Saxony
State in Germany
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| 2025 | Lokomotive Leipzig wins their third Saxony Cup by defeating Erzgebirge Aue on penalties 6-5 after a 0-0 draw in the final |
| 2025 | AfD becomes the strongest party in Saxony with 37.3% of the vote, marking a significant shift in the region's political landscape. |
| 2024 |
Dynamo Dresden wins their third Saxony Cup by defeating Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 in the final
Dresden, Germany. 25th May, 2024. Soccer: Saxony Cup, SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Erzgebirge Aue, Final, Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion. Dynamo's Stefan Kutschke and the team celebrate with the trophy after the win. Credit: Robert Michael/dpa/ZB/dpa/Alamy Live News Stock Photo - Alamy
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Dynamo Dresden wins the Saxony Cup
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| 2024 | In the European Parliament election, Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved its highest vote percentage in Saxony, winning 31.8% of the ballots, an increase from 25.3% in the 2019 election. |
| 2024 | Most recent Saxony state election, further evolving the state's political landscape. |
| 2024 | Most recent Landtag election featuring 120 total seats, with AfD emerging as a major political force with 40 seats, and the introduction of a new party BSW with 1 seat. |
| December 18 2024 | Greens proposed changing election rules to allow an explicit 'against all' vote on the second ballot, a measure designed to prevent a potential repeat of the 2020 Thuringian government crisis. The proposal was voted down both times before the ballots. |
| December 18 2024 | State constitution Minister-President election scheduled, requiring an absolute majority of 61 out of 120 votes on the first ballot. Candidates include AfD leader Jörg Urban, Matthias Berger of the Free Voters, and incumbent Michael Kretschmer. |
| December 17 2024 | Coalition agreement is ratified by CDU and SPD and officially signed. |
| December 4 2024 | CDU and SPD announce completion of a coalition agreement for a minority coalition with 51 seats. |
| November 15 2024 | CDU and SPD leaders announce they have begun negotiations toward forming a minority coalition, contrary to Kretschmer's previous statements. |
| November 5 2024 | BSW permanently leaves coalition talks, citing irreconcilable differences on state finances, migration, and the War in Ukraine. |
| October 28 2024 | Michael Schleinitz, a 44-year-old Free Saxony party member, was arrested for electoral fraud related to manipulated postal ballots and additional charges of attempted arson. |
| October 25 2024 | SPD temporarily suspends participation in coalition talks after some BSW members vote with AfD on a parliamentary inquiry committee, but talks resume the following week. |
| October 17 2024 | CDU, BSW, and SPD produce a report concluding that 'constructive and solution-oriented cooperation for Saxony is possible'. |
| September 23 2024 | Exploratory talks begin between CDU, BSW, and SPD for potential government formation. |
| September 20 2024 | Friedrich Merz gives a speech describing a potential coalition including BSW as 'very, very, very unlikely' while maintaining the goal of keeping AfD out of the Minister-President's office. |
| September 13 2024 | The state electoral committee reviewed the modified ballots and decided no further action was needed after the local electoral committees' invalidation. |
| September 9 2024 | Michael Kretschmer meets with Sahra Wagenknecht to explore possibilities for political cooperation and potential coalition negotiations. |
| September 5 2024 | Dresden and Bautzen electoral committees invalidated modified postal ballots in their final vote canvass, after discovering 111 mail ballots in Dresden, 14 in Radeberg, and one in Dohna had been fraudulently altered to favor the Free Saxony party. |
| September 1 2024 | The 8th Landtag of Saxony state election was held, with Michael Kretschmer's CDU-led coalition facing significant challenges. The election resulted in the incumbent coalition losing its majority. |
| September 1 2024 | The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance made its first electoral appearance, winning 12% of the vote and securing fifteen seats in the Landtag. |
| June 2024 | Experts from TU Dresden discovered an unusual voting pattern in the Langebrück-1 postal voting district, with 13.4% of votes going to Free Saxony, significantly higher than the party's typical state-wide performance. |
| June 9 2024 | European Parliament election takes place, providing a polling indicator for the Saxony state election, with parties showing varying levels of support |
| 2023 | Multiple regional railway services were actively operated across Saxony by various transport operators including Trilex, DB Regio Südost, Vogtlandbahn, Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn, and others, covering routes connecting cities like Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Zwickau, and crossing into neighboring regions of Germany and Czech Republic. |
| December 31 2023 | Updated foreign resident populations, with increases noted across multiple nationalities, including Ukraine rising to 65,750 and Afghanistan to 14,605. |
| 2022 | Erlbach lost its official designation as a Luftkurort (health resort), which it had previously held. |
| December 31 2022 | Snapshot of foreign resident populations in Saxony, including significant numbers from Ukraine (61,795), Syria (31,310), and Poland (23,730). |
| April 2022 | Saxony was heavily dependent on Russian energy imports, with approximately 84% of its oil and gas coming from Russia, reflecting its historical energy infrastructure connections from the GDR period. |
| 2021 | Lokomotive Leipzig wins their first Saxony Cup by defeating Chemnitzer FC 1-0 in the final |
| 2021 | Decline of traditional parties continues, with CDU dropping to 17.2% and AfD maintaining a strong position at 24.6%. |
| July 6 2021 | Sebastian Vogel begins his role as State Secretary in the Saxon State Ministry of Social Affairs, succeeding Uwe Gaul. |
| July 5 2021 | Uwe Gaul concludes his term as State Secretary in the Saxon State Ministry of Social Affairs. |
| 2020 | Tobias Bilz becomes the current Bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony. |
| 2020 | Church membership fell to 647,238 parishioners, showing a consistent downward trend. |
| 2020 | Saxony had 4,447 registered sports clubs with over 600,000 members, highlighting the region's strong sports participation and infrastructure. |
| 2019 | Church membership further reduced to 663,525 parishioners. |
| 2019 | Bishop Carsten Rentzing resigns from his position due to controversies surrounding his connections to far-right parties and groups. |
| 2019 | Heinz Werner, the porcelain artist from Coswig, passed away. |
| 2019 | Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained almost 28 percent of the vote in the Saxony state election, becoming the second strongest political force. CDU remained the strongest party with almost 32 percent of the vote. |
| 2019 | Seventh Saxony state election, continuing the democratic representation of the state's population. |
| 2019 | Landtag election showing a significant shift in party representation, with AfD gaining 38 seats and CDU's influence declining to 45 seats. |
| 2018 | Church membership continued to decline, reaching 677,064 parishioners. |
| 2018 | Chemie Leipzig wins their first Saxony Cup by defeating Oberlausitz Neugersdorf 1-0 in the final |
| 2018 | Saxony recorded an average birthrate of 1.60 children per woman, ranking fourth among German states. The Bautzen district had the highest rate at 1.77, while Leipzig had the lowest at 1.49. |
| 2018 | Population of Königstein recorded as 2,089 inhabitants. |
| 2017 | Church membership dropped to 689,858 parishioners. |
| 2017 | Alternative for Germany (AfD) gains significant ground, winning 27.0% of the vote in Saxony. |
| 2017 | Michael Kretschmer becomes the fourth Minister President of Saxony since reunification, succeeding Stanislaw Tillich of the CDU party. |
| 2015 | Church membership decreased to 713,648 parishioners. |
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