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Someone told police the group hiking through Saxony in eastern Germany were “foreigners”.
Someone told police the group hiking through Saxony in eastern Germany were “foreigners”.
A dumb American is about to ask a question about the geography of Europe. Why is there a region of Germany called Saxon Switzerland? Is that the name of the state or province?
The state is Saxony and Saxon Switzerland is a national park within Saxony. It’s a mountainous region that continues across the Czech border, where it is called Bohemian Switzerland.
I guess the logic behind the name is not much deeper than “it looks like Switzerland”.
Two Swiss artists in the 18th century were studying in Dresden and called it the “Saxon Switzerland” because it reminded them of their home.