Obersachsen

Japanese: Obersachsen
Obersachsen

...Historically, the former roughly corresponds to the area settled by the Saxon people in the Early Middle Ages, while the latter was the core of the Electorate of Saxony in the early modern period. When it is necessary to distinguish between the two, the one is usually called Lower Saxony and the other Upper Saxony (Figure).
[Saxony]
One of the West Germanic tribes.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Obersachsen" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これを歴史的にさかのぼれば,前者はだいたい,初期中世におけるザクセン族の定住地域に行きつくのに対し,後者は近世におけるザクセン選帝侯国の中核部分だったところである。そして,両者を区別する必要のある場合には,一方のニーダーザクセンに対して,他方はオーバーザクセンObersachsenとよばれるのが常である(図)。
[ザクセン族]
 西ゲルマン諸部族の一つ。…

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