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font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Prussia" title="Provinces of Prussia">Province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category">1816–1944</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flagge_Preu%C3%9Fen_-_Provinz_Sachsen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Saxony, Province"><img alt="Flag of Saxony, Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flagge_Preu%C3%9Fen_-_Provinz_Sachsen.svg/125px-Flagge_Preu%C3%9Fen_-_Provinz_Sachsen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flagge_Preu%C3%9Fen_-_Provinz_Sachsen.svg/188px-Flagge_Preu%C3%9Fen_-_Provinz_Sachsen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flagge_Preu%C3%9Fen_-_Provinz_Sachsen.svg/250px-Flagge_Preu%C3%9Fen_-_Provinz_Sachsen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div>Flag</div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Province_of_Saxony.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Saxony, Province"><img alt="Coat of arms of Saxony, Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Coat_of_Arms_of_Province_of_Saxony.svg/85px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Province_of_Saxony.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Coat_of_Arms_of_Province_of_Saxony.svg/128px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Province_of_Saxony.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Coat_of_Arms_of_Province_of_Saxony.svg/170px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Province_of_Saxony.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="571" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony" title="Coat of arms of Saxony">Coat of arms</a></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:German_Empire_-_Prussia_-_Saxony_(1871).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/German_Empire_-_Prussia_-_Saxony_%281871%29.svg/220px-German_Empire_-_Prussia_-_Saxony_%281871%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/German_Empire_-_Prussia_-_Saxony_%281871%29.svg/330px-German_Empire_-_Prussia_-_Saxony_%281871%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/German_Empire_-_Prussia_-_Saxony_%281871%29.svg/440px-German_Empire_-_Prussia_-_Saxony_%281871%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="818" /></a></span><br />Saxony (red), within the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> (white), within the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Province_of_Saxony&params=52_8_N_11_37_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°8′N</span> <span class="longitude">11°37′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.133°N 11.617°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.133; 11.617</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">  </td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-former-subdiv-fake-li">• 1939</div></th><td class="infobox-data">25,529 km<sup>2</sup> (9,857 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1816 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,197,053</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1905 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,978,679</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1939 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,662,546</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1816</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Disestablished </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1944</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magdeburg_(region)" title="Magdeburg (region)">Magdeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merseburg_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Merseburg (region) (page does not exist)">Merseburg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erfurt_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erfurt (region) (page does not exist)">Erfurt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Magdeburg" title="Duchy of Magdeburg">Duchy of Magdeburg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Altmark" title="Altmark">Altmark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Mainz" title="Electorate of Mainz">Electorate of Mainz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saxony" title="Kingdom of Saxony">Kingdom of Saxony</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Halle-Merseburg" title="Province of Halle-Merseburg">Province of Halle-Merseburg</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Magdeburg" title="Province of Magdeburg">Province of Magdeburg</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Province of Saxony</b> (German: <i lang="de">Provinz Sachsen</i>), also known as <b>Prussian Saxony</b> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Preußisches Sachsen</i></span>), was a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Prussia" title="Provinces of Prussia">province</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Prussia" title="Free State of Prussia">Free State of Prussia</a> from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a>. </p><p>It was formed by the merger of various territories ceded or returned to Prussia in 1815 by the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a>: most of the former northern territories of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saxony" title="Kingdom of Saxony">Kingdom of Saxony</a> (the remainder of which became part of <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Brandenburg" title="Province of Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a> or <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Silesia" title="Province of Silesia">Silesia</a>), the former French <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Erfurt" title="Principality of Erfurt">Principality of Erfurt</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Magdeburg" title="Duchy of Magdeburg">Duchy of Magdeburg</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Altmark" title="Altmark">Altmark</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Halberstadt" title="Principality of Halberstadt">Principality of Halberstadt</a>, and some other districts. </p><p>The province was bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hesse" title="Electorate of Hesse">Electorate of Hesse</a> (the province of <a href="/wiki/Hesse-Nassau" class="mw-redirect" title="Hesse-Nassau">Hesse-Nassau</a> after 1866), the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover" title="Kingdom of Hanover">Kingdom of Hanover</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Hanover" title="Province of Hanover">province of Hanover</a> after 1866) and the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brunswick" title="Duchy of Brunswick">Duchy of Brunswick</a> to the west, Hanover (again) to the north, Brandenburg to the north and east, Silesia to the south-east, and the <a href="/wiki/Rump_state" title="Rump state">rump</a> kingdom of Saxony and the small <a href="/wiki/Ernestine_duchies" title="Ernestine duchies">Ernestine duchies</a> to the south. Its shape was very irregular and it entirely surrounded enclaves of Brunswick and some of the Ernestine duchies. It also possessed several exclaves, and was almost entirely bisected by the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Anhalt" title="Duchy of Anhalt">Duchy of Anhalt</a> save for a small corridor of land around <a href="/wiki/Aschersleben" title="Aschersleben">Aschersleben</a> (which itself bisected Anhalt). The river <a href="/wiki/Havel" title="Havel">Havel</a> ran along the north-eastern border with Brandenburg north of <a href="/wiki/Plaue" title="Plaue">Plaue</a> but did not follow the border exactly. </p><p>The majority of the population was Protestant, with a Catholic minority (about 8% as of 1905) considered part of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Paderborn" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Paderborn">diocese of Paderborn</a>. The province sent 20 members to the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(German_Empire)" title="Reichstag (German Empire)">Reichstag</a> and 38 delegates to the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_House_of_Representatives" title="Prussian House of Representatives">Prussian House of Representatives</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Abgeordnetenhaus</i></span>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province was created in 1816 out of the following territories: </p> <ul><li>the Prussian lands which lay immediately to the (south-)west of the <a href="/wiki/Havel" title="Havel">Havel</a> river; those which lay beyond the <a href="/wiki/Elbe" title="Elbe">Elbe</a> – the <a href="/wiki/Altmark" title="Altmark">Altmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Halberstadt" title="Principality of Halberstadt">Principality of Halberstadt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stolberg-Wernigerode" title="Stolberg-Wernigerode">County of Wernigerode</a> and the western part of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Magdeburg" title="Duchy of Magdeburg">Duchy of Magdeburg</a> – had been part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Westphalia" title="Kingdom of Westphalia">Kingdom of Westphalia</a> from 1807 to 1813 but had since been regained</li> <li>territory gained from the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saxony" title="Kingdom of Saxony">Kingdom of Saxony</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig" title="Battle of Leipzig">Battle of Leipzig</a> in 1813 (confirmed in 1815): the towns and surrounding territories of <a href="/wiki/Wittenberg" title="Wittenberg">Wittenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merseburg" title="Merseburg">Merseburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naumburg" title="Naumburg">Naumburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mansfeld" title="Mansfeld">Mansfeld</a>, <a href="/wiki/Querfurt" title="Querfurt">Querfurt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/County_of_Henneberg" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Henneberg">Henneberg</a>; within the Kingdom of Saxony these had comprised: <ul><li>most of the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Circle" title="Electoral Circle">Wittenburg Circle</a> (excluding the far north around Belzig which was merged into Brandenburg)</li> <li>the northern parts of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meissen_Circle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meissen Circle (page does not exist)">Meissen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mei%C3%9Fner_Kreis" class="extiw" title="de:Meißner Kreis">de</a>]</span> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leipzig_Circle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leipzig Circle (page does not exist)">Leipzig</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipziger_Kreis" class="extiw" title="de:Leipziger Kreis">de</a>]</span> Circles</li> <li>the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thuringia_Circle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thuringia Circle (page does not exist)">Thuringia Circle</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%BCringer_Kreis" class="extiw" title="de:Thüringer Kreis">de</a>]</span></li> <li>a small part of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neustadt_Circle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neustadt Circle (page does not exist)">Neustadt Circle</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neust%C3%A4dtischer_Kreis" class="extiw" title="de:Neustädtischer Kreis">de</a>]</span> around <a href="/wiki/Ziegenr%C3%BCck" title="Ziegenrück">Ziegenrück</a>, which formed an exclave within Thuringia</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Stolberg-Stolberg" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Stolberg-Stolberg">County of Stolberg-Stolberg</a></li> <li>the Saxon parts of the former <a href="/wiki/County_of_Mansfeld" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Mansfeld">County of Mansfeld</a> (the remainder had been part of Magdeburg)</li> <li>part of the <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Weissenfels" title="Saxe-Weissenfels">Principality of Querfurt</a></li> <li>most of the Saxon portion of the former <a href="/wiki/County_of_Henneberg" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Henneberg">County of Henneberg</a> around <a href="/wiki/Suhl" title="Suhl">Suhl</a>, which formed a second Thuringian exclave</li> <li>the former bishoprics of <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Merseburg" title="Bishopric of Merseburg">Merseburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Naumburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Naumburg">Naumburg</a></li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Barby" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Barby">County of Barby</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafschaft_Barby" class="extiw" title="de:Grafschaft Barby">de</a>]</span>;</li></ul></li> <li>territory given to Prussia after the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichsdeputationshauptschluss" title="Reichsdeputationshauptschluss">Reichsdeputationshauptschluss</a></i></span>: lands around <a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a> (formerly directly subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_the_French" title="Emperor of the French">Emperor of the French</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Erfurt" title="Principality of Erfurt">Principality of Erfurt</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Eichsfeld" title="Eichsfeld">Eichsfeld</a> (formerly belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Archbishopric_of_Mainz" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishopric of Mainz">Archbishopric of Mainz</a>), the former imperial cities of <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BChlhausen" title="Mühlhausen">Mühlhausen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nordhausen,_Thuringia" title="Nordhausen, Thuringia">Nordhausen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Quedlinburg_Abbey" title="Quedlinburg Abbey">Quedlinburg Abbey</a>.</li> <li>several small territories which were former <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg">Hannovarian</a> enclaves within the Altmark, centred around <a href="/wiki/Kl%C3%B6tze" title="Klötze">Klötze</a>, and which had been part of the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813</li> <li>a small amount of territory on the left bank of the Havel that had previously belonged to <a href="/wiki/Anhalt-Dessau" title="Anhalt-Dessau">Anhalt-Dessau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Anhalt-Zerbst" title="Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst">Anhalt-Zerbst</a> before 1796)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_history">Later history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_preussische_Provinz_Sachsen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Wappen_preussische_Provinz_Sachsen.svg/150px-Wappen_preussische_Provinz_Sachsen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Wappen_preussische_Provinz_Sachsen.svg/225px-Wappen_preussische_Provinz_Sachsen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Wappen_preussische_Provinz_Sachsen.svg/300px-Wappen_preussische_Provinz_Sachsen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>The provincial arms as part of the <a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Prussia" title="Free State of Prussia">Free State of Prussia</a> after 1918.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Province of Saxony was one of the richest regions of Prussia, with highly developed agriculture and industry. In 1932, the province was enlarged with the addition of the regions around <a href="/wiki/Ilfeld" title="Ilfeld">Ilfeld</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elbingerode" title="Elbingerode">Elbingerode</a>, which had previously been part of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Hanover" title="Province of Hanover">Province of Hanover</a>. </p><p>On 1 July 1944, the Province of Saxony was divided along the lines of its three administrative regions. The Erfurt <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Regierungsbezirk</i></span> was merged with the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Herrschaft_(territory)" class="mw-redirect" title="Herrschaft (territory)">Herrschaft</a></i></span> <a href="/wiki/Schmalkalden" title="Schmalkalden">Schmalkalden</a> district of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Hesse-Nassau" title="Province of Hesse-Nassau">Province of Hesse-Nassau</a> and given to the state of <a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a>. The Magdeburg <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Regierungsbezirk</i></span> became the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Magdeburg" title="Province of Magdeburg">Province of Magdeburg</a>, and the Merseburg <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Regierungsbezirk</i></span> became the <a href="/wiki/Halle-Merseburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Halle-Merseburg">Province of Halle-Merseburg</a>. </p><p>In 1945, the Soviet military administration combined Magdeburg and Halle-Merseburg with the State of <a href="/wiki/Anhalt" class="mw-redirect" title="Anhalt">Anhalt</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt_(1945-1952)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxony-Anhalt (1945-1952)">Province of Saxony-Anhalt</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Halle,_Saxony-Anhalt" class="mw-redirect" title="Halle, Saxony-Anhalt">Halle</a> as its capital. The eastern part of the <a href="/wiki/Blankenburg_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blankenburg (district)">Blankenburg</a> exclave of <a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Brunswick" title="Free State of Brunswick">Brunswick</a> and the Thuringian exclave of <a href="/wiki/Allstedt" title="Allstedt">Allstedt</a> were also added to Saxony-Anhalt. In 1947, Saxony-Anhalt became a state. </p><p>The East German states, including Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, were abolished in 1952, but they were recreated as part of the <a href="/wiki/Reunification_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Reunification of Germany">reunification of Germany</a> in 1990 (with some slight border changes; in particular territories around <a href="/wiki/Torgau" title="Torgau">Torgau</a>, which were part of Saxony-Anhalt between 1945 and 1952, passed to <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a>) as modern <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">states of Germany</a>. </p><p>The borders of the old province of Saxony endured longest in the ecclesiastical sphere, since the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Church_Province_of_Saxony" title="Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony">Church Province of Saxony</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church" class="mw-disambig" title="Evangelical Church">Evangelical Church</a> remained in existence until 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 1944, the province of Saxony was divided into three <i><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Regierungsbezirk" title="Regierungsbezirk">Regierungsbezirke</a></i></span></i>. In 1945, only the provinces of Magdeburg and Halle-Merseburg were re-merged. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regierungsbezirk_Magdeburg"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg</i></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg_(region)" title="Magdeburg (region)">Magdeburg (region)</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Province_Saxony_(1815-1937).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Province_Saxony_%281815-1937%29.jpg/400px-Province_Saxony_%281815-1937%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Province_Saxony_%281815-1937%29.jpg/600px-Province_Saxony_%281815-1937%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Province_Saxony_%281815-1937%29.jpg/800px-Province_Saxony_%281815-1937%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2927" data-file-height="2279" /></a><figcaption>The Province of Saxony before 1918</figcaption></figure> <p>Urban districts (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Stadtkreis" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadtkreis">Stadtkreise</a></i></span>) </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Aschersleben" title="Aschersleben">Aschersleben</a> (1901–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burg_bei_Magdeburg" title="Burg bei Magdeburg">Burg bei Magdeburg</a> (1924–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halberstadt" title="Halberstadt">Halberstadt</a> (1817–1825 and 1891–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quedlinburg" title="Quedlinburg">Quedlinburg</a> (1911–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stendal" title="Stendal">Stendal</a> (1909–1950)</li></ol> <p>Rural districts (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Landkreis" class="mw-redirect" title="Landkreis">Landkreise</a></i></span>) </p> <ol><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Calbe_a./S._(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Calbe a./S. (district) (page does not exist)">Calbe a./S.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gardelegen_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gardelegen (district) (page does not exist)">Gardelegen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldensleben_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haldensleben (district)">Haldensleben</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerichow_I_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerichow I (district) (page does not exist)">Jerichow I</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerichow_II(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerichow II(district) (page does not exist)">Jerichow II</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oschersleben_(Bode)_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oschersleben (Bode) (district) (page does not exist)">Oschersleben (Bode)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Osterburg_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osterburg (district) (page does not exist)">Osterburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quedlinburg_(district)" title="Quedlinburg (district)">Quedlinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salzwedel_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salzwedel (district) (page does not exist)">Salzwedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stendal_(district)" title="Stendal (district)">Stendal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanzleben_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wanzleben (district) (page does not exist)">Wanzleben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wernigerode_(district)" title="Wernigerode (district)">Wernigerode</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolmirstedt_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wolmirstedt (district) (page does not exist)">Wolmirstedt</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regierungsbezirk_Merseburg"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Regierungsbezirk Merseburg</i></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Regierungsbezirk Merseburg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Urban districts (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Stadtkreis" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadtkreis">Stadtkreise</a></i></span>) </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Eisleben" title="Eisleben">Eisleben</a> (1908–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halle,_Saxony-Anhalt" class="mw-redirect" title="Halle, Saxony-Anhalt">Halle a. d. Saale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merseburg" title="Merseburg">Merseburg</a> (1921–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naumburg" title="Naumburg">Naumburg a. d. Saale</a> (1914–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fenfels" title="Weißenfels">Weißenfels</a> (1899–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wittenberg" title="Wittenberg">Wittenberg</a> (Lutherstadt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeitz" title="Zeitz">Zeitz</a> (1901–1950)</li></ol> <p>Rural districts (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Landkreis" class="mw-redirect" title="Landkreis">Landkreise</a></i></span>) </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Bitterfeld_(district)" title="Bitterfeld (district)">Bitterfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delitzsch_(district)" title="Delitzsch (district)">Delitzsch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eckartsberga_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eckartsberga (district) (page does not exist)">Eckartsberga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liebenwerda_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liebenwerda (district) (page does not exist)">Liebenwerda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mansfelder_Gebirgskreis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mansfelder Gebirgskreis (page does not exist)">Mansfelder Gebirgskreis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mansfelder_Seekreis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mansfelder Seekreis (page does not exist)">Mansfelder Seekreis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merseburg_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Merseburg (district) (page does not exist)">Merseburg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Querfurt_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Querfurt (district) (page does not exist)">Querfurt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saalkreis" title="Saalkreis">Saalkreis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangerhausen_(district)" title="Sangerhausen (district)">Sangerhausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Schweinitz_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Schweinitz (district) (page does not exist)">Schweinitz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torgau_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Torgau (district) (page does not exist)">Torgau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fenfels_(district)" title="Weißenfels (district)">Weißenfels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wittenberg_(district)" title="Wittenberg (district)">Wittenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeitz_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zeitz (district) (page does not exist)">Zeitz</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regierungsbezirk_Erfurt"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Regierungsbezirk Erfurt</i></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regierungsbezirk Erfurt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Urban districts (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Stadtkreis" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadtkreis">Stadtkreise</a></i></span>) </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a> (1816–18 and 1872–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BChlhausen" title="Mühlhausen">Mühlhausen</a> (1892–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordhausen_(district)" title="Nordhausen (district)">Nordhausen</a> (1882–1950)</li></ol> <p>Rural districts (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Landkreis" class="mw-redirect" title="Landkreis">Landkreise</a></i></span>) </p> <ol><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hohenstein_county&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hohenstein county (page does not exist)">Hohenstein county</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heiligenstadt_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heiligenstadt (district) (page does not exist)">Heiligenstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Langensalza_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Langensalza (district) (page does not exist)">Langensalza</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%BChlhausen_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mühlhausen (district) (page does not exist)">Mühlhausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Schleusingen_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Schleusingen (district) (page does not exist)">Schleusingen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wei%C3%9Fensee_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Weißensee (district) (page does not exist)">Weißensee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Worbis_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Worbis (district) (page does not exist)">Worbis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ziegenr%C3%BCck_(district)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ziegenrück (district) (page does not exist)">Ziegenrück</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_the_Province_of_Saxony" title="Category:People from the Province of Saxony">People from the Province of Saxony</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Province_of_Saxony&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen</i></span>, Magdeburg, 1900.</li> <li>Jacobs, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Geschichte der in der preussischen Provinz Sachsen vereinigten Gebiete</i></span>, Gotha, 1884.</li> <li><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Die Provinz Sachsen in Wort und Bild</i></span>, Berlin, 1900 (reprint: <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Naumburger Verlagsanstalt</i></span> 1990, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Bromberg" title="Treaty of Bromberg">1657</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Magdeburg" title="Duchy of Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1680)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_colonial_empire" title="German colonial empire">Colonies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brandenburger_Gold_Coast" title="Brandenburger Gold Coast">Gold Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arguin" title="Arguin">Arguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_(Brandenburg_colony)" title="Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony)">St. Thomas</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">After 1701</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1707)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prussian_Guelders" title="Prussian Guelders">Guelders</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Utrecht" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Utrecht">1713</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minden-Ravensberg" title="Minden-Ravensberg">Minden-Ravensberg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1719)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pomerania" title="Western Pomerania">Western Pomerania</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_Stockholm_(Great_Northern_War)" title="Treaties of Stockholm (Great Northern War)">1720</a> / 1815)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesia</a> / <a href="/wiki/County_of_Kladsko" title="County of Kladsko">Glatz</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Breslau" title="Treaty of Breslau">1742</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_East_Frisia" title="County of East Frisia">East Frisia</a> <span 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Prussia" title="Free State of Prussia">Territorial reforms<br />after 1918</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Lower_Silesia" title="Province of Lower Silesia">Lower</a> / <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Upper_Silesia" title="Province of Upper Silesia">Upper Silesia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">1919</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Berlin_Act" title="Greater Berlin Act">Greater Berlin</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1920)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posen-West_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Posen-West Prussia">Posen-West Prussia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1922)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halle-Merseburg" 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