Regions of Germany

Thuringia

Situated in Germany 's geographic centre, the state's capital is the city of Erfurt, also called "the city of flowers". It is home to an interesting cultural heritage, made up of palace houses, churches and convents. But the region's most well known city is Weimar, where Goethe wrote part of his work and where the poet Schiller and the composer Liszt lived. In 1919 the city watched as the Bauhaus artistic tendency came to life.

Thuringia 's wilderness is made up of a combination of forests, meadows, narrow mountain passes, springs and rivers. It has several hiking trails - including one of the oldest in Germany - 170 marshes ideal for water sports and a considerable network of health resorts. The so-called "Road of Classics" a stretch of 300 km passes through the State of Thuringia and is a perfect direction to take in order to go sightseeing and visit the region's main monuments.