Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in the central part of Germany. The capital is Erfurt. Thuringia borders on the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria  and Hesse. The ridges of the western Harz Mountains divide the region from Lower Saxony on the north-west, while the eastern Harz similarly separates Thuringia from the state of Saxony-Anhalt to the north-east.