Thuringie

The Free State o Thuringie (, , ) is a state o Germany, locatit in the central pairt o the kintra. 
It haes an aurie o  an 2.29 million inhabitants, makkin it the saxt smawest bi aurie  and the fifth smallest by population  of Germany's sixteen states. 
Maist o Thuringie is athin the watershed o the Saale, a left tributary o the Elbe. Its caipital is Erfurt.

Thuringia haes been kent bi the nickname o "the green hert o Germany" (das grüne Herz Deutschlands) frae the late 19t century,A. Trinius (1898) due tae the dense forest that covers the terrain.

Thuringia is weel kent in Germany for natur an winter sports. It is hame tae the Rennsteig, Germany's maist famous hikin trail, an the winter resort o Oberhof. Germany wan mair Winter Oleempics gowd medals than ony ither kintra in the last 20 year, an hauf o Germany's gowd medals hae been wan bi Thuringie athletes.

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