Saxony
Map of Saxony
060 km (37 mi)120 km (75 mi)180 km (112 mi)240 km (149 mi)
Height
33 m (108 ft), 40 m (131 ft), 100 m (328 ft), 200 m (656 ft), 300 m (984 ft), 500 m (1640 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 750 m (2460 ft), 1000 m (3280 ft), Max altitude 1220 m (4000 ft)Winter snow (approximate)
Height from west to east in Saxony
Height from south to north in Saxony
1Elbe76 to 242 m2Zwickau Mulde88 to 743 m3Weisse Elster98 to 526 m
Natural Earth · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Heights: NASADEM, NASA · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Dresden
Population: 4,089,467 (Wikidata, 2023)
Area: 18,416 km² / 7,110 sq mi
Created: 1918
Subdivisions: 13
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Fichtelberg (1 215 m)
Lowest point: Schloß-Teich (33 m)
Borders
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship — East
- Lubusz Voivodeship — Northeast
- Bavaria — South
- Saxony-Anhalt — Northwest
- Thuringia — West
- Brandenburg — Northeast
- Karlovy Vary Region — South
- Ústí nad Labem Region — Southeast
- Liberec Region — East
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00