German Genealogy
Thüringen / Thuringia
Described geographical region.
Some basic facts about Thuringia: (from Uncapher, Wendy K. and Linda M. Herrick. German Maps & Facts for Genealogy. Janesville, Wisconsin: Origins Books, 2002)
- Size: 4,748 square miles (compared to Connecticut at 4,872 square miles)
- Dominant religion: Protestant
- Since 1990 part of: Thüringen
- Formerly: Grand Duchy, Duchies & Principalities
- Prussian: No
- Principal crops: grains, rape, potatoes, sugar beets
- Livestock: cattle
- Industry: textiles, porcelain, iron, leather, paper, wooden toys
- Minerals: lignite, potash, iron ore, marble, copper, slates, chalk, salt, cobalt
- Rivers: Saale, Werra, Ilm, Gera, Unstrut, Weisse Elster,
Wipper, Helme, Pleisse
- Reuß-ältere Linie in Thüringen / Reuß-Greiz (Fürstentum
/ Principality)
-
Reuß-jüngere Linie in Thüringen / Reuß-Schleiz-Gera (Fürstentum
/ Pincipality)
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Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in Thüringen / Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
(Fürstentum / Principality)
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Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen in Thüringen /
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (Fürstentum / Principality)
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Sachsen Altenburg in Thüringen / Saxe-Altenburg (Herzogtum
/ Duchy) [Presently in Niedersachsen]
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Sachsen Coburg Gotha in Thüringen / Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(Herzogtum/ Duchy) [Presently in
Niedersachsen]
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Sachsen Meiningen in Thüringen / Saxe-Meiningen (Herzogtum
/ Duchy) [Presently in Niedersachsen]
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Sachsen Weimar-Eisenach in Thüringen / Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
(Großherzogtum / Grandduchy)
[Presently in Niedersachsen]