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The Province of Saxony (n province from 1816 until 1947 . Its capital was Magdeburg . It is usually referred to with its full name in order to distinguish it from the Kingdom Of Saxony . The province was created in (around Erfurt and the Eichsfeld ), territories gained from the Kingdom Of Saxony , the former Free City of Mühlhausen , the former Free City of Nordhausen , the Duchy Of Magdeburg , and those parts of the Margraviate Of Brandenburg situated west of the Elbe . It was a predecessor of the current German State of Saxony-Anhalt , together with the much smaller former state of Anhalt and some exclaves of Brunswick . Some parts of the Province of Saxony now belong to the Free State of Thuringia . The Province of Saxony was one of the richest regions of Prussia with highly developed agriculture and industry. It had an area of 25,255 km&2 and a population of 3.0 million ( 1905 ), 3.6 million ( 1939 ). |
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