German Genealogy
Königreich Sachsen /Kingdom of Saxony
(Königreich / Kingdom) [Presently in Sachsen]
Some basic facts about the Kingdom of Saxony: (from Uncapher, Wendy K. and Linda M. Herrick. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Janesville, Wisconsin: Origins Books, 2002)
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Size: 5,787 square miles (compared to Hawaii at 6,427 square miles)
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Population: (1815 - 1,178,802; 1830 - 1,402,066; 1840 - 1,706,276; 1855 - 2,039,176; 1871 - 2,556,244; 1875 - 2,760,586 (1,352,309 males and 1,408,277 females)
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Dominant Religion: Protestant (1871 - Evangelical - 2,493,556; Catholic - 53,642; Other - 4,893; Jewish - 3,357; and Non-Christian - 796)
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Since 1990 part of: Sachsen
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Formerly: Kingdom
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Prussian: No
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Principal crops: rye, oats, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, fruit
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Livestock: cattle, sheep, pigs, geese, poultry
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Industry: book printing, textiles, glass, Dresden china
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Minerals: silver, copper, precious stones, tin, salt, coal, iron, uranium, lead, cobalt
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Rivers: Elbe, Mulde, Schwarz Elster, Weisse, Elster, Pleisse, Spree
Resources
Sachsen (Saxony) - Genealogy.net
- Blaschke, Karlheinz. Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von
Sachsen. 1957. FHL Fiche 6000830 (7 fiche)
- Koble, Arthur. Handbuch der Kirchen-Statistik für das
Königreich Sachsen. FHL film 823778 item 2.
- Schumann, August. Vollständiges Staats, Post, und Zeitungs Lexikon von Sachsen. 1815-1823, includes Thüringen. FHL Fiche 6000822. Films 824,319-824,325. (A-Drebach, Drebach-Friderichsthal, Froderichwalde-Herlachsgrün, Herlegrün-Könighstein, Königstein-Lohman, Lohman-Neudorfschen, Neudorfel-Ortelsdor, Ortmannsdorf-Rathsfeld, Rehbocksberg-Sachsen, Sachsen-Schweinsdorf, Schweitz-Trebishayn, Tregitz-Wiesenbrunn, Wiesenburg-Zwutsch)