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Geography
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Rivers and lakes: Black Elster, Elbe, Mulde, Spree, Lusatian Neisse, White Elster

Landscapes and natural regions: Dresden Basin, Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Leipzig Bay, Ore Mountains (Eastern Ore Mountains, Western Ore Mountains), Saxon Elbeland, Saxon Switzerland, Upper Lusatia, Vogtland, Zittau Mountains, List of landscapes in Saxony, Natural regions of Saxony

Mountains and hills: Fichtelberg (Ore Mountains), List of mountains in Saxony

Conservation: Děčín Weir, Düben Heath Nature Park, Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park, Saxon Switzerland National Park

Districts and free cities/towns: Bautzen, Chemnitz (free city), Dresden (free city), Erzgebirgskreis, Görlitz, Leipzig (free city), Leipzig, Meißen, Mittelsachsen, Nordsachsen, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Vogtlandkreis, Zwickau

Cities and towns: Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz, Zwickau, Plauen, Görlitz, Freiberg, Bautzen, Hoyerswerda, Pirna, Riesa, Radebeul, Meißen, Zittau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Aue, Löbau, Bischofswerda, Rochlitz, Stolpen

Regions and areas: Saxon triangle


Culture and History

History: History of Saxony Limes Sorabicus, Wends, Sorbs, Dolomici, Milceni, Bavarian Geographer, Saxony, The Reformation, Monday demonstrations, 100-year flood, Battle of Leipzig

Politics: Kurt Biedenkopf, Georg Milbradt, Stanislaw Tillich, Wolfgang Tiefensee, List of Ministers-President of Saxony, Saxony Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

Education and science: University of Leipzig, Dresden University of Technology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Thomasschule zu Leipzig, Georgius Agricola, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Friedrich List, Wilhelm Ostwald, Ferdinand Reich, Adam Ries, Werner Heisenberg

Literature, theatre and film: Sachsenspiegel, 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

Fine arts and architecture: Werner Tübke, George Bähr, Canaletto, Caspar David Friedrich, Gottfried Semper, Heinrich Zille, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Lucas Cranach, Georg Baselitz, Gerhard Richter, Die Brücke

Music and Dance: Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Draeseke, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Georg Philipp Telemann, Richard Wagner, Carl Maria von Weber, Kurt Masur, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Die Prinzen, De Randfichten, Renft, Gret Palucca

Religion: Martin Luther, Reformation Day, Thomaskirche (Leipzig), Thomas Müntzer, Moravian Church, Jakob Böhme, Christian Führer, Dresden Frauenkirche, St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig, Zum Friedefürsten church

Media: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Freie Presse, Sächsische Zeitung

Cuisine: Blinsen, Eierschecke, Getzen, Gose, Leipziger Allerlei, Leipziger Lerche, Quarkkeulchen, Saxon cuisine

Language: Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect, Erzgebirgisch, East Franconian German, Sorbian languages

Sport: Dresdner Eislöwen, Lausitzer Füchse, FC Erzgebirge Aue, FC Sachsen Leipzig, VfB Leipzig, Dynamo Dresden, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, Katarina Witt, Dresden Monarchs, Chemnitzer FC, FSV Zwickau

Other personalities: Kunz von Kaufungen, Rudolf Bromme


Economy and Tourism

Tourism: Augustusburg Hunting Lodge, Colditz Castle, Königstein Fortress, Moritzburg Castle, Bastei rocks, Fichtelberg (Ore Mountains) mountain, German Avenue Road, Sachsenring

Transport: Dresden Airport, Dresden Central Station (Hbf.), Dresden S-Bahn, Elbe Cycle Route, Elster Valley Railway, Fichtelberg Railway, Leipzig/Halle Airport, Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn, Leipzig Central Station (Hbf.), Narrow gauge railways in Saxony, Saxon-Franconian trunk line, VVO, Vogtlandbahn, Weisseritz Valley Railway

Trade fairs: Leipziger Messe, Auto Mobil International, Games Convention

Mining: Berggeschrey in the Ore Mountains, Frohnauer Hammer, List of mines in Germany, Saxon Mining Office, Show mines

see also Category:Bergbau (Saxony)

Companies, businessmen and inventors: VW, Globalfoundries, Infineon, MZ, DKW, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, A. Lange & Söhne, Newtron, Anton Philipp Reclam, Johann Andreas Schubert, Barbara Uthmann

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Towns and villages in Saxony - List of rivers in Saxony - Sächsisches Elbland - List of nature reserves in Saxony - List of protected landscapes in Saxony - List of mining towns - Stadtfarben - List of historic and important squares and roads in Saxony - Dresden Metropolitan Area - Chemnitz-Zwickau Metropolitan Area - Leipzig-Halle Metropolitan Area - Besunzane - History of the town of Chemnitz - History of Dresden - Sächsische Landesausstellung - Land Budissin - Saxon postal milestones - Gallery of Saxon postal milestones - Exulant - History of violin-making in Klingenthal - History of the town of Aue - History of the city of Leipzig - Erste Kursächsische Landesaufnahme - Educational history of Saxony - Colleges in Saxony - Saxon Academy of Science - Sorbische Schulpolitik - Kirche Zum Friedefürsten (Klingenthal) - Dresden Stollen - Meißner Fummel - Blinsen - Sächsisch - Lusatian dialects - Day of Saxony - List of roads in Saxony - Saxon Wine Road - Silver Road (Saxony) - Central German Brown Coal Route - Muldentalradwanderweg - List of railways in Saxony - MDV - ZVON - VMS - VVV - Cross-border mining education path - Rothschönberger Stolln - Rochlitz Castle

Geography and nature Mothäuser Heide - Natzschungtal - Flöhatal - Grünbach (stream) - Elbtalschiefergebiet

Communication routes, places and regions Diesbar Seußlitz (Nünchritz)

Personalities Gustav Willkomm - Johannes Fürchtegott Jonathan Pache - Carl August von Metzrad

Languages/dialects Südostmeißnisch - Südmeißnisch - Westerzgebirgisch - Osterzgebirgisch - Westlausitzisch - Neulausitzisch more...

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