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.
Adalbert convinced the nobility that hereditary monarchy was not in their best interests, and persuaded them to instead choose the relatively weak candidate Duke Lothar of Saxony, who became Lothar III.
Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863, Waldenburg, Saxony - 25 July 1949) was a horticulturist and taxonomist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
Ernst Lothar Hoffmann was born in Waldheim, Germany, the son of a German father and a Bolivian mother.
Arzberg, Saxony, a municipality in the district of Torgau-Oschatz in Saxony, Germany
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Aland.
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
Claußnitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany.
Crottendorf is a municipality located in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
With him in his revolt was Albert II of Ballenstedt, who raided the monastery of Nienburg, a foundation of the family of Dedi's first wife.
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 24 January 1716 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Eleonore Wilhelmine married for the second time, to Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach (1688-1748).
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.
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After the death of the Dowager Princess and formal assumption of the rule of his principality, Emmanuel Lebrecht sent for Gisela Agnes and they finally married in a secret ceremony in Nienburg on 22 May (30 September according to some sources) of 1692.
Esther Charlotte Emily Weisbrodt Francis, wife of Samuel Francis, was born June 24, 1836, in Turin, Italy, of German parentage, her parents coming from Saxony.
Friedersdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt
Friedrich August von Schönberg (Tannenberg, June 12, 1795 – Dresden, April 5, 1856), Lord of Weningen-Auma, Zodelsdorf and Silberfeld, was a German Nobleman.
Friedrich Gottlob Keller (born June 27, 1816 in Hainichen, Saxony – died September 8, 1895 in Krippen, Saxony) was a German machinist and inventor, who (at the same time as Charles Fenerty) invented the wood pulp process for the use in papermaking.
He was arrested and in 1936, sentenced to a prison term in the Zuchthaus in Waldheim, Saxony.
Gisela Agnes of Rath (9 October 1669 in Kleinwülknitz, now part of Köthen – 12 March 1740 in Nienburg) was Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen by marriage from 1692.
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.
Großrückerswalde is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Großweitzschen 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.
Hedersleben is a municipality in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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.
Holzhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt
In March 1935, he again was arrested for attempted high treason, tortured and put in solitary confinement for six years at Waldheim jail.
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.
Through the good offices of Reinhard, he became pastor of Schneeberg in Saxony (1807).
Born in Hainichen, Zdarsa was ordained to the priesthood on March 16, 1974, serving in Dresden-Meißen.
Kriebstein is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in 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.
Leutersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, 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.
Low Lusatian German (in German: Niederlausitzer Mundart (also English: Low Lusatian Dialect)) is a variety of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg within the regions of Lower Lusatia (Cottbus) and the northern part of Upper Lusatia (Hoyerswerda).
Malschwitz, Sorbian Malešecy, is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany.
The station has lost its importance for long-distance services, but still forms a central interchange for northern Bavaria, Saxony and western Bohemia.
Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Kaiserpfalz.
Mittelherwigsdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Mochau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, 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.
Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg was born in 1772 at Oberwiederstedt manor (now part of Arnstein, Saxony-Anhalt), in the Harz mountains.
Ostrau, Saxony, a municipality in the district of Döbeln, Saxony, Germany
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Ostrau, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Ostrau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony in Germany.
Pfaffroda is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
The Count oversaw production of more than 100,000 bottles that was exported to the royal courts of the Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Saxony and Tuscany as well as the Vatican.
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).
Since 31 December 2012, it is part of the municipality Klingenberg.
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.
Reinsberg is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Rohrberg, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Rosenbach is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.
Rossau, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Rossau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in 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.
On April 19, 2011, Reiner Haseloff was elected the new Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt and he continues the Grand coalition with the Social Democrats.
Schönbach 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.
Seelitz is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Tarrington was formerly known as Hochkirch, named by immigrants coming from the area of that name in Saxony, Germany.
Ute Hommola (born January 20, 1952 in Weißenborn, Saxony) is a former German athlete who mainly competed in the women's javelin throw event.
Wallstawe is a municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Weißenborn is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the town Arnstein.
Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, the dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling families of the United Kingdom and Belgium.
Freudenberg was born in Osterwieck, and grew up in the Saxony-Anhalt town of Lüttgenrode, near what was then the border between his native East Germany, which was then a part of the communist Eastern Bloc, as a satellite state of the Soviet Union, and West Germany.
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.
The villages of Forchheim, Kleinlimmritz, Limmritz, Poschwitz, Schweta, Stockhausen, Töpeln, Wöllsdorf and Ziegra have been incorporated into Döbeln, Gebersbach, Heyda, Kaiserburg, Knobelsdorf, Meinsberg, Neuhausen and Rudelsdorf into Waldheim.
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This marriage allied Saxony not only to a royal house of Scandinavia, but also to the north state of Schleswig-Holstein which was ruled by Anna’s uncle, Adolf (reign 1544-1586).
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.
Sharing in the attack on the Electorate of Saxony, Albert was taken prisoner at Rochlitz in March 1547 by Elector John Frederick of Saxony, but was released as a result of the Emperor's victory at the Battle of Mühlberg in the succeeding April.
It is located at OT Gorschmitz 14, Leisnig, Saxony, Germany, and open several days per week in the warmer months, without charge.
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.
English translation: August III, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia (i.e. Galicia), Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlaskie, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia, Chernihiv, and also hereditary Duke of Saxony and Prince-elector.
Brachstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, 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).
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.
Dietersdorf is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, 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.
Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
Ebersbach, Mittelsachsen, a municipality in the Mittelsachsen district, Saxony
Eggersdorf is a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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.
It was a relatively late entrant to the group of porcelain factories set up in Europe as the secrets of the techniques developed by Johann Friedrich Böttger for the Meissen factory in Saxony (established in 1710) gradually leaked out.
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.
Giersleben is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Glasebach Pit, a mining museum in the Lower Harz, Saxony-Anhalt
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 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.
The Hoyerswerda Riots were xenophobic riots that lasted from 17 to 23 September 1991 in Hoyerswerda, a town in the north-east of Saxony, Germany.
In early 1901 he accompanied his father on a special diplomatic mission to announce the accession of King Edward to the governments of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Russia, Germany, and Saxony.
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).
Born in in Leipzig, Saxony, Kirchhöfer began karting in 1999 and raced mainly in his native Germany, working his way up from the junior ranks (Bambini-B) to progress through to the KF2 category by 2010.
After the Fall of the Wall his family moved from Berlin to Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt where he founded his first band Kerosin together with his brother Hanno Koffler in 1994.
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.
Neukirchen is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.
The title of the album is apparently a reference to the Brocken, a mountain in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, that is traditionally connected with witches (Walpurgis Night), most famously in Goethe's Faust.
Oberschöna is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
When he heard that one Mongol group raided as far as the Saxonian town Meissen promptly marched there and seek reinforcements from Thuringia and Saxony.
He took great interest in the monumental Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, and it was chiefly owing to his efforts that the government of Saxony was induced to assist its production by a considerable subsidy.
Plötzkau is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Pretzsch, Wittenberg, a community in the Wittenberg district 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.
He was a student at Maria Magdalena Gymnasium (high school) in Poznań, where he participated actively in a secret Polish educational-social youth movement, and later studied at academies in Tetschen (Děčín), Bohemia, and Leipzig, Saxony.
At the end of 2013, the ongoing full electrification of the railway line Leipzig-Hof (as part of Saxony-Franken-Magistrale) south of Reichenbach im Vogtland was completed.
In his new position of Duke of Saxony he held the Land of Hadeln around Otterndorf, south of the river Elbe right opposite of Ditmarsh on the north bank.
Steuden is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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.
Wedlitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Wohlsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Schloss Wolfsbrunn, formerly a grand villa, now a hotel, in Hartenstein, Saxony