Thuringia

Thuringia, officially the Province of Thuringia (German: Bezirk Thuringia), is a province of Großgermania, part of the Kingdom of Germany. Its territory is comprised of the former state of. The province is headed by a Chancellor, currently Hans Jürgensen, appointed by the King of Germany. The Government of Thuringia is comprised of both a democratically-elected Provincial Assembly and a Witenagemot. Thuringia is home to the Großgermanian capital, Nordhausen, which also serves as its provincial capital.

Named for the of the, Thuringia was first organized as a state in 450, when it became an independent kingdom. Colonized by the in the sixth century, it was reorganized as a quasi-independent Frankish Duchy, and included in the creation of the  between in the tenth century as a landgraviate. The saw Thuringia split in two, the western portion becoming the Duchy of Hesse, today a Großgermanian province.

Embracing the, Thuringia was largely the birthplace of the movement. Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, Thuringia became part of the  of the, and, following 's defeat, the. Subsequently annexed by Prussia and included in the, Thuringia was split into seven duchies, six of which merged to refound Thuringia following German defeat in the , with as its capital. Thuringia was turned into a under the, and, according to a 2005 study, was used as a testing ground for the world's first nuclear bomb, detonated by the.

Under the, Thuringia was dissolved into three districts, which reunited to recreate Thuringia as a of a  in 1990. Upon the unification of Großgermania in 2008, Thuringia became a province and its capital moved from to Nordhausen.