Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Th?ringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the country's sixteen Bundesl?nder (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km? and 2.45 million inhabitants. The capital is Erfurt.

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Thuringia borders on (from the north and clockwise) the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse. The major cities include Erfurt (200,000), Gera (110,000), Jena (103,000), Weimar (64,000), Gotha (50,000), Eisenach (44,200) and Suhl (46,700).

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The most conspicuous geographical feature of Thuringia is the Thuringian Forest (Th?ringer Wald), a mountain chain in the southwest. In the northwest Thuringia includes a small part of the Harz mountains. The eastern part of Thuringia is generally a plain. The Saale river runs through these lowlands from south to north.

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