Saxony (disambiguation)
# Saxony (disambiguation)

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
