Province of Saxony

The Province of Saxony was a Prussian province between the Napoleonic Wars of 1815 and 1947. Its capital was Magdeburg.

The Province of Saxony was one of the richest regions of Prussia with highly developed agriculture and industry.

It is one of the predecessors of the now existing German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, together with the much smaller former state of Anhalt and some small exclaves of Brunswick.

Provinces of the Kingdom of Prussia
Province of East Prussia \| Province of West Prussia \| Province of Pomerania \| Province of Posen \| Province of Silesia \| Province of Brandenburg \| Province of Saxony \| Province of Schleswig \| Province of Holstein \| Province of Hollenzollern \| Province of Hanover \| Province of Hesse-Nassau \| Province of Westphalia \| Province of Rhine Province

[edit]

Article Map

This article is part of the Prussia portion of the BambooWeb Project "Historical States" which is structured upon the administrative organization of the Prussian government as it existed just before unification in 1871.

Kingdom of Prussia (between 1815 and 1871, part of the German Confederation; between 1871 and 1920, inside the German Empire)
- Provinces <== YOU ARE HERE
  - Admin. districts ("Regierungsbezirke") - usually two or three per province
    - Counties ("Kreise") - around 30 - 40 per province
      - Civil registration districts ("Standesämter"), similar to a township - usually 5 - 10 per Kreis.


View Live Article	This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License