Saxony, Prussian, a province of Prussia, chiefly comprises that part of Saxony (q.v.) added to Prussia in 1815; situated in the centre of Prussia, N. of the kingdom of Saxony; is watered by the Elbe and its numerous affluents, and diversified by the Harz Mountains and Thuringian Forest; contains some of the finest growing land in Prussia; salt and lignite are valuable products, and copper is also mined; the capital is Magdeburg, and other notable towns are Halle (with its university), Erfurt, &c.
Population (circa 1900) given as 2,580,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Saxony * Sayce, Alexander Henry