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In 1871, Saxony was incorporated into the German Empire and more voting rights were gradually extended. By the early 1900s, Saxony's local politics had settled into a niche in which Social Democrats, Conservatives, and National Liberals were splitting the share of votes and Landtag seats three ways. (In 1909: Social Democrats won 27% of seats ...
The Kingdom of Saxony was the fifth state of the German Empire in area and third in population; in 1905 the average population per square mile was 778.8. Saxony was the most densely peopled state of the empire, and indeed of all Europe; the reason was the very large immigration on account of the development of manufactures.
Saxony has a long history as a duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire (the Electorate of Saxony), and finally as a kingdom (the Kingdom of Saxony).In 1918, after Germany's defeat in World War I, its monarchy was overthrown and a republican form of government was established under the current name.
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356 to 1806 initially centred on Wittenberg that came to include areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
A map of by Louis Delarochette, titled Map of the Empire of Germany: Including All the States Comprehended Under that Name with the Kingdom of Prussia, 1782 CE From 1763, against resistance from the nobility and citizenry, an " enlightened absolutism " was established in Prussia and Austria, according to which the ruler was to be "the first ...
Saxony (Sachsen) Dresden: Grand Duchies (Großherzogtümer) Hesse (Hessen) (Only Upper Hesse, the province north of the river Main) Giessen: Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Schwerin: Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Neustrelitz: Oldenburg: Oldenburg: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) Weimar: Duchies (Herzogtümer) Anhalt: Dessau: Brunswick ...
Improved Denmark based on "File:2 digit postcode danmark.png". Improved Sweden based on "File:Map of Sweden, CIA, 1996.jpg" 2011-04-08T15:53:07Z Alphathon 680x520 (438878 Bytes) Upgraded/fixed various parts of the map. Details: *Some minor fixes to Ireland and added some of the larger lakes based on [[:File:Ireland_trad_counties_named.svg ...
Old Saxony was the homeland of the Saxons during the Early Middle Ages. It corresponds roughly to the modern German states of Lower Saxony , eastern part of modern North Rhine-Westphalia state ( Westphalia ), Nordalbingia ( Holstein , southern part of Schleswig-Holstein ) and western Saxony-Anhalt ( Eastphalia ), which all lie in northwestern ...