Sachsendorf is located in a flat area near the confluence of the Saale and Elbe in the Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt.
The oldest part of the former community is Patzetz, at that time a Vorwerk of Groß Rosenburg. The place appears for the first time in a document in 1100. Sachsendorf did not come into being in its current form until 1670, when Lower Saxon Kossaites settled here. On January 1, 2010, the previously independent communities of Sachsendorf, Breitenhagen, Glinde, Groß Rosenburg, Lödderitz, Pömmelte, Tornitz, Wespen and Zuchau and the city of Barby (Elbe) merged to form the new city of Barby. At the same time, the Elbe-Saale administrative community, to which Sachsendorf belonged, was dissolved.
Beet was the main crop in the area for decades. From 1884 to October 1922, on the one hand, the Patzetz – Breitenhagen horse-drawn tram provided passenger transport to the Sachsendorf station. This - also so-called - beet train transported the beet harvest at the same time (after 1922 exclusively as goods traffic) to the sugar factory in Dröbel (today part of Bernburg). The track bed of the line, which was closed in 1950 and then demolished, is now a cycling and hiking trail. You can still visit the beet railway in the old part of Patzetz in the direction of Groß Rosenburg. In addition to agriculture, there are also small businesses and a concrete block factory in the community. In addition, gravel is mined around Sachsendorf.
Sachsendorf is at the intersection of the country roads from Calbe (Saale) to Dessau (L63) and from Bernburg (Saale) to Groß Rosenburg (L64). Since 1883 Sachsendorf has been the railway station of today's main line Magdeburg – Leipzig. The regional train runs from Magdeburg to Halle every hour.