Thuringian Forest

American  

noun

1. a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.

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Thuringian Forest British  

noun

1. German name: Thüringer Wald.  a forested mountainous region in E central Germany, rising over 900 m (3000 ft)

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Example Sentences

What all of us, from the Thuringian Forest to Sheboygan, must realize is that to survive we need, along with armor, A-bombs and valuta, sisu.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the prison at the Dominican convent will be a fountain of strength for his preaching among the peasants in the Thuringian Forest.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

Meanwhile Luther had gone back to Saxony, had preached on his way to the Benedictines of Hersfeld, and then disappeared in the Thuringian Forest.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

For all his haste, Napoleon, with 180,000 men, was nearing the Thuringian Forest before the Prussian troops left Berlin.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

It is also undeniable that our poorest districts in Germany—the Silesian Eulengebirge, the Lausitz, the Erzgebirge and Fichtelgebirge, the Thuringian Forest, the Harz, etc.,—are the centers of densest population, whose chief food are potatoes.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel