Thuringia

English for OBS Engineering students

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The green heart of Germany

Inhabitants: 2,254,000

Area: 16,172 m2

GDP: 48.9 million euros

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Coat of arms and its meaning

• Lion of Thuringia

• 8 stars the 8 former districts in Prussia

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Important sights, towns and cities

• Erfurt

• Gera• Jena

• Weimar

• Nordhausen

• Suhl

• Wartburg(Eisenach)

• Barbarossa Monument

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Erfurt - Capital of Thuringia

Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Severus

Church

Merchants’ Bridge

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Erfurt

Petersberg

EGA

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Suhl

The town of Suhl has become famous for its tradition of weapons.

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Barbarossa Monument

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Wartburg

Eisenach and its fortress of Wartburg are world renowned. The fortress is included in the list of UNESCO world cultural heritage sites.

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Important people

Thuringia is rich with various monuments and sights. These people lived and worked here:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Richard Wagner

Friedrich Schiller

Johann Sebastian Bach

Martin Luther

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Thuringian Forest

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Thuringia Zoo

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Countryside

Harz Kyffhäuser

KyffhäuserBrocken railway

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Thuringia´s museums and theatres

Bach's birthplace in Eisenach - light show

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Museums

Panorama Museum, the Sistine Chapel of the North.

A painting by Werner Tübke.

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Theatres

Thuringia has the densest network of theatres.

Nordhausen

Weimar

Jena

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Thuringian Churches

Ichtershausen 1150

Bad Klosterlausnitz 1157-1181

Romanesque

Erfurt 1153-1465

Neuhaus 1892

Gothic

Kirschkau 1751-1753

Suhl 1753-1756

Baroque

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Famous beers and spirits from Thuringia

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Spirits of Nordbrand Nordhausen

Eiskorn

EiskräuterDoppelkorn

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Thuringian cuisine

Thuringian dumplings

Thuringian sausage