Saxony is a historical region in Germany and a federal state.
Saxony may also refer to:
Other current German states
Historical German states
- Old Saxony (unknownâÂÂ785), tribal territory of the Saxons
- Duchy of Saxony (804âÂÂ1296), the settlement area of the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages
- Electorate of Saxony (1356âÂÂ1806), a state of the Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Saxony (1806âÂÂ1918), a state in Germany; successively a member of the Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire
- Province of Saxony (1816âÂÂ1945), a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia
- Gau Saxony (1926âÂÂ45), an administrative division of Nazi Germany
- State of Saxony (1945âÂÂ1952), an administrative division of Soviet-occupied Germany and of East Germany
People
Ships
- (1875)
- , the lead ship of that class
- , a Bayern-class battleship
- , Germany's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates
- (F219), the lead ship of that class
- , formerly FV Sachsen, a trawler converted to a weather ship during World War II
- FV Sachsen, a sealer built in 1938, requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 as
Other
- Upper Saxony, name given to German lands held by the House of Wettin in what is now called Central Germany
- Saxony (duck), breed of duck
- Saxony (wine region), the wine region of Saxony
- Saxony Hotel, in Miami Beach, Florida, US
- Saxony Mill, building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockville, Connecticut, US
- Sachsen bei Ansbach, town in the district of Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany
- Saxony yarn, a fine yarn spun from saxony wool
- Saxony (group), a short-lived Australian band of the mid-1970s
See also