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62 unusual facts about Thuringia


Altenbeuthen

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

Asbach-Sickenberg

Asbach-Sickenberg is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld, 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.

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.

Burgwalde

Burgwalde is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany, part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg.

Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode

When his brother Heinrich August died in 1748, Christian Ernest inherited the territory of Schwarza, Thuringia.

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.

County of Stolberg

The Stolberg lands, which were located mostly east of the Harz, included Stolberg, Hayn, the lower County of Hohnstein (1417), as well as Kelbra and Heringen (1413/17), the two latter territories being ruled alongside the House of Schwarzburg.

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.

Eisfeld

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

Göhren

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

Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg

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

High Prussian dialect

High Prussian developed in the 13th–15th centuries, brought in by German settlers mainly from Silesia and Thuringia, and was influenced by the Baltic Old Prussian language.

Hohengandern

Hohengandern 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.

Kallmerode

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

Kefferhausen

Kefferhausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, 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.

Krombach, Thuringia

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

Küllstedt

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

Laucha

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

Leinefelde-Worbis

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

Lenterode

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

Liebenstein

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

Mackenrode, Thuringia

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

Mine railway

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

Neundorf bei Lobenstein

Neundorf bei Lobenstein is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Oberoppurg

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

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.

Pfaffschwende

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

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

Rustenfelde

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

Schachtebich

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

Schimberg

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

Schleusingen

Schleusingen is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, 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

Sickerode

Sickerode 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.

Tastungen

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

Volkerode

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

Wachstedt

Wachstedt 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.

Wehnde

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

Wiesenfeld, Eichsfeld

Wiesenfeld is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld 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.

Wolf Bauer

Wolf Bauer (born 5 March 1939 in Steinach, Thuringia) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU.


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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.

Adolph Douai

Karl Daniel Adolph Douai was born February 22, 1819 in Altenburg, Thuringia in the Duchy of Saxon-Altenburg, the son of a school teacher.

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

In March 1942, two British privates of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Macfarlane and Goldie, escaped from Stalag IX-C at Bad Sulza in Thuringia.

Blankenberg, Thuringia

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

Blankenburg

Bad Blankenburg, a German town in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia

Bodo Ramelow

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

Botanischer Garten in Bad Langensalza

The Botanischer Garten in Bad Langensalza is a botanical garden located at Kurpromenade 5b, Bad Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany.

Brünn, Thuringia

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

Deutsches Burgenmuseum

The Deutsches Burgenmuseum (German Castle Museum) is a in preparation historical museum at the fortress Veste Heldburg (Castle Heldburg) in the Heldburger Land and in district Hildburghausen in Thuringia.

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.

Eichenberg

Eichenberg, Saale-Holzland, a municipality in the district of Saale-Holzland in the state of Thuringia, Germany

Einhausen, Thuringia

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

Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia

Matilda received as dowry out of Ottonian possessions lands in Thuringia and Franconia (the East Frankish territories of Coburg, Salz and Orlamünde), while her husband gave her as dowry the family estate of Brauweiler.

Fritz Wächtler

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

Geismar

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

Gerterode

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

Helmsdorf, Thuringia

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

Johann Eccarius

Johann Georg Eccarius (23 August 1818, Friedrichroda - 4 March 1889) was a Thuringian tailor and labour activist.

Johann Martin Steindorff

Johann Martin Steindorff (b. 18 March 1663 in Teutleben, Thuringia; d. 3 May 1744 in Zwickau, Saxony) was a Baroque musician who served as Kantor at Zwickau.

Johann Valentin Meder

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

Jückelberg

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

Karl Ludwig d'Elsa

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

Kirchgandern

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

Kriebitzsch

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

Kuno Lorenz

Kuno Lorenz (born September 17, 1932 in Vachdorf, Thüringen) is a German philosopher.

Langenleuba-Niederhain

Langenleuba-Niederhain is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, 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.

Neundorf bei Schleiz

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

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.

Ritschenhausen station

Ritschenhausen is a railway station situated in the Thuringian village of Ritschenhausen on the Neudietendorf–Ritschenhausen and the Schweinfurt–Meiningen lines.

Ruediger Pipkorn

Rüdiger Pipkorn was born on the 19 November 1909,in Gera in Thuringia.

Schmücke

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

Sender Inselsberg

The Sender Inselsberg (transmitter Inselsberg) is a FM and television-transmission facility on the Big Inselsberg in Thuringia, Germany.

Thalwenden

Thalwenden is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld 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.

Wolfram Grandezka

Wolfram Grandezka (born on 17 December 1969 in Saalfeld, Thuringia) is a German actor.

ZFC Meuselwitz

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

Ziegelheim

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