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Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( German: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was a German state, created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741. It was raised to a grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna.

Saxe-Weimar (săks-vī´mär), Ger. Sachsen-Weimar, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The area passed in the division of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty and remained with that branch after the redivision of the Wettin lands in 1547, when Elector John Frederick I of Saxony was captured by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ...

Saxon duchies, several former states in the Thuringian region of east-central Germany, ruled by members of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin between 1485 and 1918; today their territory occupies Thuringia Land (state) and a small portion of northern Bavaria Land in Germany.

Saxe -Weimar ( German: Sachsen-Weimar) was a duchy in Thuringia, Germany. The chief town and capital was Weimar . History[change | change source] Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha were the two original Ernestine Duchies. They both gradually shrank in size as land in Thuringia was divided among sons..

Saxe-Weimar săks-vīˈmär [key], Ger. Sachsen-Weimar, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The area passed in the division of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty and remained with that branch after the redivision of the Wettin.

Category: Geography & Travel German: Sachsen French: Saxe Major Events: Seven Years' War Congress of Vienna War of the Grand Alliance Battle of Breitenfeld Seven Weeks' War (Show more) Key People: Henry III Jakob Bohme Georgius Agricola Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust (Show more) Related Places: Germany

( Ernestines → House of Wettin) Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( Gotha, Coburg) Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( Weimar) Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg ( Altenburg) Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen ( Meiningen) Reussian principalities ( House of Reuss → Vögte (advocates) of Weida, Gera and Plauen) Principality of Reuss-Gera ( Gera)

Weimar lies along the Ilm River, just east of Erfurt. First mentioned in documents in 975 as Wimare, it was declared a town in 1254 and was chartered in 1348. Ruled by the counts of Weimar-Orlamünde from 1247 to 1372, it then passed to the Saxon house of Wettin and became the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Weimar in 1547 and of the grand duchy ...