Érfurt capital; Surface 16,172, 14 km ²; Population 2.355.280; Density 146 hab/km ²

The state of Turingia is located in center geographic of Germany. The important routes of communication of Turingia always favored the commerce and the crafts; the early wealth of this region had its base in glasto, plants of which a blue colorante similar to the indigo is extracted.
But the most famous city of the region is Weimar, place where Goethe wrote part of his work and lived the poet Schiller and the Liszt composer. In 1919 the city lived the birth of the artistic current Bauhaus.
On the other hand, the forest of Turingia is a set of forests, pastizales, defiles, springs and rivers. Account with several routes of senderismo - including one of oldest of Germany, 170 marshes where to practice aquatic sports, and one remarkable bath network. The State of Turingia also has the call Route of the Classic ones, a route of 300 km, perfect to know main monuments the region.