Torgau
City, Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. It is a port on the Elbe River, northeast of Leipzig. First mentioned in 973 and chartered in 1255 - 67, it was, after 1456, a frequent residence of the electors of Saxony, who built the Hartenfels Castle (1533 - 44 and 1616 - 23; now a museum). In 1526 the Torgauer Bund, a league of evangelical princes against the Roman Catholic princes, was formed there. During that period Martin
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