# Axien

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**Axien** is a village and a former municipality in the [Wittenberg](/source/Wittenberg_(district)) district in [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt), [Germany](/source/Germany). Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town [Annaburg](/source/Annaburg).

## Geography and transport

The community lies about 35 km southeast of [Wittenberg](/source/Wittenberg) and about 20 km north of [Torgau](/source/Torgau) in the lowlands on the east bank of the [Elbe](/source/Elbe) on an old, now dry, arm of that river. West of the community runs Federal Highway (*Bundesstraße*) B 182, and to the north is the B 187. It lies on the "Mid-Germany Church Road". In the south, the community borders on [Saxony](/source/Saxony).

## History

The village of Axien is first documented in the 10th century. The village, however, must have been older, a castle by the name of *Wazgrini* in Axien having been mentioned in 865. It was used as a fortified [bridgehead](/source/Bridgehead) at a [ford](/source/Ford_(crossing)) on the Elbe.

From 1815 to 1944, Axien was part of the [Prussian](/source/Prussia) [Province of Saxony](/source/Province_of_Saxony) and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of [Halle-Merseburg](/source/Halle-Merseburg).

After [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Axien was incorporated into the Province (since 1947, State) of [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt_(1945%E2%80%931952)) from 1945 to 1952 and the [Bezirk Cottbus](/source/Bezirk_Cottbus) of [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Axien has been part of [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt), since 2011 as a part of [Annaburg](/source/Annaburg).

## Subdivisions

- Axien
- Kähnitzsch (since 10 January 1938)
- Gehmen

## Sightseeing

- Well known is the brick church with ceiling paintings from the 12th century.
- Atonement Cross in Kähnitzsch

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