Proper noun
Saxony-Anhalt
One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation. Its capital is Magdeburg.
Because of the chemical industry, Saxony-Anhalt attracts more foreign direct investments than any other state in eastern Germany. Source: Internet
Another group of Suebi, the so-called "northern Suebi" were mentioned in 569 under Frankish king Sigebert I in areas of today's Saxony-Anhalt which were known as Schwabengau or Svebengau at least until the 12th century. Source: Internet
Besides the formerly Silesian area of Saxony, which was mostly included in the territory of the new Saxony, the free state gained further areas north of Leipzig that had belonged to Saxony-Anhalt until 1952. Source: Internet
From about the 7th century the Saxons had occupied a settlement area that roughly corresponds to the present state of Lower Saxony, of Westphalia and a number of areas to the east, for example, in what is now west and north Saxony-Anhalt. Source: Internet
It is now the second strongest party in three states, all of them in the former GDR, (Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) and the third strongest in four others, all but Saarland in the former GDR, (Saarland, Berlin, Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Source: Internet
In the morning, a special train will be running along the new route from Nuremberg to Berlin, picking up the minister-presidents of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt along the way. Source: Internet