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Saxony is a historical region in Germany and a federal state.

Saxony may also refer to:

Other current German states

• Saxony-Anhalt
• Lower Saxony

Historical German states

• Old Saxony (unknown–785), tribal territory of the Saxons
• Duchy of Saxony (804–1296), the settlement area of the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages
• Electorate of Saxony (1356–1806), a state of the Holy Roman Empire
• Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918), a state in Germany; successively a member of the Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire
• Gau Saxony (1926–45), an administrative division of Nazi Germany
• Province of Saxony (1816–1945), a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia

People

• Jordan of Saxony, or Jordan von Sachsen

Ships

• Sachsen-class ironclad (1875)
  • SMS Sachsen (1877), the lead ship of that class
• SMS Sachsen (1916), a Bayern-class battleship
• Sachsen-class frigate, Germany's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates
  • German frigate Sachsen (F219), the lead ship of that class
• German weather ship WBS 1 Sachsen, 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 German weather ship WBS 11 Hessen

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 3-ply yarn spun from the wool of merino sheep
• Saxony (group), a short-lived Australian musical group of the mid-1970s