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Vine. The wine-growing region of Saxony is one of the smallest and most north-easterly in Germany. It is located almost exclusively in the Dresden conurbation. The vineyards are located in Saxony and in small parts also near Jessen in Saxony-Anhalt and in Brandenburg. The chronicle of Bishop Thiedmar of Merseburg reports that vines were already found in the Elbe valley when Henry I's troops invaded the Nisan region around 929. The next documentary evidence comes from the year 1161, a

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

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BRK24E66_129

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1 1st Brandenburg Brandenburg state Central Europe Christian Christianity Dresden East Germany Eastern Germany Elbe valley Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Illumination Land Brandenburg Light mood Meissen Meißen Merseburg Middle Europe No People Radebeul Republic of Germany Sachsen Saxony Saxony-Anhalt State of Brandenburg State of Saxony Wine region alcohol alcoholic architecture atmospheric light beverage bishop bright building construction countryside deserted dignitary drink empty grape grapevine history of architecture illuminated indulgence food landscape landscape photo landscape shot light atmosphere light scene lighting lit little luminous nature no one nobody one open air red wine religion report scenery small smallest spirituous spotlighted structure sunlight sunlit sunshine tiny travel photography troop uninhabited valley valley of Elbe vibrant vineyard viniculture vinyard region wine wine grape wine growing region wine region wine-growing area winegrowing wineyard year