Group 5 Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia

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Thuringia

Geography/Population

• Population is 2.1 million 
• Area is 16,171 square kilometers ( 6,244 sq mi)
• 6th smallest area state
• 5th smallest population state
•  The capital is Erfurt

Picture Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia  09/4/14

History

• Named after the Thuringii tribe who occupied the region around 300 AD
• The war of Thuringia Succession happen(1247- 1264 AD) which broke up the western half of the state to from Hesse
• Catholic Faith was aboishled in 1520
• Thuringia was a series duchies, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt it wasn't till after World War 1 that these duchies merge to one state.

The Forest

Picture source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringian_Forest 09/4/14

Picture Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringian_Forest 09/4/14

Picture Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg 09/4/14

• Thuringia is nicknamed," the green heart of Germany"
• Locate in the middle of the state running northwest to southwest
• Großer Beerberg, 982 m (3,222 ft). is the highest evelavtion point
• It is home to the Rennsteig, which is the one most famous hiking path in Germany
• Wartburg Castle a famous castle is in the forest.

Thuringia is location in the almost the heart of Germany. Where most of the population is Protestant and half the country is covered agriculture. That is why, the nickname make sense, “The green heart of German." First, that the state is in the middle of the country, Secondly, that the Thuringia has such a vast agriculture within the state. The people in Thuringia love their cakes, which play an important roll in Thuringia's traditions. They will be severed on every breakfast table and even for a midnight snack with party guest. What makes Thuringia different from the rest of Germany is that they use sheet cake. Sheet cake is like cheesecake. A classic meal in Thuringia contents Rouladen, which has rolls of meat, fish, or cabbage leaves. The side dishes are normally potato dumplings and onion cake as a vegetable. Thuringia falls into the darkness of WW2 because the Buchenwald concentration camp, where more than 50,000 people were killed during the Nazi era. Thuringia is one of the most smallest states both population and geometrically, don't let that fool you Thuringia is an interesting place to visit. Even though I have never been there, I feel like I know the state now. This will definitely be on my bucket list visit the forest.