...When used today without any special qualification, this place name can refer to two different regions. One is the area of northern Germany centered on Niedersachsen, one of the states (lands) that make up the Federal Republic of Germany, and the other is the area of the state of Saxony in the east centered on Leipzig and Dresden. If we trace this back historically, the former roughly corresponds to the area settled by the Saxon people in the early Middle Ages, while the latter was the core part of the Electoral Principality of Saxony in the early modern period. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Niedersachsen" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…この地名は,今日,特別の限定なしに用いられる場合,二つの異なる地方を指示することができる。一つはドイツ連邦共和国を構成する州(ラント)の一つであるニーダーザクセンNiedersachsenを中心とする北ドイツ一帯であり,もう一つは東部のライプチヒ,ドレスデンなどを中心とするザクセン州一帯である。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。… ※「Niedersachsen」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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