South Thuringia (german: Südthüringen) refers to all the

Franconia Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch''). The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper Fr ...

regions in the German

Free State of Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

south of the

Rennsteig The () is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany. The long-distance trail runs for about from and the valley in the northwest to and the r ...

and the Salzbogen, but including the entire former county of

Bad Salzungen Bad Salzungen () is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district. Geography Location Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra, east of Tiefenort and south of Eisenach. Divisions In July 2018 the former m ...

. The region is, if the Eisenach area is excluded, almost identical with the Southwest Thuringian Planning Region (''Planungsregion Südwestthüringen'') in the state of Thuringia. The Rennsteig is a historical border road, that marked the boundary between the Duchy of Franconia and the Thuringian-Saxon sovereign territory, and today still represents the

language boundary A language border or language boundary is the line separating two language areas. The term is generally meant to imply a lack of mutual intelligibility between the two languages. If two adjacent languages or dialects are mutually intelligible, no ...

between the

Main-Franconian dialects East Franconian (german: Ostfränkisch) or Mainfränkisch, usually referred to as Franconian (') in German, is a dialect which is spoken in Franconia, the northern part of the federal state of Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Nuremberg, ...

and the Thuringian-Upper Saxon language area of Thuringia. Dolmar

Literature

References

External links

Bilder aus Südthüringen auf Thüringer-Landschaften.de

Naturräumliche Gliederung Thüringens (pdf; 1,5 MB)

Handwerkskammer Südthüringen

Industrie- und Handelskammer Südthüringen

Suhler Verlagsgruppe

Pro fränkische Initiative in Südthüringen
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