Incorporated into the Saxon army during the reign of Wettin dynasty in Poland, in 1764 it became part of the Polish-Lithuanian Army.
The battalion was present at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April, halting its advance that week – after elements had pushed as far forward as Tannenberg, on the Czech border – to be deployed in Zeitz as a garrison unit until the end of the war, some weeks later.
Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863, Waldenburg, Saxony - 25 July 1949) was a horticulturist and taxonomist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
In 1831 Odyniec settled in Dresden, in Saxony, where he translated works by Walter Scott, Byron and Thomas Moore, co-edited a "Library of Polish Classics," and wrote for Przyjaciel Ludu (The Friend of the People), published in Leszno.
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Aland.
Bärenstein is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Rohrberg.
Blankenheim, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in eastern Germany, part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn.
Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf is a municipality in the Mittelsachsen district of Saxony, Germany, created with effect from 1 January 2012 by the merger of Bobritzsch and Hilbersdorf.
Börnichen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Borstendorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Brücken, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt
Burgstall, Saxony-Anhalt a gemeinde in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt.
Burkhardtsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Claußnitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany.
Crottendorf is a municipality located in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Doberschau-Gaußig (Sorbian Dobruša-Huska) is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
Dorfchemnitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel (born 8 April 1943 in Altenhain) is a former German footballer.
On August 3 of that year Emmanuel Lebrecht assigned his wife the castle, city, and bailiwick of Nienburg as dowage for life and made her "tutrix and regent" in case of the minority of his successor, with the full approval of the agnates.
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When Emmanuel Lebrecht was still a young prince, he fell in love with Gisela Agnes of Rath (b. Klein-Wülknitz near Köthen, 9 October 1669 - d. Nienburg, 12 March 1740), of an old noble family of Anhalt.
1678 in Villecerf, in the Province of Champagne (now commune of Messon in the French departement of Aube) and died the died April 29, 1727 in Dresden, Duchy of Saxony (now federal state of Saxony, Germany) is a French sculptor who spent more of his proeminent artistic life in Dresden where he was the First sculptor of the King Augustus II the Strong.
Frankenberg (also: Frankenberg/Sa.) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Friedrich August von Schönberg (Tannenberg, June 12, 1795 – Dresden, April 5, 1856), Lord of Weningen-Auma, Zodelsdorf and Silberfeld, was a German Nobleman.
Keller spent his childhood and youth working for his father as a weaver and leaf-binder in Hainichen, Saxony (north-eastern Germany).
Gelenau is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Georg Feig was born on 27 February 1899, in the town of Annaberg in Saxony, Germany to Karl and Mina Feig.
In 1699, Emmanuel Lebrecht gave her the castle, city and district of Nienburg as a personal possession for life.
Gornsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Petersberg.
Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town of Arnstein.
Gröningen Priory (Kloster Gröningen) was a house of the Benedictine Order located west of Gröningen in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.
Großdubrau, in Sorbian Wulka Dubrawa, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
Großhartmannsdorf is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Unlike the people of the better known and bigger city of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, who call themselves Hallenser in German, the inhabitants here call themselves simply Haller, following the usual German rule for formulating nouns denoting a particular place’s inhabitants.
Halsbrücke is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
On several narrow gauge railways in Saxony, numerous vehicles with Heberlein systems can still be seen.
Heidersdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
In May 1559 the brothers had to pledge the Lordships of Plauen and Oelsnitz and the district of Schöneck to Elector August of Saxony.
Herringfleet was occupied by the Roman Empire, and archaeologists have made a number of finds, including a Roman bronze 'patera', a 'soup ladle' vessel with the maker's name 'Quattenus' on the handle, and a Roman nether mill-stone of trachyte, originally imported from Saxony or Koblenz on the Rhine.
Since 31 December 2012, it is part of the municipality Klingenberg.
Huysburg or Huysburg Priory (Priorat Huysburg), formerly Huysburg Abbey (Kloster Huysburg), is a Benedictine monastery situated on the Huy, a mountainous area near Halberstadt, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.
His search for a sponsor and printer then took him to Bohemia, Saxony and Prussia.
Jochen Sachse (born 2 October 1948 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is an East German former athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.
Then he stayed in Hermsdorf in the Ore Mountains until 1836 where likewise he was asked to leave, then in Glauchau, Saxony, and Nuremberg in Bavaria.
Königsfeld is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Born in Hainichen, Zdarsa was ordained to the priesthood on March 16, 1974, serving in Dresden-Meißen.
Unter Georg von Carlowitz (1544 - 1550) erreichte die Herrschaft Kriebstein mit Dörfern und den beiden Städten Waldheim und Hartha ihre größte territoriale Ausdehnung.
Lauter, Saxony, town in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany
It was formed on 1 January 2013 by the merger of the former town Lauter and municipality Bernsbach.
Leubsdorf is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Lichtenberg is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Losse, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal, Germany
The station has lost its importance for long-distance services, but still forms a central interchange for northern Bavaria, Saxony and western Bohemia.
Max Seydewitz (December 19, 1892 — February 8, 1987) was a German politician (SPD, SAPD and SED) and Minister-President Saxony in East Germany).
Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Kaiserpfalz.
Mittelherwigsdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Neschwitz, Sorbian Njeswačidło, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
Niederwiesa is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Niederwürschnitz is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Ostrau, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
He lived until his death on 10 March 1689 with his old friend Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Schneeberg.
When permanently present in sight of prisoners, it was thought to act as a deterrent against bad behaviour, especially when each prisoner had been subjected to a "welcome beating" on arrival, as in 18th-century Waldheim in Saxony (12, 18 or 24 whip lashes on the bare posterior tied to a pole in the castle courtyard, or by birch rod over the "bock", a bench in the corner).
A younger son of a rich Saxon count, Reinold I, Count of Dassel, and destined as such to be an ecclesiastic, he was sent to the cathedral school at Hildesheim in 1146, where he started working as subdeacon.
Reinsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
After the end of the First World War on 10 November 1918 by Hermann Fleißner was in the circus Sarrasani Call Out the Free State of Saxony, Lipinski was from 15 November 1918 to 16 January 1919 Lipinski was people's deputy and chairman of the Council of People's Representatives (equivalent to today's first democratic parliament) and he is was the first democratic prime minister in Saxony.
Rossau, Saxony, a municipality in the district of Mittweida, Saxony, Germany
Rossau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Rotenburg an der Wümme (until May 1969: Rotenburg in Hannover) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
This had been necessary, after the private firm, the Chemnitz-Riesa Railway Company, had gone bankrupt due to the cost of structures needed between Waldheim und Döbeln.
It was later determined that the Katanga mineral was meta-saleeite Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) and the type locality was assigned to the Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Schönau-Berzdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Schöneck (also: Schöneck/Vogtl.) is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Spherocobaltite was first described in 1877 for an occurrence within cobalt and nickel veins in the St. Daniel Mine of the Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
The river has its source as Wolfsbach in the crest regions of the Saxon Vogtland, between Schöneck and Kottenheide.
British, French, Dutch and Polish Prisoners of War (POWs), of many other nationalities who have repeatedly made escape attempts but have been recaptured, are sent to Oflag IV-C, a supposedly secure castle in Saxony, in the heart of Germany, during World War II.
After a hearing before an Ort-Uschla in Saxony, expulsion was ordered for an SA man, but his SA commander disagreed with the decision and claimed that the tribunal had no jurisdiction over SA men performing their functions in the line of duty.
Ute Hommola (born January 20, 1952 in Weißenborn, Saxony) is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the women's javelin throw event.
Veit Hans Schnorr (15 March 1644, Schneeberg, Saxony - 26 January 1715, Schneeberg) was a German iron and cobalt magnate.
Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the municipality Aland.
Wallstawe is a municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
A total of 211 prisoners were collected from some 20 establishments, among them Dresden, Cottbus, Luckay, Zeithin, Groitsch and Waldheim (east of Dresden).
Wust, Saxony-Anhalt, a village in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Wust and Fischbeck.
Zettlitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Zschaitz-Ottewig is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
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While it is licensed to Saxony-Anhalt, the exposed position of the Brocken at 3,743 ft allows the channel to cover large parts of central Germany, including Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony.
During this period he edited, in collaboration with N. F. S. Grundtvig, the Theologisk Maanedskrift (13 vols., 1825 sqq.), and in 1829 was called to the pastorate of Glauchau, Saxony, where he powerfully aided religious awakening and revolt against the rationalism of the period, though at the same time he opposed any formal separation from the Lutheran Church.
Armin Lemme (born October 28, 1955 in Packebusch, Saxony-Anhalt) is a former track and field athlete from East Germany who competed in the men's discus throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Bördeaue is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
It was first described in 1868 for a sample from a hydrothermal nickel-uranium vein from Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany and named for German chemist Robert William Eberhard Bunsen (1811–1899).
Finely crystallized specimens have been obtained from the Friedrichssegen mine in Lahnstein near Nassau, Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Mies in Bohemia, Phoenixville in Pennsylvania, Broken Hill, New South Wales; and several other localities.
Charles Zeuner (20 September 1795 Eisleben, Saxony - 7 November 1857 Philadelphia) was an organist and composer active in Germany for a time, and then in Boston and Philadelphia in the United States.
Cörmigk is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
In June 2007, 20 disabled soldiers visited the town Schönebeck in Saxony-Anhalt.
Dornstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Ebersbach, Mittelsachsen, a municipality in the Mittelsachsen district, Saxony
Von Tschirnhaus was born in Kieslingswalde (now Sławnikowice in western Poland) and died in Dresden, Saxony.
Elbe-Saale was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Ellen Wellmann (born 28 June 1948 in Müglitztal, Saxony) is a German track and field athlete who was born as Ellen Tittel.
GJU receives government aid through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) and also the State of Saxony-Anhalt and the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences are contributing.
Götschetal is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Hedersleben is a municipality in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
His violent article, in which he demanded the annexation of the Kingdoms of Hanover and Saxony, and attacked with great bitterness the Saxon royal house, led to an estrangement from his father, a personal friend of the king.
In the mid-1990s, the remaining section of the line, which connected Reichenbach and Zwickau to Adorf and Klingenthal, was selected by the state of Saxony as a pilot project for the revitalisation of endangered branch lines.
In the 19th and 20th centuries numerous violins were produced in France, in Saxony and the Mittenwald in what is now Germany, in the Tyrol, now parts of Austria and Italy, and in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.
Höhnstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Horburg-Maßlau is village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
He left Paris and was a captain in the 1813 Saxony campaign, assisting at the battles of Lützen and Bautzen (at the latter he was decorated personally by Napoleon).
Wiederau, part of Königshain-Wiederau, is the birthplace of Clara Zetkin.
Latdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Friedrich August II, the prince-elector of Saxony, met Silvestre when he was in France and offered him the chance to work at the court of his father Augustus II, King of Poland.
After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic and an economical development because of a stronger extraction of lignite people from Mecklenburg, Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt moved to the Lusatia region to benefit from the development.
At the beginning of the First World War he was serving with the 15th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony" at the Western Front and was involved in September 1914 fighting in Lorraine and around St Quentin as commander of a machine gun platoon.
Born in Hirschberg on the Saale in the Principality of Reuss Younger Line, Mutschmann moved while he was young with his family to Plauen in Saxony.
Mehringen is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
M. Shultz was a descendant of the German sculptor, the Danish royal medallist Anton Schultz (Anton Schultz — Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Hamburg, Denmark, XVII–XVIII cc.) who carried out orders the Russian Court as early as Copenhagen, and arrived at the service in Russia with Peter the Great.
Accordingly, he spent a portion of 1865 and 1866 in Swansea, Wales and Freiberg, Saxony studying metallurgy, and returned to the United States with a perfected method of smelting.
Nempitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Oppin is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Plötzkau is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Joseph Maria Frederick Wilhelm of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duke in Saxony (5 October 1702 – Hildburghausen, 4 January 1787), was an Austrian General and Field Marshal.
Men and women of all ages and even children were murdered at Sonnenstein, including those from the Katharinenhof in Saxony's Großhennersdorf and from the Chemnitz-Altendorf State Institute.
Tornau vor der Heide, a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Treaty of Versailles (1757), expansion of 1756 Versailles treaty to Saxony, Sweden and Russia; see Diplomatic Revolution
Waldhufendörfer and Hagenhufendörfer are especially common in the Ore Mountains and their foreland as well as in East Saxony, the Sudeten and the Beskids, as well as the Thuringian Forest, Fichtelgebirge, Bavarian Forest, Bohemian Forest, Spessart, Odenwald, Westrich, North Black Forest and Nordvorpommern.
Wallendorf is a village and a former municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.