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Thuringia, [a] officially the Free State of Thuringia, [b] is one of Germany's 16 states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. [4] Erfurt is the capital and largest city. Other cities include Jena, Gera and Weimar.
The state coat of arms goes back to a law of the state parliament from 7 April 1921. [2] The coat of arms shows seven silver stars on a red background; the stars stand for the seven individual states from which Thuringia was formed in 1920.
On 1 May 1920 the Free State of Thuringia was founded with its capital at Weimar. This excluded the Free State of Coburg which was united with the Free State of Bavaria on 1 July 1920. The region of the pre-2009 Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Thuringia corresponded, apart from a few small Prussian enclaves, to the boundaries of the State of ...
Erfurt is the capital and largest city in the state of Thuringia. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, within the wide valley of the Gera river. It is located 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Leipzig, 300 km (186 mi) south-west of Berlin, 400 km (249 mi) north of Munich and 250 km (155 mi) north-east of Frankfurt.
Thuringia is one of the poorest states in Germany, a legacy of communist rule in what was East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Salaries are lower than average, and it has few major employers outside ...
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the largest party with 33% of the vote, its best ever performance and the first time it placed first in a state election in Germany. The incumbent governing coalition suffered dramatic losses; the Left lost more than half its support and fell to fourth place on 13%, while the SPD recorded its worst ...
After voting closed on Sunday, the AfD was projected to become the strongest party in the eastern state of Thuringia, with 32.8% of the vote, and to come a close second in Saxony, with 30.6% of ...
Division of Thuringia into municipalities, municipal associations and districts (as of 1 January 2024) This is a list of the towns, cities and municipalities in Thuringia in Germany. The German federal state of Thuringia consists of a total of 631 politically independent cities, towns and municipalities (as of 1 July 2021).