Talk:Saxony
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I think the history of upper and lower Saxony needs to be kept completely separate, otherways it gets confusing
--Yak 13:56, Feb 19, 2004 (UTC)
- This article is about Saxony, one of the sixteen German Bundesländer. It is not a country. Lower Saxony is another Bundesland, and is also not a country. Upper Saxony I've never heard of. -- Timwi 14:19, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)
if it is an article about the german Bundesland, it should start in 1990, when it was created. But the section obviously referrs to the electorate/kingdom of Saxony as well. Upper Saxony was used from the 16th century onwards to distinguish the Meißen area (in the electorate of Saxony) from lower Saxony.
I simply find a reference to the Saxon tribes of the early middle age confusing in an article that deals with a German Bundesland. The Name "saxony" for the present day bundesland arose for dynastic reasons, there is no "ethnic" or whatever connection to the Saxon tribe or the population of Niedersachsen
--Yak 14:32, Feb 19, 2004 (UTC)
- i claim that all references to the historical (and nebulous) Saxony should be linking to Duchy of Saxony, not Saxony. for example, Charlemagne conquered Saxony, which page should be linked? he didnt even conquer all of what is now called Lower Saxony and referred to by 'Saxony', and was nowhere near (Upper) Saxony which is the link provided. Burgher 04:11, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)