458. Which federal state is Thuringia?

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Explanation

Thuringia is one of the 16 constituent states (Länder) of the Federal Republic of Germany and, under Arts. 20(1) and 28(1) of the Basic Law, possesses statehood with its own constitution (Thuringian Constitution 1993), parliament, and government; it exercises cultural sovereignty and participates in federal legislation via the Bundesrat. Historically, the Land was created in 1920 from several small Thuringian polities of the Wettin lines, was effectively dissolved in the GDR in 1952 in favor of districts (Bezirke), and was reconstituted on 3 October 1990. Its capital is Erfurt; places like Weimar recall the 1919 Weimar Constitution and Germany’s cultural history. Federalism guarantees regional self-government and serves as a counterweight to federal power (Arts. 30, 70, 83 GG).