Sachsen - Saxony

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Dresden Zwinger and the Moritzburg

Saxony (18,300 sq km) is outstanding among the new German states in three respects: it is the most densely populated, it is the most industrialized, and it was in the vanguard of the peaceful revolution that resulted in German unity. More than one- fifth of Saxony's 4.9 million inhabitants live in Leipzig (530,000) and Dresden (501,000). Leipzig, famous for its international industrial fair and referred to by Goethe as "little Paris," was one of the main centers of non-violent resistance to the Communist regime in East Germany. The "Monday demonstrations" culminated on 9 October 1989 in the chant: "We are the people!" And Dresden, the "pearl of Baroque architecture" that was virtually reduced to ashes in the inferno of the 1945 bombings, has been made capital of the restored "Free State of Saxony." The Meissen porcelain manufactory has been producing its famous merchandise continuously since 1710. The year before, Johann Friedrich Boettger (1682-1719) had perfected his formula for this "white gold."