Free State o Thuringie Freistaat Thuringen
State o Germany
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Coordinates: 50°51′40″N 11°3′7″E  /  50.86111°N 11.05194°E  / 50.86111; 11.05194
Kintra	Germany
Govrenment
?  Meenister-Preses	( CDU )
? Govrening pairties	CDU / SPD
?  Bundesrat votes	4 (o 69)
Area
? Tot	16171 km 2 (6,244 sq mi)
Population   (2021-12-31) [1]
? Tot	2,108,863
? Density	130/km 2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 ( CET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+2 ( CEST )
ISO 3166 code	DE-TH
GDP/ Nominal	€49.87 billion (2010) [ citation needit ]
NUTS Region	DEG
Website	thueringen.de

The Free State o Thuringie ( German : Freistaat Thuringen , pronounced [?f?a??taːt ?tyː??ŋ?n] , Inglis / θj ??r ? r ? n d? i ? / ) is a state o Germany , locatit in the central pairt o the kintra. It haes an aurie o 16,171 square kilometre (6,244 sq mi) an 2.29 million inhabitants, makkin it the saxt smawest bi aurie and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states . Maist o Thuringie is athin the watershed o the Saale , a left tributary o the Elbe . Its caipital is Erfurt .

Thuringia haes been kent bi the nickname o "the green hert o Germany" ( das grune Herz Deutschlands ) frae the late 19t century, ^[3] due tae the dense forest that covers the terrain.

Thuringia is weel kent in Germany for natur an winter sports. It is hame tae the Rennsteig , Germany's maist famous hikin trail , an the winter resort o Oberhof . Germany wan mair Winter Oleempics gowd medals than ony ither kintra in the last 20 year, an hauf o Germany's gowd medals hae been wan bi Thuringie athletes. ^[4]

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