Thuringia | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Thuringia


00:02:16 1 Etymology and symbols
00:04:14 2 History
00:08:46 3 Geography
00:08:55 3.1 Topography
00:11:54 3.2 Climate
00:12:51 3.3 Nature and environment
00:14:42 4 Demographics
00:14:51 4.1 Demographic history
00:15:46 4.2 Current population
00:17:41 4.3 Natural and spatial tendencies
00:19:55 4.4 Vital statistics
00:20:13 4.5 Population projection
00:20:34 4.6 Cities, towns and villages
00:20:57 4.7 Religion
00:21:01 5 Politics
00:21:11 5.1 List of Ministers-President of Thuringia
00:21:32 5.2 September 2014 state election
00:22:36 5.3 Local government
00:24:26 6 Economy
00:24:35 6.1 Agriculture and forestry
00:24:45 6.2 Industry and mining
00:25:08 6.3 General economic parameters
00:25:37 7 Infrastructure
00:26:05 7.1 Transport
00:27:57 7.2 Energy and water supply
00:30:24 7.3 Health
00:32:27 8 Education
00:32:36 8.1 School system
00:37:34 9 Universities
00:38:31 9.1 Research
00:39:32 10 Personalities
00:39:50 11 References
00:41:06 12 External links
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Thuringia (German: Thüringen), officially the Free State of Thuringia (English: ; German: Freistaat Thüringen, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈtyːʁɪŋən]), is a state of Germany.
Thuringia is located in central Germany covering an area of 16,171 square kilometres (6,244 sq mi) and a population of 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest German state by area  and the fifth smallest by population. Erfurt is the state capital and largest city, while other major cities include Jena, Gera, and Weimar. Thuringia is surrounded by the states of Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. 
Most of Thuringia is within the watershed of the Saale, a left tributary of the Elbe, and has been known as "the green heart of Germany" (das grüne Herz Deutschlands) from the late 19th century due to the dense forest covering the land. Thuringia is home to the Rennsteig, Germany's most well-known hiking trail, and the winter resort of Oberhof, making it a well-known winter sports destination with half of Germany's 136 Winter Olympic gold medals won through 2014 having been won by Thuringian athletes. Thuringia is also home to prominent German intellectuals and creatives, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Friedrich Schiller, and is location of the University of Jena, the Ilmenau University of Technology, the University of Erfurt, and the Bauhaus University of Weimar.
Thuringia was established in 1920 as a state of the Weimar Republic from a merger of the Ernestine duchies, except for Saxe-Coburg, but can trace its origins to the Frankish Duchy of Thuringia established around 631 AD by King Dagobert I. After World War II, Thuringia came under the Soviet occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany, and its borders altered to become contiguous. Thuringia became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1947, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms, and its territory divided into the districts of Erfurt, Suhl and Gera. Thuringia was re-established in 1990 following German reunification, with slightly different borders, and became one of the Federal Republic of Germany's new states.