Thuringia

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File:Local State Thuringia.png Location of Thuringia within Germany

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Coat of Arms 1.2 National Colors 2 General Information 2.1 Political Structure 2.2 Church Structure 2.2.1 Evangelical-Lutheran 2.2.2 Roman-Catholic 3 History 3.1 Historical Political Structure 4 Regional Landscapes 5 Gazetteers and Maps 5.1 Gazetteers 5.2 Maps 6 Archives and Libraries 7 Miscellaneous 8 Internet Links 8.1 Official Websites 8.2 Mailing Lists 8.3 Miscellaneous Websites 9 Data from the Genealogical Place Database (GOV)

Introduction

Coat of Arms

File:Wappen Thuringia.png

The differences between the coat of arms between the German states of Thuringia and Hesse are:

	State of Hesse	Free state of Thuringia
Stripes of the Lion	ten, from the top, beginning with silver	eight, from the top, beginning with red
the Lion's Crown	no crown	with crown
Shield background	without stars	with eight silver stars
crown of the shield	with foilage	without

National Colors

The state colors are white and red.

General Information

The Free state of Thuringia is located centrally in Germany and is surrounded by the German states of: Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Saxony und Saxony-Anhalt . Area: 16.171 square km (as of 31.12.1994) Inhabitants: - 1986 = 2,72 Mio. - 1990 = 2,61 Mio. - 1995 = 2,51 Mio. Capital city: Erfurt

Political Structure

Thüringen is devided in 17 counties und 6 independand Cities:

Bild:Karte_Land_Thueringen.png

Landkreise	Kreisfreie Städte
County Altenburger Land	Eisenach
County Eichsfeld	Erfurt
County Gotha	Gera
County Greiz	Jena
County Hildburghausen	Suhl
County Ilm-Kreis	Weimar
County Kyffhäuserkreis
County Nordhausen
County Saale-Holzland-Kreis
County Saale-Orla-Kreis
County Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
County Schmalkalden-Meiningen
County Sömmerda
County Sonneberg
County Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
County Wartburgkreis
County Weimarer Land

Church Structure

Evangelical-Lutheran

Roman-Catholic

History

Historical Political Structure

Regional Landscapes

Gazetteers and Maps

Gazetteers

Maps

Archives and Libraries

Miscellaneous

Internet Links

Official Websites

• Official Website of the "Freistaat Thüringen"

Mailing Lists

• Thueringen-L

Miscellaneous Websites

• Article Thüringen in the german Wikipedia

Data from the Genealogical Place Database (GOV)

Name	Thüringen Thuringia
Type	free state (1920-05-01 - 1945) Land (1945 - 1952) federal state (1990-10-03 -)
Population	2503785 (1995) - source 2491119 (1996) - source 2478148 (1997) - source 2462836 (1998) - source 2449082 (1999) - source 2431255 (2000) - source 2411387 (2001) - source 2392040 (2002) - source 2373157 (2003) - source 2355280 (2004) - source 2334575 (2005) - source - source
website	http://www.thueringen.de
GOV-Kennung	adm_369160
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Affiliations
Superordinate objects	République démocratique allemande, Deutsche Demokratische Republik, German Democratic Republic, DDR (1949 - 1952) (country) Deutsches Reich, German Empire (1920-05-01 - 1945) (country) Tyskland, Niemcy, ????????, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Vokietija, Allemagne, Deutschland, Germany (1990-10-03 -) (country)
Subordinate objects	Name Type Period Altenburg county (- 1994) Altenburger Land rural county Apolda rural county (1990 - 1994-06-30) Arnstadt county Artern rural county (1990 - 1994-06-30) Bad Langensalza county Bad Salzungen rural county Belern Ort Camburg Stadt Ebersgrün Ortsteil (1990 - 1992) Eichsfeld county rural county Eisenach rural county Eisenberg municipality Eisenberg rural county Elxleben municipality Erfurt administrative district (1944-07-01 - 1945) Gera county Gera rural county Gera county Gera town Gotha rural county Greipitz Ort Greiz rural county Greiz rural county (1991 -) Großbraunshain Ort Heiligen Ort Heiligenstadt rural county rural county Herbsleben municipality Herschdorf municipality Heversdorf Ort Hildburghausen rural county Hörselberg municipality Ilm-Kreis county Ilmenau rural county Ilmenau county Jena county Jena kreisfreie Stadt Kartschütz Ort Kleinschmalkalden, Kurort Pappenheim, Kurort Kleinschmalkalden municipality Ortsteil (- 2005) Kosma Ort Krebitzschen Ort Kummer Ort Kyffhäuserkreis county Lausnitz bei Pössneck Ort Lehesten town Lehma Ort Linda Ort Linda Ort Linda bei Weimar, Thür Ort Lobenstein rural county Löbichau municipality Maltis Ort Meiningen rural county Merkers-Kieselbach municipality Merlach Ort Mockern Ort Moorgrund municipality Mühlhausen county Nahetal-Waldau municipality Neuhaus county Neumühle/Elster municipality Neuposa Ort Neustadt an der Orla municipality Nischwitz Ort Nordhausen rural county (1990 -) Nordhausen rural county (- 1952) Oberland am Rennsteig municipality Paitzdorf municipality (1994 -) Pausa town (1990 - 1992) Pößneck rural county Raasen, Sankt Kilian municipality Ranspach municipality (1990 - 1992) Reila Ort Reinsdorf Ort Rhönblick municipality Rodameuschel Ort Rodeberg municipality Röppisch Ort Röppisch Ort Rückersdorf municipality (- 1994) Saalburg-Ebersdorf town Saale-Holzland-Kreis county Saale-Orla-Kreis county Saalfeld county Saalfeld rural county Saalfeld-Rudolstadt county Saalfeld/Saale municipality Saalfelder Höhe municipality Schleiz rural county (1990 - 1994) Schleiz rural county (- 1952) Schleusegrund municipality Schmalkalden, Herrschaft Schmalkalden rural county (1990 - 1994) Schmalkalden-Meiningen county Schmölln county Schwarzbach municipality Schwerstedt municipality Schönbrunn Ort Sondershausen rural county (1990 - 1994-06-30) Sonneberg rural county (1990 -) Stadtroda rural county Steinbach-Hallenberg municipality Steinbrücken Ort Suhl rural county Suhl-Land county Sömmerda rural county (1990 -) Triesau Ort Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis county Volkmannsdorf Ort Wachsenburggemeinde municipality Wartburgkreis rural county Weimar county Weimarer-Land county Weinbergen municipality Weißensee, Erfurt rural county (1990 -) Wernsdorf Ort Wolfsberg municipality Wolfsgefährt Ort Worbis rural county rural county Zeulenroda rural county (1990 -) Zickera Ort
sources for object	Gemeinden 1994 und ihre Veränderungen seit 01.01.1948 in den neuen Ländern Gesetz- u. Verordnungsblatt des Landes Brandenburg - Teil II Amtsblatt - vom 31. Juli 1950 (1950-07-01 -)