Editing Saxony (section)

=== Sorbian population ===

Saxony is home to the [[Sorbs]]. There are currently between 45,000 and 60,000 Sorbs living in Saxony (Upper Lusatia region).<ref>Jana Šołćina, Edward Wornar: ''Obersorbisch im Selbststudium, Hornjoserbšćina za samostudij''. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2000. Page 10.</ref><ref name="gebel">{{Cite book|url=https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6353/1/Gebel-Language_and_ethnic_national_identity.pdf|title=Language and ethnic national identity in Europe: the importance of Gaelic and Sorbian to the maintenance of associated cultures and ethno cultural identities.|last=Gebel|first=K.|publisher=Middlesex University|year=2002|location=London|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501090225/https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6353/1/Gebel-Language_and_ethnic_national_identity.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Today's Sorb minority is the remainder of the Slavic population that settled throughout Saxony in the early Middle Ages and over time slowly assimilated into the German speaking society. Many geographic names in Saxony are of Sorbic origin (including the three largest cities [[Chemnitz]], [[Dresden]] and [[Leipzig]]). The Sorbic language and culture are protected by special laws and cities and villages in eastern Saxony that are inhabited by a significant number of Sorbian inhabitants have bilingual street signs and administrative offices provide service in both, German and Sorbian. The Sorbs enjoy cultural self-administration which is exercised through the [[Domowina]]. Former [[Minister president (Germany)|Minister President]] [[Stanislaw Tillich]] is of Sorbian ancestry and has been the first leader of a German state from a national minority.