Grimma is a town in Saxony,Central Germany,on the left bank of the Mulde,25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Leipzig. Founded in c. 1170,it is part of the Leipzig district.
Oberwiesenthal is a town and a ski resort in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains,on the border with the Czech Republic,19 km south of Annaberg-Buchholz,and 23 km northeast of Karlovy Vary. At 914 metres (2,999 ft),it is the highest town in Germany. The Olympic and World Championships goldmedalist in ski jumping Jens Weißflog competed for SC Tractor Oberwiesenthal and Oberwiesenthaler SV.
RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V.,commonly known as RB Leipzig or informally as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional football club based in Leipzig,Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH,which purchased the playing rights of fifth-tier side SSV Markranstädt with the intent of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. The men's professional football club is run by the spin-off organization RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena. The club nickname is Die Roten Bullen.
Hermann Julian Winkler is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany from 2009 until 2019. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union,part of the European People's Party. From 2004 to 2007 he was Cabinet Minister and Head of the State Chancellery of Saxony.
Erich Matthias Rößler is a German politician,member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 1990,he has been a member of the Saxon Landtag. From 1994 to 2004 he served as minister of culture,later as minister of science and art in the government of Saxony. Since 2009 he has been "Landtagspräsident",the speaker of the Saxon parliament.
Stephan Weil is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013,the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat. On 19 February 2013,he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1 November 2013 until 31 October 2014 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. In November 2017,he was again elected Minister President with the votes of SPD and CDU.
Stefan Schostok is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party and was Mayor of Hanover from 11 October 2013 until 26 May 2019. From 2008 to January 2013 he served as a member of the Lower Saxony Legislative Assembly. During that time,he was elected chairman of the SPD group in the Lower Saxony Legislative Assembly (Landtag) in 2010,a position which he vacated in 2013.
Marco Wanderwitz is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2018 until 2021,he served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel,first elected in 2005,chose not to run again,marking the first time that an incumbent Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany did not seek re-election.
Michael Kretschmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since December 2017. Since 2022,he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU,under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.
Heike Brehmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as member of the Bundestag and former district counselor of the district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt.
Association football club RB Leipzig-affiliated teams include a reserve team,women's team,and junior and academy teams.
Federal elections in Germany will be held on 23 February 2025 to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag. Originally scheduled for 28 September 2025,the elections were brought forward due to the collapse of the governing coalition during the 2024 German government crisis. It is the fourth snap election in the history of post-war Germany after those in 1972,1983 and 2005.
The 2024 Saxony state election was held on 1 September 2024 to elect members to the 8th Landtag of Saxony. It was held on the same day as the 2024 Thuringian state election. Going into the election,the state government was led by Michael Kretschmer of the CDU as Minister-President,in a coalition with the Greens and the SPD.
The AfD Saxony is the state association of the Alternative For Germany (AfD) party in the German state of Saxony. The state association is led by a member of the Landtag of Saxony named Jörg Urban. The party holds the second most seats in the Landtag of Saxony and ideologically is positioned on the right-wing,specifically on the radical Right a subset of the far-right that does not oppose democracy.
Susanne Schaper is a German politician from Die Linke. She is an elected member of the Landtag of Saxony.
Viola Petra Köpping is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Previously from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). She was a member of the Landtag of Saxony from 2009 to 2019 and has been Saxony's Minister of State for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion in the Second Kretschmer cabinet since 2019. Before that,she was Saxony's Minister of State for Equality and Integration from 2014 to 2019. She was a candidate in the 2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany leadership election. She is her party's top candidate in the 2024 Saxony state election.
Steffen Grosse is a German politician from the state of Saxony. Previously representing the Christian Democratic Union and Free Voters,he has been leader of Bündnis Deutschland since 2022.
Karl Martin Kohlmann is a German politician and lawyer. He is the founding chairman of the Free Saxons and was a member of Citizens' Movement Pro Chemnitz,the German Social Union and The Republicans.
Free Voters Saxony is a state association of the Free Voters party in the Free State of Saxony. Since the constitution of the 8th Saxon State Parliament after the 2024 Saxony state election,the party has been represented by one representative in the Landtag of Saxony,Matthias Berger.
