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with indistinct boundaries in the centre of the German state of
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38:Sächsisches Burgen- und Heideland
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141:The region, with its ice age
137:Geology and agricultural use
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200:Natural regions of Germany
34:Mittelsächsische Hügelland
175:List of regions of Saxony
147:Central Saxon Loess Hills
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180:Ore Mountain Foreland
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195:Geography of Saxony
120:Oschatzer Hügelland
116:Lommatzscher Pflege
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169:See also
112:Frohburg
96:Glauchau
92:Chemnitz
88:Freiberg
60:Freiberg
76:Meissen
64:Zwickau
131:Grimma
127:Döbeln
108:Pleiße
100:Werdau
68:Nossen
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