What is Thuringia?
{{Infobox German state | Name = Thuringia | German_name = Freistaat Thüringen<!-- Its German name --> | map = Germany Laender Thueringen.png | map_size =200 | map_text =Position of Thuringia in Germany | flag =Flag of Thuringia (state).svg | state_coa =Coat of arms of Thuringia.svg | capital = Erfurt<!-- MANDATORY --> | area = 16171<!-- in square kilometers --> | population = 2120237 | pop_date =2020-12-31 | Website = thueringen.de | leader_party = [[Die Linke|Linke]] | ruling_party1 = [[Die Linke|Linke]] | ruling_party2 = [[SPD]] | ruling_party3 = [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]] | leader_title =[[Minister President]] | leader =[[Bodo Ramelow]] }} '''Thuringia''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Thüringen'') is a [[Bundesland]] of [[Germany]]. It lies in central Germany and has an area of {{convert|16251|km2|sqmi|1|lk=on|abbr=on}}. This means Thuringia is the sixth smallest state in Germany by [[area]]. It has 2.1 million inhabitants,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik|url=https://statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?GGglied=1&GGTabelle=gem&tabelle=gg000102&startpage=99&csv=&richtung=&sortiere=&vorspalte=1&SZDT=&anzahlH=-1&fontgr=12&mkro=&AnzeigeAuswahl=&XLS=&auswahlNr=&felder=0&felder=1&felder=2&zeit=2020%7C%7Cs1&anzahlZellen=2199%7D%7D|access-date=2021-07-21|website=statistik.thueringen.de}}</ref> so it is the fifth smallest state in Germany by [[population]]. The [[capital (city)|capital]] is [[Erfurt]]. == History == : 1920 the [[Grand Duchy]] of [[Saxe-Weimar]], the [[Duchy|Duchies]] of [[Saxe-Meiningen]], [[Saxe-Altenburg]] and Saxe-Gotha (part of [[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]) and the [[Principality|Principalities]] of [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]], [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]], [[Greiz]] and [[Gera (Principality)|Gera]] united to make the [[Free State]] of Thuringia. : 1949 Thuringia and [[Erfurt]] became a new state of the [[DDR]] : 1952 It became divided in three Districts ''Bezirke'' ([[Erfurt]], [[Gera]] and [[Suhl]]) : 1990 ''Thuringia'' became a [[Bundesland]] in the reu