(formerly and currently Chemnitz). Areas around Hoyerswerda were also part of the Cottbus Bezirk. The Free State of Saxony was reconstituted with slightly altered borders in 1990, following German reunification. Besides the formerly Silesian area of Saxony, which was mostly included in the territory of the new Saxony, the free state gained further areas north of Leipzig that had belonged to Saxony-Anhalt until 1952. Geography Topography The highest mountain in Saxony is the Fichtelberg (1,215 m) in the Western Ore Mountains. Rivers There are numerous rivers in Saxony. The Elbe is the most dominant one. The Neisse defines the border between Saxony and Poland. Other rivers include the Mulde and the White Elster. Largest cities and towns The largest cities and towns in Saxony according to the 31 July 2022 estimate are listed below. Leipzig forms a conurbation with Halle, known as Ballungsraum Leipzig/Halle. The latter city is located just across the border of Saxony-Anhalt. Leipzig shares, for instance, an S-train system (known as S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland) and an airport with Halle. Politics Saxony is a parliamentary democracy. A Minister President heads the government of Saxony. Michael Kretschmer has been Minister President since 13 December 2017. 2019 state election AfD received its highest share of the vote in any state or federal election, while the CDU and The Left both fell to record lows in Saxony. Under normal circumstances AfD should have received 39 seats in the Landtag; however, due to positions 31–61 being ruled invalid and removed from AfD's party list, they had no candidates to fill the final seat. Thus, it remains vacant and there are only 119 seats in the Landtag, one fewer than the standard minimum size. The CDU formed a government coalition with the Greens and the SPD. | colspan=13 align=center| |- ! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party ! colspan=4| Constituency ! colspan=4| Party list ! rowspan=2| Totalseats ! rowspan=2| ± ! rowspan=2| Seats % |- ! Votes ! % ! ± ! Seats ! Votes ! % ! ± ! Seats |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 703,006 | 32.5 | 7.2 | 41 | 695,560 | 32.1 | 7.3 | 4 | 45 | 14 | 37.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 613,585 | 28.4 | 22.0 | 15 | 595,671 | 27.5 | 17.7 | 23 | 38 | 24 | 31.9 |- | bgcolor=| |