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Thuringian Forest

American  

noun

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


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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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

To the east the Thuringian Forest is connected by the plateau of the Frankenwald with the Fichtelgebirge.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

In the Tyrol, and near the Thuringian Forest, in the middle states of the ill-organized confederacy, and wherever forests abound, there the peasants spend much of their time in making toys.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

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)

Froebel is sent to Neuhof in the Thuringian Forest to learn forestry.

From Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. by Michaelis, Emilie

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