Saxony
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Introduction
Coat of Arms
The Saxon coat of arms shows five black chevrons on golden ground, overlaid by a green wreath of lozenges, the arms of the House of Saxony-Wittenberg taken over by the Wettines.
General Information
Area:
18,337 square kilometers (as of 30 June 1990)
18,412 square kilometers (as of 31 December 1995)
Inhabitants:
- 1990 = 4.9 million
- 1995 = 4.57 million
Capital: Dresden
=== Political Structure === (as of 1 January 1996) Saxony consists of 7 independent Cities and 22 Counties:
Administrative District of Dresden
- Dresden, City
- Görlitz, City
- Hoyerswerda, City
- Counties:
- County Bautzen
- County Meißen
- County Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
Lower Silesian Upper Lausitz - County Riesa-Großenhain
- County Löbau-Zittau
- County Sächsische Schweiz Saxon Switzerland
- County Weißeritz
- County Kamenz
Administrative District of Chemnitz
- Chemnitz, City
- Plauen, City
- Zwickau, City
- Counties:
Administrative District of Leipzig
- Leipzig, City
- Counties:
Religious Division
- Protestant Church
- Protestant-Lutheran Central Church of Saxony (in German only)
- Protestant Church of the Silesian Upper Lausitz ( in German, Polish and Sorbic only)
- Protestant Church of the Saxony Church Province (only Torgau area, in German only)
- Catholic Church
- Diocese Dresden-Meißen ( in German only)
- Diocese Görlitz ( in German only)
Genealogical and historical Societies
(unfortunately, most of the pages are in German only)
