Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of the Czech Republic and Poland. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 18,450 square kilometres (7,124 sq mi), and the seventh most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. Together with Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, Saxony is one of the three states commonly associated with Central Germany.
- Country
- Germany
- Inception
- October 3, 1990, November 10, 1918
- Website
- https://www.sachsen.de/