Upper Saxony
It was particularly to distinguish the lands from 'Lower Saxony', a concept which arose later in popular usage (though never enforced) as a term for the original Saxon lands in north and west Germany (where Low German dialects had spread), in what is now the state of Lower Saxony, as well as the adjacent Westphalian region, Holstein and the western part of today's Saxony-Anhalt north of the Harz range (Eastphalia).
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony was divided into several districts or (literally "circles", singular ) in the late 15th and renamed in the 19th centuries. These were:Additionally, there were several territories which were not part of , such as the Margravate of Lusatia.Sources in German:Sources in English: