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History Museum Attractions In Saxony

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Saxony , officially the Free State of Saxony , is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic . Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the 10th-largest of Germany's 16 states, with an area of 18,413 square kilometres , and the sixth-most populous, with 4 million people. The history of the state of Saxony spans more than a millennium. It has been a medieval duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom, and twice a republic. The area of the modern state of Saxony should not be con...
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History Museum Attractions In Saxony

  • 1. Museum in der Runden Ecke Leipzig
    This list of museums in Saxony shows the museums in the German federal state of Saxony by location in alphabetical order:
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  • 3. Bach Museum Leipzig
    The Bach-Archiv Leipzig or Bach-Archiv is an institution for the documentation and research of the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach-Archiv also researches the Bach family, especially their music. Based in Leipzig, the city where Bach lived from 1723 until his death, the Archiv is recognised by the German government as a cultural beacon of national importance. Since 2008 the Bach-Archiv has been part of the University of Leipzig.
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  • 5. Pirna-Sonnenstein Memorial Pirna
    The Sonnenstein Castle is a castle in Pirna, near Dresden, Germany. It housed a mental hospital, which operated from 1811 to the end of World War II in 1945. During the War, it functioned as an extermination centre for the Third Reich Action T4 program. It was shut down following the war, and reopened in 1970.
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  • 6. Transport Museum Dresden Dresden
    The Dresden Transport Museum displays vehicles of all modes of transport, such as railway, shipping, road and air traffic, under one roof. The museum is housed in the Johanneum at the Neumarkt in Dresden. The Johanneum was built between 1586 and 1590; it is one of the oldest museum buildings in Dresden.
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  • 9. Museum Bautzen Bautzen
    This list of museums in Saxony shows the museums in the German federal state of Saxony by location in alphabetical order:
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  • 13. Dresden City Museum Dresden
    The Zwinger is a palace in the German city of Dresden, built in Baroque style and designed by court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. It served as the orangery, exhibition gallery and festival arena of the Dresden Court. The location was formerly part of the Dresden fortress of which the outer wall is conserved. The name derives from the German word Zwinger ; it was for the cannons that were placed between the outer wall and the major wall. The Zwinger was not enclosed until the Neoclassical building by Gottfried Semper called the Semper Gallery was built on its northern side. Today, the Zwinger is a museum complex that contains the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister , the Dresden Porcelain Collection and the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon .
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  • 15. Armoury / Rustkammer Dresden
    The Dresden Armoury or Dresden Armory , also known as the Dresden Historical Museum , is one of the world's largest collections of ceremonial weapons, armour and historical textiles. It is part of the Dresden State Art Collections and is located in Dresden Castle in Dresden. The Turkish Chamber is a separate collection within the Dresden Armoury that is focused on art from the Ottoman Empire.
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