Draeseke · Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra · Gret Palucca · Polarkreis 18 · Die Prinzen · De Randfichten · MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra · Renft · Robert Schumann · Silbermond · Stern Meißen · Georg Philipp Telemann · Thomanerchor · Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler · Dresdner Kreuzchor · Kurt Masur · MDR Musiksommer · Richard Wagner · Carl Maria von Weber

Religion: Martin Luther · Reformation Day · Buß- und Bettag · St. Thomas Church, Leipzig · St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig · Thomas Müntzer · Moravian Church · Jakob Böhme · Frauenkirche, Dresden · Church of the Prince of Peace, Klingenthal · Christian Führer · Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine · St. Peter's Cathedral, Bautzen

Cuisine: Saxon cuisine · Leipziger Allerlei · Stollen · Leipziger Lerche · Getzen · Quarkkeulchen · Eierschecke

Language: Upper Saxon German · Thuringian dialect · Lusatian language · East Franconian German · Erzgebirgisch · Sorbian languages

Other personalities: Countess Cosel · Kunz von Kaufungen · Rudolf Bromme

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Sister projects:

  • BERJAYA Portal:Saxony at Wikinews
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  • Wiktionary logo The dictionary definition of Saxony at Wiktionary
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Saxon sub-portals:
Ore Mountains