Saxon Eastern March

Saxon Eastern March Sächsische Ostmark
March of the Holy Roman Empire
965–1128
Territories of the Saxon Eastern March (Lusatia, Meissen, Merseburg, and Zeitz) after the 983 Great Slav Rising
History
• Established	965
• Disestablished	1128

The Saxon Eastern March (German: Sächsische Ostmark) was a march of the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th until the 12th century. The term "eastern march" stems from the Latin term marchia Orientalis and originally could refer to either a march created on the eastern frontier of the East Frankish duchy of Saxony or another on the eastern border of the Duchy of Bavaria: the Bavarian marchia Orientalis (documented as Ostarrîchi in 996), corresponding to later Austria.