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64 unusual facts about Thuringia


Altenbeuthen

Altenbeuthen is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany.

Augustusburg Hunting Lodge

He was also given the Ämter of Weida, Ziegenrück and Arnshaugk, which belonged to what later became the district of Neustädter Kreis.

Berka/Werra

Berka/Werra (also Berka an der Werra) is a town in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany.

Berlingerode

Berlingerode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Birkenfelde

Birkenfelde is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld, in Thuringia, Germany.

Blankenberg

Blankenberg, Thuringia, part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Saale-Rennsteig, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

Bockelnhagen

Since 1 December 2011, it is part of the municipality Sonnenstein.

Bodenrode-Westhausen

Bodenrode-Westhausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania

This occupation was even recognized by the Empire, in the sense that, when the Guelph emperor Otto IV allied himself at Weißensee with Margrave Albert II, Waldemar allied himself with the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II.

Bösleben-Wüllersleben

Bösleben-Wüllersleben is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Brehme, Germany

Brehme is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Brünn, Thuringia

Brünn is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Christian Karl Reisig

Christian Karl Reisig (name sometimes given as Karl Christian Reisig; 17 November 1792 – 17 January 1829) was a German philologist and linguist who was a native of Weißensee.

Ecklingerode

Ecklingerode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Effelder, Eichsfeld

Effelder is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Eichsfeld-Südharz

The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was disbanded on 1 December 2011, when its constituent municipalities (except Am Ohmberg) merged into the new municipality Sonnenstein.

Eichstruth

Eichstruth is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Einhausen, Thuringia

Einhausen is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Eisfeld

Eisfeld is a town and a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Freienhagen, Thuringia

Freienhagen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Fretterode

Fretterode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Geisleden

Geisleden is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Gerbershausen

Gerbershausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Glasehausen

Glasehausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Göhren

Göhren, Thuringia, a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, Thuringia

Helmsdorf, Thuringia

Helmsdorf is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg

Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg (20 July 1593 in Schwarza – 4 April 1672 in Ilsenburg) was a German nobleman.

Hohenstein

Hohenstein, Thuringia, a municipality in the district of Nordhausen in Thuringia

Hundeshagen

Hundeshagen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Kaethe Hoern

In the summer of 1944, Hoern was given the title of Oberaufseherin in Ravensbrück, and assigned as head wardress to the Buchenwald subcamp near Allendorf, Germany.

Kleinbartloff

Kleinbartloff is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Kloster Veßra

Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany.

Kriebitzsch

Kriebitzsch is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.

Laucha

Laucha, Thuringia, a municipality in the district of Gotha, Thuringia

Lenterode

Lenterode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Low Lusatian German

After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic and an economical development because of a stronger extraction of lignite people from Mecklenburg, Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt moved to the Lusatia region to benefit from the development.

Mine railway

Regular museum trains also run on the line from Meuselwitz via Haselbach to Regis-Breitingen.

Pennewitz

Pennewitz is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Peter Albach

Since 1990, he has uninterruptedly served as the mayor of Weißensee, Thuringia.

Radwan coat of arms

(First) marriage with Johanne Amalie Herold, born November 10, 1717 in Reinsdorf, died September 17, 1770 in Bibra, married July 19, 1740)

Reinsdorf

Reinsdorf, Thuringia, a municipality in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, Thuringia, Germany

Rockhausen

Rockhausen is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Rohrberg

Rohrberg, Thuringia, a municipality in the Eichsfeld district, Thuringia, Germany

Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia

Sankt Bernhard is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Schachtebich

Schachtebich is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Schleusingen

Schleusingen is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Schmücke

The Schmücke is a ridge of hills in Thuringia, Germany.

Schöndorf, Thuringia

Schöndorf is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Schönhagen, Thuringia

Schönhagen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Schwarza

Schwarza, Thuringia, a municipality near Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

Silberhausen

Silberhausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Stalag IX-B

The camp was also the site of the segregation and removal of Jewish-American troops who, once identified, were transferred to the labor camp at Berga.

SV 08 Steinach

SV Steinach is a German association football club that plays in Steinach, a town 75 km south of Erfurt in Thuringia.

Tastungen

Tastungen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Thalwenden

Thalwenden is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Volkerode

Volkerode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Wahlhausen

Wahlhausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Walter Damrosch

During his visit to Europe in the summer of 1886, he was invited by the Deutsche Tonkünstler-Verein, of which Franz Liszt was president, to conduct some of his father's compositions at Sondershausen, Thuringia.

Wilhelmsdorf, Thuringia

Wilhelmsdorf is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Wittgendorf, Thuringia

Wittgendorf is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany.

Witzleben

Witzleben is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis in Thuringia, Germany.

Wolfsberg

Wolfsberg, Thuringia, a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

Wüstheuterode

Wüstheuterode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Ziegelheim

Ziegelheim is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.


89.0 RTL

While it is licensed to Saxony-Anhalt, the exposed position of the Brocken at 3,743 ft allows the channel to cover large parts of central Germany, including Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony.

Antje Zöllkau

Antje Zöllkau, née Kempe (born 22 June 1963 in Saalfeld, Thuringia) is a retired javelin thrower who represented East Germany.

Blankenberg, Thuringia

Blankenberg is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Bockelnhagen

Bockelnhagen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Bodo Ramelow

In June 2004 the party gained its best result in Thuringia since German reunification with 26,1% of the votes.

Central German football championship

The number of small states in the Thuringia region formed the new state of that name, with the exception of Coburg, which joined Bavaria.

Dingsleben

Dingsleben is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Duden

In 1872, Konrad Duden, headmaster of a Gymnasium (secondary school) in Schleiz, Thuringia, published a German dictionary called the Schleizer Duden, the first Duden.

Easter egg tree

A notable example is the Saalfelder Ostereierbaum (Saalfeld Easter egg tree) in Saalfeld, Thuringia.

Fritz Wächtler

From August 1932 Wächtler served as Education Minister in the cabinet of the Minister President of Thuringia, Fritz Sauckel.

Gerterode

Gerterode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Grit Hammer

Grit Hammer, née Haupt (born 4 June 1966 in Saalfeld, Thuringia) is a retired German shot putter.

Jakob Fugger

The expansion continued with the construction of smelting plants in Neusohl, Arnoldstein in Carinthia, Hohenkirchen in Thuringia and Moschnitz.

Johann Valentin Meder

Meder was born in Wasungen, Thuringia to a musical family with his father and four brothers all being organists or Kantors.

Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller

Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (February 6, 1862 – December 19, 1948) was a German botanist born in Hildburghausen, Thuringia.

Justus Jonas

He wandered from place to place preaching, and finally went to Eisfeld, Thuringia (1553), where he died.

Justus Menius

John, Elector of Saxony, had placed him on the commission for church visitation in Thuringia, and in 1529 appointed him pastor and superintendent at Eisenach, where for eighteen years he administered church affairs with tact, and fostered the spread of education.

Kallmerode

Kallmerode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Karl Ludwig d'Elsa

D'Elsa died on 20 July 1922 at Tannenfeld bei Nöbdenitz, in the Löbichau district of Thuringia.

Krombach, Thuringia

Krombach is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Leinefelde-Worbis

Leinefelde-Worbis is a town in the district of Eichsfeld, in northwestern Thuringia, Germany.

Lutter, Thuringia

Lutter is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Neundorf bei Schleiz

Neundorf (bei Schleiz) is a municipality in the district of Saale-Orla, Thuringia, Germany.

Niederorschel

Niederorschel is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Oberoppurg

Oberoppurg is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Orda Khan

When he heard that one Mongol group raided as far as the Saxonian town Meissen promptly marched there and seek reinforcements from Thuringia and Saxony.

Prager house

The Prager-Haus or Bernhard-Prager-Haus is the former home of the Jewish Prager family, situated in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany, in Pragergasse, a narrow alley.

In 1999 the association Geschichtswerkstatt Weimar-Apolda was founded, later merged into the Prager-Haus Association, and published further material regarding Jewish life, persecution in the first Thuringia concentration camps in Nohra and Bad Sulza and the daily regime of National Socialism.

Reinhardsbrunn

Reinhardsbrunn in Friedrichroda near Gotha, in Thuringia in Germany, is the site of a formerly prominent Benedictine abbey extant between 1085 and 1525, and, from 1827, of a royal castle and park of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.

Saxon Rebellion

Henry fled across the Harz mountains reaching the Landgraviate of Thuringia at Eschwege first and then moved on to Franconian Hersfeld further into southern Germany.

Uniontown, Missouri

Uniontown was originally known as Paitzdorf, and was named after the same village in Greiz county in Thuringia, Germany, where many of the settlers originated from.

Verbandsliga

In North Rhine-Westphalia (Middle Rhine and Lower Rhine), Saxony, Thuringia, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen and Bavaria, the corresponding sixth tier is called the Landesliga, whereas the Landesliga is only a tier-seven league in most of the other German states.

Volkenroda Abbey

Volkenroda Abbey (Kloster Volkenroda) is a former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of Körner in the Unstrut-Hainich district of Thuringia, Germany.

Windischleuba

Windischleuba is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.

Witta of Büraburg

Witta of Büraburg (also known as Albuin or Vito Albinus, a close Latin translation of his Germanic name) (born in Wessex; died 747) was one of the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Hesse and Thuringia in central Germany, disciple and companion of Saints Boniface and Lullus.

ZFC Meuselwitz

Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia.