Thuringia (German: Thüringen) is a Bundesland of Germany.
It lies in central Germany and has an area of 16,251 km2 (6,274.5 sq mi). This means Thuringia is the sixth smallest state in Germany by area. It has 2.1 million inhabitants, so it is the fifth smallest state in Germany by population. The capital is Erfurt.
Thuringia Freistaat Thüringen | |
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Country | Germany |
Capital | Erfurt |
Government | |
• Minister President | Bodo Ramelow (Linke) |
• Governing parties | Linke / SPD / Greens |
Area | |
• Total | 16,171 km2 (6,244 sq mi) |
Population (2020-12-31) | |
• Total | 2,120,237 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | thueringen.de |
Thuringia borders on the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse. The most conspicuous geographical feature of Thuringia is the Thuringia Forest (Thüringer Wald). In the northwest Thuringia includes a small part of the Harz mountains. The Saale river runs through Jena. The biggest mountain in Thuringia is with 982m the Großer Beerberg in the Thuringia Forest.
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