State of Saxony (1945–1952)
| State of Saxony | |||||||||||||||
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| 1945–1952 | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Dresden | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• 1950 | 17,004 km2 (6,565 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1950 | 5,682,800 | ||||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||||
| First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party | |||||||||||||||
• 1946–1948 | Wilhelm Koenen and Otto Buchwitz | ||||||||||||||
• 1948–1949 | Erich Mückenberger and Ernst Lohagen | ||||||||||||||
• 1949–1952 | Ernst Lohagen | ||||||||||||||
• 1952 | Karl Schirdewan | ||||||||||||||
| Minister-President | |||||||||||||||
• 1945–1947† | Rudolf Friedrichs | ||||||||||||||
• 1947–1952 | Max Seydewitz | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Landtag of Saxony | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Post-World War II Cold War | ||||||||||||||
• Established | July 1945 | ||||||||||||||
• Declaration as state | 16 January 1947 | ||||||||||||||
• State of East Germany | 7 October 1949 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 25 July 1952 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||||||
The State of Saxony (German: Land Sachsen) was a subdivision of the Soviet occupation zone in Germany (until 1949) and state of East Germany (from 1952) which broadly corresponds with the present-day German state of Saxony.