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Welcome to Thuringia!
Thuringia – the heart of Germany – has a lot to offer to visitors from all over the world. The region's unique tourist attractions, dramatic scenery, excellent cuisine and friendly hospitality are guaranteed to provide you with the ideal German holiday. It is difficult to find another region in Germany that offers so many impressive cultural venues in such a compact area as Thuringia. The cities and towns of Thuringia are filled with an array of cultural sights and will delight visitors with their well preserved centres, architectural jewels and exciting events. If one plans to travel on the traces of famous personalities like the composer Bach or the reformer Luther or if you look for UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Thuringia is your perfect travel destination! The region also offers amazing landscapes and an abundance of outdoor activities, such as hiking, cycling, skiing, canoeing and much more. Here, traditional art also lives on. The region is world renowned for glass blowing, fine porcelain, children's toys and traditional Christmas decorations. Last not least, Thuringia is also easy to get to. Located directly in the centre of Germany, it has excellent air and rail connections to other German cities, such as Frankfurt, Dresden, Berlin, Munich and Dusseldorf.
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Jena – city of science
460 years ago, Elector John Frederick of Saxony founded the “High School” in Jena, the basis for the University chartered ten years later. The University quickly established itself as a place of independent minds and free thinking, as exemplified by great thinkers such as Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Schlegel brothers or Ernst Haeckel. In the 19th century, Ernst Abbe, Carl Zeiss and Otto Schott blazed the trail for a continuing economic rise of the former town of farming and winegrowing burghers. Products like Jena glass, Zeiss microscopes and planetariums made Jena a household name worldwide. All through 2008, Jena’s Friedrich Schiller University will celebrate its 450th anniversary. February 2, the date of the anniversary of its inauguration, marks the start of a great number of events.
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