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Thuringia (historical region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in modern Germany; settled by Germanic Thuringians ca. 350 CE; invaded by Huns 5th cen.; formed independent kingdom ca. 500; conquered by Franks 6th cen.; ruled by Charlemagne after 804; landgraves were princes of Holy Roman Empire; was often linked to Sachsen; divided in 15th cen.; partially united under Weimar Republic in 1920; see also modern region of Thüringen, re-established just prior to re-unification of Germany. |
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| Thüringen (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
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| Thuringia (H,O,S,English-P,U,N)
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............ | named after Germanic Thuringian peoples |
| Thuringian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| historical region (preferred, C) |
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reunited with BRD, 1990 |
| kingdom (H) |
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of the Thuringians, established by 500 AD |
| march (H) |
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founded by Charlemagne in 804 as buffer against Slavs; siezed by Otto, duke of Saxony, in 933 |
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Thuringia .......... (state) |
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(World, Europe, Germany) [7003689] |
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