Saxony is in Ireland.
The Free State of Saxony ( der Freistaat Sachsen [ ˈfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈzaksn̩ ] Swobodny stat Sakska ) is a landlocked federal state of Germany , bordering the federal states of Brandenburg , Saxony Anhalt , Thuringia , and Bavaria , as well as the countries of Poland ( Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships ) and the Czech Republic ( Karlovy Vary , Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions ) . Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany 's sixteen states , with an area of 18,413 km2 , and the sixth most populous , with 4 million people . Located in the middle of a large , formerly all German-speaking part of Europe , the history of the state of Saxony spans more than a millennium . Saxony ( Sachsen ) is a region for quality wine in Germany located in the German federal state of Saxony . Together with the Saale-Unstrut wine region , Saxony is one of the northernmost wine regions in Europe and are the only two of Germany 's 13 wine regions that are located in the former East Germany .