Saxonia (Saxony)

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Figure group with standing Saxonia at Dresden Central Station

The Saxonia is the female symbol shape and secular saint Saxony . It appears as a personified allegory for the state structure of Saxony in various forms and forms (compare also Berolina , Bavaria and Megalopolis ).

Saxonia on the pediment on the building of the Saxon Ministry of Finance in Dresden
Pallastaler , Saxonia as Pallas Athene

Saxonia is depicted, for example, on the mural on majolica panels created by Anton Dietrich in 1896 on the gable of the Elbe side of the Saxon Ministry of Finance in Dresden on the banks of the Neustadt Elbe . Saxonia shows this while earning money from various trades and when spending money on construction, art, education and more. A gold-plated Saxonia figure by Johannes Schilling stands on the tower of the Saxon estate .

There is also a Saxonia sculpture above the main portal of Dresden Central Station . In this sculpture, created by Friedrich Rentsch in 1895 , she is shown together with the allegorical figures for science and technology .

The Saxonia also appears on numerous Saxon medals, mostly as an enthroned female figure with a crown, sword and heraldic shield. A special feature is the depiction of Saxonia as Pallas Athene on the Pallastaler of Saxe-Weimar.

Individual evidence

  1. Helmut Kahnt: Das große Münzlexikon from A to Z , Regenstauf 2005, Pallas-Taler, p. 331

Web links

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