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Thuringia

NameFree State of Thuringia
German NameFreistaat Thüringen
FlagFlag of Thuringia.svg
Flag2Flag of Thuringia.svg
State CoaCoat of arms of Thuringia.svg
CapitalErfurt
Area16171
Key16
Population2278136
Pop Date2008-09-30
GDP44.8
GDP Year2005
GDP Percent2
LeaderChristine Lieberknecht
Leader PartyCDU
Ruling Party1CDU
Ruling Party2SPD
Votes4
NUTSDEG
Iso RegionDE-TH
Latd50|latm=51|lats=40|longd=11|longm=3|longs=7
DateAugust 2010

Thuringia

Native NameHerzogtum (Landgrafschaft) Thüringen
Conventional Long NameDuchy (Landgraviate) of Thuringia
Common NameThuringia
ContinentEurope
Regiondad
CountryGermany
EraMiddle Ages
StatusVassal
Status TextPagan kingdom, Frankish duchy,
then State of the Holy Roman Empire
EmpireHoly Roman Empire
Government TypePrincipality
Year Start450
Year End1247
Event StartThuringian kingdom
established
Date Start
before 450
Event1Frankish invasion;
duchy established
Date Event1
632
Event2Landgraviate established
Date Event21130
Event EndComital line extinct
Event PostWar of the Thuringian
Succession
Date Post
1247 � 64
S1Landgraviate of Hesse
S2Margraviate of Meissen

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The Free State of Thuringia ( , -deˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈtyːʁɪŋənpron) is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country. It is known as the "green heart of Germany", due to the dense forest that covers the terrain. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states. The capital is Erfurt.

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Garden gnomes and pink flamingos - Daily Camera Tweet this news
Daily Camera--Gnomes became popular centuries ago, first being produced in -Thuringia-, Germany, by Philip Griebel, who based his sculptures on local myths of gnomes ... - Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:10:03 GMT+00:00
Ski jumping for everyone - The Local.de Tweet this news
The Local.de--Both Walter and his nine-year-old son are avid ski jumpers, and many children in the mountainous parts of -Thuringia- choose winter sports over more ... - Date : Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:31:18 GMT+00:00
Suds lovers are close to drinking German Fan Fest tent dry; Emergency supplies ... - Vancouver Sun Tweet this news
Vancouver Sun--He said it's a “little expensive” to fly beer in from the German state of -Thuringia- on such short notice, but organizers had no choice because they had to ... - Date : Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:34:59 GMT+00:00
World War II vet recalls horror of Buchenwald - Youngstown Vindicator Tweet this news
Youngstown Vindicator--They were there as guests of the Free State of -Thuringia-, Germany, and the International Committee of Buchenwald. Vecchione and the others were honored for ... - Date : Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:24:12 GMT+00:00
WFW advised CEE on the €46m acquisition of two solar parks in Germany - Linex Legal (press release) (registration) Tweet this news
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)--Eckolstädt (8.8 MW) in Bad Sulza/-Thuringia- and Froschham (4.2 MW) in the municipality of Monheim in Bavaria. The solar parks have been connected to the grid ... - Date : Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:44:34 GMT+00:00
How many Reince Priebuses are there? - The Guardian Tweet this news
The Guardian--Today, there are more Priebuses in Germany than in any other country, with the largest number inhabiting the -Thuringia- region. ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:02:48 GMT+00:00
The rise and fall of Germany's Left Party - Tehran Times Tweet this news
Tehran Times---...- the regional parliamentary group leader of the Left Party in the eastern state of -Thuringia-, told reporters, adding that the millions of people killed ... - Date : Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:19:52 GMT+00:00
Germany investigates dioxin-tainted eggs - Lexology (registration) Tweet this news
Lexology (registration)---...- who in turn sold products to hundreds of poultry, pork and egg farms in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, -Thuringia-, Saxony, and Brandenburg. ... - Date : Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:28:19 GMT+00:00
Letter From Berlin: The Rise and Fall of Germany's Left Party - Spiegel Online Tweet this news
Spiegel Online---...- the regional parliamentary group leader of the Left Party in the eastern state of -Thuringia-, told reporters, adding that the millions of people killed ... - Date : Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:31:22 GMT+00:00
Supermarkets on dioxin alert over contaminated egg products - The Guardian Tweet this news
The Guardian--Politicians and farming industry chiefs have called for tighter controls to hinder what -Thuringia's- agriculture minister, Jürgen Reinholz, ... - Date : Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:31:35 GMT+00:00


Towns :
Towns in Thuringia
position town inhabitants district
31 December 1970 31 December 2000 30 June 2005
1. Erfurt 192.679 200.564 202.590 independent city
2. Gera 106.841 112.835 104.737 independent city
3. Jena 85.169 99.893 102.201 independent city
4. Weimar 63.985 62.425 64.361 independent city
5. Gotha 57.256 48.376 47.045 Gotha
6. Eisenach 50.059 44.442 43.858 independent city
7. Nordhausen 42.018 45.633 43.781 Nordhausen
8. Suhl 28.177 48.025 43.202 independent city
9. Altenburg 47.497 41.290 38.203 Altenburger Land
10. Mühlhausen 46.135 38.695 37.480 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
11. Saalfeld 31.048 29.511 28.148 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
12. Ilmenau 19.634 27.176 26.713 Ilm-Kreis
13. Arnstadt 27.368 27.220 25.828 Ilm-Kreis
14. Rudolstadt 30.087 27.528 25.584 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
15. Apolda 29.754 25.899 24.684 Weimarer Land
16. Greiz 39.424 26.177 24.007 Greiz
17. Sonneberg 29.811 24.837 23.928 Sonneberg
18. Sondershausen 22.195 23.088 21.718 Kyffhäuserkreis
19. Meiningen 24.876 22.240 21.642 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
20. Sömmerda 15.959 21.977 20.885 Sömmerda
21. Leinefelde-Worbis
(formed on 16 March 2004)		 4.315 (LF)
3.401 (WO)		 15.056 (LF)
5.497 (WO)		 20.816 Eichsfeld
22. Bad Langensalza 16.813 19.917 18.760 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
23. Schmalkalden 14.527 18.551 17.893 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
24. Zeulenroda-Triebes
(formed on 1 March 2006)		 13.549 (ZR)
4.790 (TR) 		14.600 (ZR)
4.230 (TR) 		17.702 Greiz
25. Heiligenstadt 12.464 17.291 17.175 Eichsfeld
26. Bad Salzungen 11.466 17.086 16.551 Wartburgkreis
27. Pößneck 19.547 14.341 13.592 Saale-Orla-Kreis
28. Schmölln 13.968 13.193 12.693 Altenburger Land
29. Zella-Mehlis
(formed on 1 April 1919)		 17.136 13.036 12.355 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
30. Hildburghausen 10.652 12.466 12.351 Hildburghausen
31. Eisenberg 13.859 11.764 11.489 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
32. Waltershausen 14.219 11.725 11.307 Gotha

Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany

Urban districtsEisenach * Erfurt * Gera * Jena * Suhl * Weimar
Rural districtsAltenburger Land * Eichsfeld * Gotha * Greiz * Hildburghausen * Ilm-Kreis * Kyffhäuserkreis * Nordhausen * Saale-Holzland-Kreis * Saale-Orla-Kreis * Saalfeld-Rudolstadt * Schmalkalden-Meiningen * Sömmerda * Sonneberg * Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis * Wartburgkreis * Weimarer Land

States of Germany during the Weimar Republic (1919 �33)

States
Anhalt * Baden * Bavaria * Brunswick * Hesse * Lippe * Mecklenburg-Schwerin * Mecklenburg-Strelitz * Oldenburg * Prussia * Saxony * Schaumburg-Lippe * Thuringia (from 1920) * Waldeck (until 1929) * Württemberg
City-states
Bremen * Hamburg * Lübeck
Until 1920
SaxonyAltenburg * Coburg �Gotha * Meiningen * Weimar-Eisenach
ReussElder * Junior
SchwarzburgRudolstadt * Sondershausen
Unofficial
Bavarian Soviet Republic * Bottleneck * Rhenish Republic



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