Difference between revisions of "Saxony"

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A kind of glossy woolen cloth formerly much used. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Saxony]] yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn. </p>

== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79581" /> ==

<p> A kingdom of Germany, lies within the basin of the Elbe, facing on the E., between [[Bavaria]] (S.) and [[Prussia]] (N.), the mountainous frontier of Bohemia; a little less in size than Yorkshire, but very densely inhabited; spurs of the Erzgebirge, Fichtelgebirge, and [[Riesengebirge]] diversify the surface; is a flourishing mining and manufacturing country; [[Dresden]] is the capital, and other important towns are Leipzig, Chemnitz, and Freiburg; the government is vested in the king and two legislative chambers; is represented in the [[Reichstag]] and [[Reichsrath]] of the empire; by the time of the Thirty Years' War the electorate of Saxony, which in its heyday had stretched to the North Sea, and from the [[Rhine]] to the Elbe, had sadly dwindled away; it suffered much at the hands of Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War, and in 1815, having sided with Napoleon, a portion of its territory was, by the [[Congress]] of Vienna, ceded to Prussia; was defeated along with [[Austria]] in 1866, and thus joined the North German Confederation, to be incorporated afterwards in the new German Empire. </p>