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Thur
ingi
a is
the
regi
on w
here
suc
cess
ful c
olla
bora
tion
betw
een
entr
epre
neur
s an
rese
arch
ers
goes
bac
cen
turi
es
ooin
g to
the
futu
re h
as b
een
a lo
ngst
anin
g tr
aiti
on h
ere
ust
tae
arl
eiss
rn
st
bbe
an
tt
o ch
ott
w
ho jo
ined
forc
es in
Jena
to la
y th
e fo
unda
tions
for t
he m
oder
n op
tics
indu
stry
an
d fo
r a p
rodu
ctiv
e pa
rtne
rshi
p be
twee
n bu
sine
ss a
nd s
cien
ce. I
t’s a
suc
cess
st
ory
that
the
entr
epre
neur
s an
d sc
ient
ists
in o
ur F
ree
Stat
e ar
e co
ntin
uing
to
writ
e to
this
ver
y da
y.
nd in
the
proc
ess
our
pro
duce
rs a
nd s
ervi
ces
prov
ider
s ca
n dr
aw u
pon
a m
ultif
acet
ed re
sear
ch e
nviro
nmen
t whi
ch c
urre
ntly
com
pris
es
no le
ss th
an n
ine
univ
ersi
ties
and
univ
ersi
ties
of a
pplie
d sc
ienc
es a
tota
l of
in
stitu
tions
run
by th
e Fr
aunh
ofer
ei
bni
a
lanc
and
el
mho
lt s
cien
tific
so
ciet
ies
as
wel
l as
eigh
t res
earc
h in
stitu
tions
with
clo
se ti
es to
the
econ
omy.
It’s
the
varie
ty a
nd th
e op
timal
mi
of l
ocat
iona
l adv
anta
ges
that
ma
es T
hurin
gia
so a
ttra
ctiv
e fo
r inv
esto
rs fr
om a
ll ov
er th
e w
orld
. The
cen
tral
loca
tion
of o
ur L
and
at
the
hear
t of
erm
any
will
soo
n be
com
e ev
en m
ore
of a
n ad
vant
age
than
s to
the
new
I h
igh
spee
d tr
ain
junc
tion
in
rfur
t w
hich
will
sig
nific
antly
redu
ce tr
avel
ling
time
to
erlin
un
ich
and
Fra
nfu
rt a
m
ain.
Inte
rnat
iona
l com
pani
es s
eein
g to
lo
cate
to T
hurin
gia
can
choo
se fr
om o
ur m
any
top
notc
h in
dust
rial s
ites
whi
ch a
re
situ
ated
alo
ng m
ajor
hig
hway
s an
d al
so in
clud
e la
rge-
scal
e lo
catio
ns fo
r tho
se
inve
stor
s in
nee
d of
mor
e sp
ace.
y
now
Thu
ringi
a ha
s su
rpas
sed
aden
-rt
tem
-be
rg a
s th
e Fe
dera
l Lan
d w
ithin
Ger
man
y w
ith th
e hi
ghes
t num
ber o
f ind
ustr
ial
oper
atio
ns p
er
inha
bita
nts.
Thi
s dy
nam
ic g
row
th o
ver r
ecen
t yea
rs is
re
flect
ed in
our
une
mpl
oym
ent f
igur
es w
hich
are
the
low
est a
mon
g th
e fi
ve n
ew
Fede
ral L
nder
com
pris
ing
the
form
er
ast G
erm
any.
ur
ece
llent
ua
lity
of li
fe is
an
othe
r fac
tor a
ttra
ctin
g en
trep
rene
urs
and
ualif
ied
prof
essi
onal
s al
ie.
To
cite
bu
t one
eam
ple
Thu
ringi
a is
full
of h
isto
rical
site
s an
d m
onum
ents
suc
h as
is
enac
h w
ith it
s ar
tbur
g as
tle o
r rf
urt
ei
mar
and
Jena
p
lace
s th
at te
stif
y to
the
cultu
ral c
ontr
ibut
ions
of f
amou
s po
ets
thin
ers
and
art
ists
lie
Joha
nn
olfg
ang
von
Goe
the
Fri
edri
ch S
chill
er F
ran
Lis
t a
nd
tto
i. T
his
is w
here
Jo
hann
Seb
astia
n ac
h w
as b
orn
whe
re th
e gr
eat r
efor
mer
ar
tin L
uthe
r was
or
dain
ed a
s a
prie
st a
nd w
here
the
auha
us m
ovem
ent c
reat
ed n
ew fo
rms
of
artis
tic a
nd a
rchi
tect
ural
exp
ress
ion
in th
e 19
20s.
ith th
is b
roch
ure
we
wou
ld li
e to
intr
oduc
e yo
u to
the
man
y op
port
uniti
es a
nd
asse
ts th
at T
hurin
gia
has
to o
ffer
. I d
o ho
pe y
ou w
ill a
ccep
t my
invi
tatio
n to
get
be
tter
ac
uain
ted
with
our
dyn
amic
regi
on.
hate
ver y
our v
isio
n or
pro
ject
mig
ht
be w
e lo
o fo
rwar
d to
hel
ping
you
ma
e it
a re
alit
y
Sinc
erel
y yo
urs
Wol
fgan
g Ti
efen
see
inis
ter f
or
cono
mic
ff
airs
Sci
ence
and
ig
ital S
ocie
ty o
f the
Fre
e St
ate
of T
hurin
giaLa
dies
an
d G
entle
men
,
That
’s
Thur
ingi
a.06
CE
NTR
AL
280
mill
ion
pote
ntia
l cus
tom
ers
with
in a
radi
us o
f 800
km
09
ERF
RAN
CE
Roug
hly
100
mar
ket a
nd te
chno
logy
lead
ers
com
e fr
om T
huri
ngia
10
ENTR
ERE
NE
RSI
97
,000
com
pani
es te
stify
to T
huri
ngia
’s b
usin
ess
sens
e
13
N-
3,
000
rese
arch
ers
in o
ne p
lace
14
NET
RIN
G
600
com
pani
es p
ut th
eir h
eads
toge
ther
in T
huri
ngia
17
RT
NIT
Th
urin
gia
help
s gr
oom
tom
orro
w’s
ski
lled
prof
essi
onal
s
18
EAS
LI
ING
1,
000
thin
gs to
exp
lore
and
dis
cove
r
21
IT’S
ALL
AT
O
ur c
onsu
ltatio
n se
rvic
e fo
r any
one
who
’s th
inki
ng o
f liv
ing,
wor
king
, or
inve
stin
g in
Thu
ringi
a
Cont
ents
:
Ber
lin
Lond
on
Dub
lin
Pari
s
slo
Stoc
holm
Kiev
ienn
a
Mad
rid
elsi
ni
Amst
erda
m
Bru
ssel
s
Cope
nhag
en
Bud
apes
t
War
saw
Athe
ns
Rom
e
Rey
javi
06
Han
nove
rM
agd
ebur
gPo
tsd
am
Sch
wer
in
Bre
men
Stu
ttga
rtM
ünch
en
Kie
l
Dre
sden
Dü
ssel
dor
f
Ber
lin
Che
mni
tz
Saa
rbrü
cken
Wie
sbad
en
Mai
nzFran
kfur
t a.M
.
Hal
le Leip
zig
Ham
burg
Erfu
rt
363 km
374
km
351 km
414 km
214
km
305 km
Do
you
need
to d
ispa
tch
an u
rgen
t shi
pmen
t to
your
cus
tom
ers
in E
aste
rn E
urop
e,
Fran
ce, o
r Sw
eden
? N
o pr
oble
m! F
rom
Thu
ringi
a, y
our b
usin
ess
part
ners
and
cus
tom
ers
anyw
here
in E
urop
e ar
e on
ly a
few
hou
rs a
way
. Cen
tral
ly lo
cate
d in
Ger
man
y an
d th
ehe
art o
f Eur
ope,
the
Free
Sta
te o
f Thu
ringi
a ha
s be
en a
hub
of c
ontin
enta
l tra
de fo
r ag
es. 2
,000
yea
rs a
go, t
he re
gion
was
alre
ady
inte
rsec
ted
by th
e “V
ia R
egia
,” o
ne o
f th
e ke
y ea
st-w
est t
radi
ng ro
utes
of i
ts d
ay.
280
mill
ion
pote
ntia
l cus
tom
ers
live
with
in a
n 80
0 km
radi
us o
f Thu
ringi
a.O
ne o
f Deu
tsch
e Ba
hn’s
mos
t mod
ern
railw
ay n
etw
orks
.
Cent
rally
situ
ated
in G
erm
any
and
in E
urop
e.
Five
mod
ern
Auto
bahn
s tr
aver
se T
huri
ngia
.
KNV,
a b
ook
who
lesa
ling
com
pany
, ope
rate
s it
s ce
ntra
l log
istic
s hu
b in
Erf
urt.
DH
L ha
s be
en u
sing
the
Free
Sta
te a
s a
hub
to g
row
its
busi
ness
.
With
its
mul
ti-fu
nctio
nal e
xhib
it ha
ll al
loca
tion,
th
e Er
furt
Tra
de F
air o
ers
optim
al lo
gist
ics
for
even
t org
aniz
ers,
exh
ibito
rs, a
nd v
isito
rs a
like.
Tim
e-se
nsiti
ve a
ir fr
eigh
t del
iver
ed d
aily
exa
ctly
whe
n it
’s n
eede
d –
than
ks to
TN
T Ex
pres
s’s
Air-
Road
Hub
at
Erfu
rt-W
eim
ar A
irpo
rt.
In 2
017
Thu
ringi
a w
ill b
ecom
e
Germ
any’
s ne
w h
igh-
spee
d tra
in h
ub:
The
stat
e ca
pita
l of E
rfur
t will
ser
ve a
s th
e ne
w ra
ilway
nex
us
for t
he h
igh-
spee
d “I
CE”
trai
ns tr
avel
ing
alon
g th
e Ea
st G
erm
an
rail
axes
ther
eby
sign
ica
ntly
redu
cing
trav
el ti
mes
to M
unic
h
Ber
lin F
ran
furt
am
Mai
n a
nd D
resd
en.
Erfu
rt <
–> M
unic
h: 2
:25
h Er
furt
<–>
Ber
lin:
1:4
5 h
Erfu
rt <
–> D
resd
en:
1:55
hEr
furt
<–>
Fra
nkfu
rt a
m M
ain:
2:1
0 h
Ber
lin
Lond
on
Dub
lin
Pari
s
slo
Stoc
holm
Kiev
ienn
a
Mad
rid
elsi
ni
Am
ster
dam
Bru
ssel
s
Cope
nhag
en
Bud
apes
t
War
saw
Rom
e
Cent
ral
Cent
ral
Then
as
now
Thu
ringi
a ha
s st
ood
out f
or it
s ce
ntra
l loc
atio
n an
d its
exc
eptio
nally
mod
ern
infr
astr
uctu
re. T
hus
bus
ines
speo
ple
and
trav
eler
s be
net f
rom
a d
ense
net
wor
of A
utob
ahn
mot
or-
way
s an
d ra
il lin
es a
long
with
the
Erfu
rt-W
eim
ar re
gion
al a
irpor
t an
d th
e ne
arby
inte
rnat
iona
l air
port
s of
Lei
pig
alle
and
Fr
anfu
rt a
m M
ain.
The
se a
dvan
tage
s m
ae
the
regi
on a
hig
hly
attr
activ
e lo
catio
n fo
r ind
ustr
y an
d bu
sine
ss a
s w
ell a
s a
hub
for
the
inte
rnat
iona
l tra
c of
goo
ds p
rovi
ding
eve
ryth
ing
you
coul
d w
ish
for.
In p
artic
ular
man
y m
oder
n to
p-pe
rfor
min
g G
erm
an
logi
stic
s co
mpa
nies
suc
h as
Sch
ener
Rhe
nus
Dac
hser
Fie
ge
and
DL
appr
ecia
te th
ese
bene
ts a
nd m
ae
the
mos
t of t
hem
th
ereb
y he
lpin
g to
att
ract
ey
cus
tom
ers
for l
ocal
com
pani
es.
Maj
or c
orpo
rati
ons
lie
IKEA
KN
and
redc
oon
liew
ise
oper
ate
out o
f Thu
ringi
a. B
ut T
huri
ngia
is fa
r mor
e th
an ju
st a
tr
ansi
t poi
nt fo
r mer
chan
dise
and
tra
c it
is a
lso
a ce
nter
of
hig
h-po
wer
ed in
dust
rial
pro
duct
ion
and
inno
vatio
n.
Giv
en th
ese
man
y ad
vant
ages
mor
e an
d m
ore
com
pani
es fr
om
a w
ide
rang
e of
indu
stri
es a
re c
hoos
ing
to lo
cate
in T
huri
ngia
. W
e ha
ve re
acte
d to
this
sur
ge in
dem
and
with
a b
road
-bas
ed
initi
ativ
e to
dev
elop
add
ition
al la
rge-
scal
e co
mm
erci
al s
pace
. Th
us e
ntre
pren
eurs
see
ing
to d
o bu
sine
ss in
the
Free
Sta
te
will
nd
ple
nty
of a
ttra
ctiv
e o
ce s
pace
and
indu
stri
al fa
cilit
ies
in w
hich
to tu
rn th
eir b
usin
ess
conc
epts
into
a s
ucce
ss s
tory
09
Rolli
ng u
p th
eir s
leev
es, t
ackl
ing
any
chal
leng
e, a
nd c
reat
ing
real
val
ue th
roug
h th
eir o
wn
good
wor
k –
thes
e ar
e qu
aliti
es fo
r whi
ch T
hurin
gian
s ar
e hi
ghly
rega
rded
. Als
o ty
pica
l
Sinc
e 19
91 th
e Fr
ee S
tate
of T
huri
ngia
has
dev
elop
ed in
to o
ne
of th
e m
ost d
ynam
ic a
nd fa
stes
t-gr
owin
g re
gion
s. T
he m
ain
driv
ers
of th
is tr
end
have
bee
n th
e st
ate’
s hi
ghly
pro
duct
ive
and
crea
tive
sm
all a
nd m
ediu
m-s
ied
ent
erpr
ises
. Tha
ns
to th
eir
high
ex
ibili
ty a
nd in
nova
tive
cap
acit
y S
MEs
are
idea
lly p
oise
d to
exp
loit
new
mar
et d
evel
opm
ents
.G
loba
l pla
yers
are
at h
ome
in T
hurin
gia
as w
ell.
Thus
the
dyna
mic
m
ediu
m-s
ized
com
pani
es o
pera
te s
ide-
by-s
ide
with
maj
or c
orpo
-ra
tions
suc
h as
Jeno
pti
ei
ss B
osch
Sie
men
s B
orgW
arne
r I
I Ch
argi
ng S
yste
ms
Inte
rnat
iona
l pe
l M
itec
and
Bau
erfe
ind.
In
rece
nt y
ears
mor
e an
d m
ore
glob
ally
act
ive
com
pani
es fr
om a
wid
e ra
nge
of in
dust
ries
have
com
e to
reco
gniz
e th
e Fr
ee S
tate
’s m
any
adva
ntag
es. I
n fa
ct T
hurin
gia
curr
ently
ran
s as
the
lead
ing
inve
st-
men
t loc
atio
n in
cen
tral
Eur
ope.
Thi
s is
exe
mpl
ied
by
Dai
mle
r Ro
lls-R
oyce
Luf
than
sa a
nd S
chen
er w
hich
hav
e al
l set
up
plan
ts
or s
ubsi
diar
ies
here
as
part
of t
heir
busi
ness
exp
ansi
on s
trat
egy.
In o
ther
wor
ds c
ompa
nies
that
mov
e to
Thu
ringi
a b
e th
ey la
rge
or s
mal
l al
l hav
e on
e th
ing
in c
omm
on: t
he a
mbi
tion
to b
ring
in
nova
tive
prem
ium
pro
duct
s to
mar
et. S
mal
l won
der
then
that
ne
arly
100
com
pani
es ra
n a
s m
aret
lead
ers
and
or te
chno
logy
pi
onee
rs in
Ger
man
y E
urop
e a
nd e
ven
the
wor
ld. T
ae
Bar
co
Audi
o Te
chno
logi
es. T
his
ente
rpris
e is
a g
loba
lly e
stab
lishe
d pr
ovid
er o
f 3D
aud
io s
olut
ions
for c
inem
as s
how
room
s a
nd li
ve
even
ts. A
noth
er m
aret
lead
er o
pera
ting
in T
hurin
gia
is K
IDS
Inte
r-ac
tive
Gm
b G
erm
any’
s le
adin
g de
velo
per o
f im
ages
ani
mat
ion
an
d to
ols
for i
nter
activ
e w
all p
anel
s.
r the
re’s
Mel
exis
Gm
b a
le
adin
g m
aer
of i
nteg
rate
d ci
rcui
ts fo
r the
aut
omob
ile in
dust
ry
who
se IC
s ar
e us
ed a
s co
mpo
nent
s fo
r alm
ost a
ll th
e be
st-
now
n au
tom
otiv
e br
ands
. Th
ese
are
only
thre
e na
mes
from
a lo
ng li
st o
f lea
ding
Thu
ringi
an
com
pani
es
we’
ll be
hap
py to
ac
uain
t you
wit
h so
me
of th
e ot
her t
echn
olog
ical
tren
dset
ters
Roug
hly
100
mar
ket l
eade
rs a
nd te
chno
logi
cal p
ione
ers
are
head
quar
tere
d he
re: O
ne m
ore
reas
on to
com
e to
Thu
ringi
a!
Anal
ytik
Jena
AG
. Vi
ba, G
erm
any’
s pr
emie
r m
anuf
actu
rer o
f nou
gat.
Barc
o Au
dio
Tech
nolo
gies
pro
vide
s op
timal
sou
nd
with
inno
vativ
e 3D
sou
nd s
yste
ms.
A fu
ll-do
me
proj
ectio
n sy
stem
– te
chno
logy
mad
e by
Car
l Zei
ss Je
na.
In th
e Th
urin
gian
tow
n of
Kö
lleda
, MD
C Po
wer
Gm
bH
prod
uces
hig
h-te
ch e
ngin
es
for M
erce
des-
Benz
.
MD
C Po
wer
Gm
bH: m
ore
than
fo
ur m
illio
n en
gine
s “m
ade
in T
huri
ngia
”.Lu
ftha
nsa
and
Rolls
-Roy
ce –
su
cces
sful
par
tner
s in
Thu
ring
ia.
Prod
uctio
n of
bor
osili
cate
gla
ss a
t Sc
hott
Tech
nica
l Gla
ss S
olut
ions
Gm
bH.
Ope
l’s a
ssem
bly
lines
for i
ts n
ew A
dam
and
Cor
sa v
ehic
les
ar
e lo
cate
d in
Eis
enac
h.W
orld
-wid
e se
rvic
e fo
r cut
ting-
edge
w
ind
pow
er te
chno
logy
: the
Ene
rcon
Lo
gist
ics
Cent
er in
Got
ha.
Perf
orm
ance
Perf
orm
ance
10
22.7
%
16.0
%
13.7
%
13.6
%
9.4
%
5.1
%4.9
%3.8
%
10.8
%M
echa
nica
l eng
inee
ring
and
aut
omot
ive
Met
als
prod
uctio
n, p
roce
ssin
g, a
nd tr
eatm
ent
Elec
tric
al e
ngin
eeri
ng, e
lect
roni
cs, p
reci
sion
mec
hani
cs, o
pto-
elec
tron
ics,
ED
P
Rubb
er a
nd s
ynth
etic
s
Pape
r and
pri
ntin
g
Gla
ss, c
eram
ics,
raw
mat
eria
ls fo
r con
stru
ctio
n
Chem
ical
s an
d ph
arm
aceu
tical
s
Oth
er
Thur
ingi
a’s
key
indu
stria
lse
ctor
s
A tr
ue c
lass
ic o
f Ger
man
bak
ing:
twic
e-ba
ked
brea
d kn
own
as Z
wie
back
, mad
e by
Bra
ndt.
For c
hoco
late
love
rs: G
oldh
elm
Sc
hoko
lade
nMan
ufak
tur i
n Er
furt
.
Mak
ing
mus
ic a
new
way
: th
e Au
dani
ka a
pp.
NAS
A’s
rove
r on
Mar
s, “
Curi
osit
y,”
is e
quip
ped
with
pho
to-d
iode
s m
ade
by if
w o
ptro
nics
Gm
bH.
Five
div
isio
ns, o
ne m
arke
t le
ader
: Jen
optik
AG
.
Prod
uctio
n of
sem
i-co
nduc
tors
at X
-FAB
Se
mic
ondu
ctor
Fou
ndri
es A
G.
A co
mpa
ny w
ith e
xcep
tiona
l pr
ospe
cts:
Car
l Zei
ss A
G.
“The
sec
ret i
s in
the
mix
!” T
his
hold
s pa
rtic
ular
ly tr
ue fo
r Thu
ringi
a. T
he F
ree
Stat
e bo
asts
a w
ide
rang
e of
indu
strie
s, m
akin
g its
eco
nom
y ex
cept
iona
lly re
silie
nt a
nd v
iabl
efo
r the
futu
re. T
hus,
man
y of
the
indu
strie
s w
ith th
e be
st fu
ture
gro
wth
and
job-
crea
ting
pote
ntia
l can
be
foun
d he
re: a
utom
otiv
e, o
ptic
s, m
edic
al te
chno
logy
, mec
hani
cal
indu
strie
s. O
f cou
rse,
Thu
ringi
a al
so h
as p
lent
y of
ski
lled
craf
tspe
ople
and
a d
ynam
ic
serv
ices
sec
tor.
It is
this
div
ersi
ty th
at e
nsur
es a
bro
ad b
ase
for t
he e
cono
my,
whi
le
furt
her g
row
th a
cros
s se
ctor
s.
An
aspe
ct m
ain
g th
is v
arie
ty o
f sec
tors
eve
n m
ore
valu
able
is
the
man
y ti
es th
ey h
ave
to o
ne a
noth
er. T
hus
the
abili
ty
of T
huri
ngia
n co
mpa
nies
to n
etw
or a
nd w
or a
s a
team
has
gi
ven
rise
to m
any
inno
vati
ve h
igh-
valu
e pr
oduc
ts.
This
cro
ss-s
ecto
ral a
ppro
ach
goes
bac
a lo
ng w
ay. I
n th
e
late
19
th c
entu
ry e
ntre
pren
eurs
lie
Carl
ei
ss E
rnst
Abb
e
and
tto
Scho
tt p
artn
ered
wit
h ea
ch o
ther
to la
y th
e fo
un-
dati
ons
of th
e op
tica
l ind
ustr
y in
Jena
for e
xam
ple.
Tod
ay
this
pro
ud tr
adit
ion
of
ualit
y op
tics
“m
ade
in T
huri
ngia
” is
ca
rrie
d on
by
peop
le li
e Pe
ter E
isen
hard
t or R
dige
r Kap
pel
of if
w o
ptro
nics
Gm
b. T
his
is th
e co
mpa
ny th
at m
ade
th
e ph
oto-
diod
es in
stal
led
by N
AS
A on
the
Mar
s Ro
ver
“Cur
iosi
ty”
whi
ch w
as s
ent t
o sc
our t
he “
red
plan
et”
for
sign
s of
org
anic
life
.
In s
o-ca
lled
“clu
ster
s” t
en a
t pre
sent
the
indi
vidu
al te
ch-
nolo
gica
l sec
tors
are
abl
e to
net
wor
clo
sely
and
opt
imiz
e sy
nerg
ies
to th
eir m
utua
l ben
et.
In a
ddit
ion
a c
entr
aliz
ed
Thur
ingi
an C
lust
er M
anag
emen
t (Th
CM
) sys
tem
allo
ws
the
regi
on’s
gro
wth
indu
stri
es to
be
prof
essi
onal
ized
and
fost
ered
in
a c
oord
inat
ed fa
shio
n.
97,0
00 e
nter
pris
es:
97,0
00 e
xam
ples
of T
hurin
gia’
s bu
sine
ss s
ense
!
Entr
epre
neur
ship
Entr
epre
neur
ship
The
chin
awar
e m
anuf
actu
rer
KAH
LA/T
hüri
ngen
Por
zella
n G
mbH
.
1312
CiS
, Res
earc
h In
stitu
te fo
r Mic
ro-S
enso
r Tec
hnol
ogy
in E
rfur
t.
GFE
, Soc
iety
for P
rodu
ctio
n En
gine
erin
g an
d D
evel
opm
ent i
n Sc
hmal
kald
en.
Hel
mho
ltz
Inst
itute
(HG
F G
SI) i
n Je
na.
ifw
, Gün
ter-
Köhl
er In
stitu
te fo
r Joi
ning
Tec
hnol
ogy
and
Mat
eria
ls T
estin
g in
Jena
.
Max
-Pla
nck
Inst
itute
for C
hem
ical
Eco
logy
in Je
na.
TITV
, Ins
titut
e fo
r Spe
cial
Tex
tiles
and
Fl
exib
le M
ater
ials
in G
reiz
.
fzm
b G
mbH
, Res
earc
h Ce
ntre
of M
edic
al T
echn
olog
y an
d Bi
otec
hnol
ogy
in B
ad L
ange
nsal
za.
The
Free
Sta
te’s
rich
and
pro
duct
ive
rese
arch
env
iron
men
t gu
aran
tees
that
we
will
nev
er h
ave
a sh
orta
ge o
f new
idea
s. T
hus
ou
r mor
e th
an 4
0 in
stitu
tes
inst
itutio
ns o
f hig
her l
earn
ing
and
re
sear
ch in
itiat
ives
hav
e be
en in
stru
men
tal i
n sp
urrin
g Th
urin
gia’
s gr
owth
as
a ch
oice
loca
tion
for s
cien
ce a
nd in
nova
tion.
The
se
incl
ude
nine
sta
te-s
pons
ored
uni
vers
ities
and
uni
vers
ities
of
appl
ied
scie
nces
two
acad
emie
s a
s w
ell a
s 14
inst
itutio
ns ru
n by
rese
arch
ass
ocia
tions
act
ive
thro
ugho
ut G
erm
any
lie
the
reno
wne
d Fr
aunh
ofer
Soc
iety
Max
-Pla
nc S
ocie
ty fo
r the
Adv
ance
-m
ent o
f Sci
ence
Lei
bniz
Ass
ocia
tion
and
el
mho
ltz A
ssoc
iatio
n.
Jena
has
eve
n de
vote
d an
ent
ire lo
cal m
ount
ain
the
Beut
enbe
rg
eigh
ts to
sci
ence
. Thi
s is
the
site
of t
he B
eute
nber
g Ca
mpu
s
whe
re ro
ughl
y 3
000
rese
arch
ers
are
hard
at w
or m
any
for t
he
roug
hly
50 b
iote
ch a
nd m
edic
al te
chno
logy
com
pani
es th
at h
ave
loca
ted
ther
e. T
he c
ampu
s’ th
ree-
way
syn
ergy
bet
wee
n m
edic
ine
bi
olog
y a
nd o
ptic
s ha
s le
d to
a n
umbe
r of m
aret
-rea
dy a
pplic
a-tio
ns e
. g. f
or th
e on
-site
dia
gnos
is o
f acu
te in
fect
ions
lie
tube
rcul
osis
or m
alar
ia. S
ucce
ss a
ttra
cts
mor
e su
cces
s:
ver t
he
past
few
yea
rs th
e D
euts
che
Fors
chun
gsge
mei
nsch
aft (
DFG
G
erm
an R
esea
rch
Foun
datio
n) h
as s
et u
p a
rese
arch
cen
ter a
nd
thre
e ne
w s
peci
aliz
ed re
sear
ch d
epar
tmen
ts a
t Jen
a’s
Frie
dric
h-
Schi
ller U
nive
rsit
y. T
huri
ngia
’s lo
ng-s
tand
ing
com
mit
men
t to
scie
nce
rese
arch
and
inno
vatio
n is
evi
dent
ly b
earin
g fr
uit.
et w
e do
n’t p
lan
to re
st o
n ou
r lau
rels
. Thu
s th
e “P
roEx
zelle
nz”
prog
ram
has
been
laun
ched
to s
uppo
rt s
even
add
ition
al s
cien
ce c
ente
rs
acro
ss th
e st
ate
by 2
019.
The
se a
re in
tend
ed to
str
engt
hen
netw
orin
g be
twee
n un
iver
sity
-bas
ed a
nd e
xtra
-mur
al re
sear
ch
whi
le a
lso
serv
ing
as a
n in
cuba
tor f
or n
ew s
ucce
sses
at D
FG. T
he
Free
Sta
te a
lso
plan
s to
tap
EU fu
ndin
g pr
ovid
ed u
nder
the
so-c
alle
d “R
IS3”
Res
earc
h an
d In
nova
tion
Stra
tegi
es p
rogr
am th
e be
nets
of
whi
ch w
ill tr
icle
dow
n to
com
pani
es b
ased
in T
huri
ngia
. A
num
ber o
f in-
stat
e pl
atfo
rms
dedi
cate
d to
pro
mot
ing
coop
erat
ion
betw
een
scie
nce
and
busi
ness
hav
e al
read
y be
en s
et u
p e
. g. t
he
Thrin
ger
entr
um f
r Mas
chin
enba
u (T
hm
Thu
ringi
an C
ente
r fo
r Mec
hani
cal E
ngin
eerin
g) th
e Fo
rsch
ungs
zent
rum
fr E
nerg
ie
und
Um
wel
tche
mie
(CEE
C R
esea
rch
Cent
er fo
r Ene
rgy
and
Envi
ronm
enta
l Che
mis
try
) an
d th
e Th
ring
er In
nova
tions
zen-
trum
Mob
ilit
t (Th
IMo
Thu
ring
ian
Mob
ility
Inno
vatio
n Ce
nter
). Fo
r exa
mpl
e c
ompa
nies
from
all
over
Eur
ope
wor
in th
e Th
IMo
in Il
men
au in
tand
em w
ith s
tude
nts
and
scie
ntis
ts to
dev
elop
hi
gh-p
erfo
rman
ce p
ropu
lsio
n sy
stem
s th
at w
ill s
uppo
rt th
e m
obili
ty s
olut
ions
of t
omor
row
. Ano
ther
exa
mpl
e is
the
“Thx
Ex
Inno
vati
v” n
etw
or w
hich
pla
ces
com
pete
nt a
dvis
ors
at th
e di
spos
al o
f hig
h-te
ch s
tart
-ups
thro
ugho
ut th
e La
nd.
Last
but
per
haps
bes
t of a
ll: T
hurin
gia
has
taen
car
e to
ens
ure
that
the
next
gen
erat
ion
will
be
wel
l ua
lied
as
wel
l. Co
nsid
er
that
36
perc
ent o
f uni
vers
ity
grad
uate
s in
the
Free
Sta
te o
f Th
urin
gia
com
e fr
om th
e M
INT
facu
ltie
s th
is p
uts
us in
rs
t pl
ace
inte
rnat
iona
lly s
pea
ing.
Whe
ther
it’s
revo
lutio
nizi
ng th
e w
ay w
e m
ove
or m
akin
g se
rious
infe
ctio
ns e
asie
r to
diag
-no
se –
Thu
ringi
an s
cien
tists
with
a p
assi
on fo
r dis
cove
ry a
re b
oldl
y ta
cklin
g so
me
of m
an-
kind
’s b
igge
st ri
ddle
s to
mak
e th
e w
orld
just
a li
ttle
bit
bette
r. An
d th
ey d
o so
with
two
key
goal
s in
min
d: to
exp
and
thei
r kno
wle
dge
and
to e
nsur
e pr
actic
al a
pplic
abili
ty. A
fter a
ll,th
e im
port
ant i
nnov
atio
ns a
re in
tend
ed n
ot ju
st fo
r the
labo
rato
ry, b
ut fo
r use
in d
aily
life
.
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0 re
sear
cher
s in
one
pla
ce. W
here
els
e bu
t in
Thur
ingi
a?
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-how
Know
-how
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unho
fer I
nsti
tute
s> I
F A
pplie
d pt
ics
and
Prec
isio
n En
gine
erin
g> I
DM
T D
igit
al M
edia
Tec
hnol
ogy
> IK
TS C
eram
ic T
echn
olog
ies
and
Syst
ems
er
msd
orf B
ranc
h> I
SB-A
ST A
dvan
ced
Syst
em T
echn
olog
y (A
ST)
Bran
ch o
f the
Fra
unho
fer I
nstit
ute
for
ptro
nics
Sy
stem
Tech
nolo
gies
and
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e Ex
ploi
tatio
n (I
SB)
> Pro
ject
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up fo
r Wir
eles
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istr
ibut
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yste
ms/
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ital
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adca
stin
g (D
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f the
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unho
fer
Inst
itut
e fo
r Int
egra
ted
Circ
uits
(IIS
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niz
Inst
itut
es> L
eibn
iz In
stit
ute
for A
ge R
esea
rch
–
Frit
z Li
pman
n In
stit
ute
(FLI
)> I
G L
eibn
iz In
stit
ute
of
eget
able
and
rn
amen
tal C
rops
> Lei
bniz
Inst
itute
for N
atur
al P
rodu
ct R
esea
rch
and
Infe
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n Bi
olog
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ans
Knll
Inst
itute
(KI
)> I
PT
Inst
itut
e of
Pho
toni
c Te
chno
logy
> Res
earc
h St
atio
n of
Qua
tern
ary
Pale
onto
logy
(S
enc
enbe
rg R
esea
rch
Inst
itut
e)
Stat
e-Fi
nanc
ed In
stit
utes
> iba
Inst
itute
for B
iopr
oces
sing
and
Ana
lytic
al
Mea
sure
men
t Tec
hni
ues
> IM
MS
Inst
itut
e fo
r Mic
roel
ectr
onic
and
M
echa
tron
ic S
yste
ms
> MFP
A M
ater
ials
Res
earc
h an
d Te
stin
g
Inst
itute
of t
he B
auha
us-U
nive
rsit
y in
Wei
mar
> Thu
ring
ian
Stat
e bs
erva
tory
in T
aute
nbur
g
Max
-Pla
nck
Inst
itut
es> B
ioge
oche
mis
try
> Che
mic
al E
colo
gy> S
cien
ce o
f um
an
isto
ry
Hel
mho
ltz
Inst
itut
es>
elm
holt
z In
stit
ute
Jena
Non
-uni
vers
ity re
sear
ch in
stitu
tions
Leib
niz
Inst
itute
for A
ge R
esea
rch
in Je
na.
14
auto
mot
ive
thür
inge
n e.
V.
Elek
tron
isch
e M
ess-
und
Ger
ätet
echn
ik
Thür
inge
n eG
(ELM
UG
)Fe
rMeT
h –
Clus
ter
für F
ertig
ungs
tech
nik
und
Met
allb
earb
eitu
ng
in T
hürin
gen
Logi
stik
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zwer
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inge
nSo
larI
nput
e.V
.
sola
rinp
ut.d
e
auto
mot
ive-
thue
ring
en.d
e
th-e
rn.n
et
mik
rona
note
chni
k.de
poly
mer
mat
.de
med
way
s.eu
elm
ug.d
e
thee
n-ev
.de
opto
net-
jena
.de
ferm
eth.
de
logi
stik
-net
zwer
k-th
ueri
ngen
.de
Thür
inge
r Ern
ähru
ngs-
netz
wer
k e.
V.(T
H-E
RN)
Thür
inge
r Ern
euer
bare
Ener
gien
Net
zwer
k e.
V.(T
hEEN
)
15
g
Rese
arch
, inn
ovat
ion,
and
sta
te s
ubsi
dies
: If y
ou w
ant t
he w
hole
pac
kage
, Thu
ringi
a is
-
the
“opt
ics
city
” of
Jena
as
wel
l as
by u
p-an
d-co
min
g en
gine
erin
g hu
bs li
ke Il
men
au. S
o
Loo
ing
for a
cap
able
par
tner
to a
ssis
t in
the
form
atio
n m
aint
e-na
nce
and
exp
ansi
on o
f net
wor
s an
d cl
uste
rs in
Thu
ring
ia
The
team
at T
hüri
nger
Clu
ster
Man
agem
ent (
ThCM
) is
read
y to
he
lp. R
epor
ting
to th
e St
ate
Dev
elop
men
t Cor
pora
tion
of T
hurin
gia
(LEG
Thü
ring
en)
the
ThCM
team
pro
mot
es ti
es b
etw
een
the
busi
ness
and
sci
ence
sec
tors
so
as to
cre
ate
sust
aina
ble
syne
r-gi
es w
hile
fost
erin
g th
e dy
nam
ic
now
ledg
e tr
ansf
er a
mon
g th
e va
riou
s pl
ayer
s –
also
acr
oss
indu
stri
es.
Whe
ther
they
com
e fr
om th
e re
gion
or a
nyw
here
els
e in
the
wor
ld in
vest
ors
in T
huri
ngia
hav
e a
grea
t dea
l to
gain
by
beco
min
g ne
twor
ing
part
ners
. The
ser
vice
s pr
ovid
ed b
y ou
r cl
uste
rs in
clud
e th
e re
pres
enta
tion
of y
our c
ompa
ny’s
inte
rest
s vi
s--v
is th
e pu
blic
the
orga
niza
tion
of s
peci
aliz
ed e
vent
s an
d tr
ade-
fair
exh
ibit
s n
etw
orin
g at
the
glob
al le
vel
as
wel
l as
iden
tify
ing
pote
ntia
l joi
nt v
entu
re p
artn
ers
and
gett
ing
the
colla
bora
tion
on
the
righ
t tra
c. T
huri
ngia
’s c
lust
er n
etw
ors
are
also
use
d to
att
ract
sill
ed p
erso
nnel
dev
elop
ing
youn
g ta
lent
and
for l
ocat
ion
mar
etin
g.
Man
y of
the
com
pani
es th
at to
day
are
con
ueri
ng th
e gl
obal
m
aret
from
thei
r bas
e in
Thu
ring
ia m
ade
use
of th
is s
olid
fo
unda
tion
to m
aint
ain
thei
r com
peti
vene
ss. T
hus
roug
hly
40
of th
e al
mos
t 100
glo
bal
tech
nolo
gica
l lea
ders
ope
ratin
g in
the
Free
Sta
te a
re a
lso
acti
ve c
lust
er m
embe
rs. C
orre
spon
ding
cl
uste
rs c
an b
e fo
und
in a
ll of
the
busi
ness
and
indu
stri
al
sect
ors
that
con
stit
ute
Thur
ingi
a’s
stre
ngth
s. T
hese
incl
ude
auto
mob
iles
opt
ics
pla
stic
s a
nd fo
odst
us/
nutr
itio
n
mec
hani
cal e
ngin
eeri
ng s
teer
ing
con
trol
tech
nolo
gy m
icro
/na
note
chno
logy
life
sci
ence
s lo
gist
ics
ene
rgy
tech
nolo
gy a
nd
envi
ronm
enta
l tec
hnol
ogy.
Som
e of
thes
e cl
uste
rs h
ave
been
ac
tive
on
the
mar
et fo
r ove
r ten
yea
rs n
ow. T
han
s to
thes
e st
rong
net
wor
s c
ompa
nies
in T
huri
ngia
are
not
just
“le
ss
alon
e.”
They
are
als
o m
ore
succ
essf
ul
Thur
ingi
a’s
bigg
est t
eam
: 600
com
pani
es a
nd in
stitu
tes
are
putt
ing
thei
r hea
ds to
geth
er.
To c
reat
e in
nova
tions
that
will
am
aze
the
wor
ld.
Netw
orki
ngNe
twor
king
Netw
orki
ngIM
MS
deve
lops
ene
rgy
self-
suci
ent m
icro
-sen
sor s
yste
ms
that
mak
e
indu
stri
al p
roce
sses
and
bio
-ana
lysi
s m
ore
eci
ent.
A gl
obal
spe
cial
ist i
n m
etal
cut
ting:
RE
GE
Mot
oren
teile
Gm
bH.
Spec
ializ
ing
in n
ouga
t for
ove
r 120
yea
rs,
Viba
is N
o. 1
in G
erm
any.
ZEIS
S: a
glo
bal t
echn
olog
y gi
ant i
n th
e op
tics
an
d op
to-e
lect
roni
cs in
dust
ry.
R&D
at G
RAFE
Adv
ance
d Po
lym
ers
Gm
bH.
The
JEN
OPT
IK-V
OTA
N™
A la
ser c
utte
r sha
pes
auto
mot
ive
cont
rol p
anel
s w
ith e
xtre
me
prec
isio
n.
Indu
stry
net
wor
s
in T
hurin
gia:
1716
By
the
age
of o
ne e
very
chi
ld in
Ger
man
y th
eore
tica
lly is
en
titl
ed to
att
end
a da
ycar
e ce
nter
. In
Thur
ingi
a th
is is
als
o im
plem
ente
d in
pra
ctic
e. W
ith it
s 98
000
dayc
are
slot
s an
d 1
200
addi
tion
al s
lots
wit
h pu
blic
ly s
ubsi
dize
d fa
mily
day
care
m
othe
rs th
e Fr
ee S
tate
has
the
need
s of
its
8900
0 ch
ildre
n m
ore
than
cov
ered
. In
fact
this
is th
e be
st ra
tio
in a
ll of
G
erm
any.
And
wha
t is
mor
e: A
ll-da
y ca
re a
nd ta
rget
ed y
outh
de
velo
pmen
t con
tinu
e to
be
prov
ided
eve
n af
ter a
chi
ld
beco
mes
old
eno
ugh
to a
tten
d Th
urin
gia’
s sc
hool
s. T
his
gene
rous
chi
ldca
re s
yste
m is
goo
d no
t onl
y fo
r id
s b
ut fo
r th
eir p
aren
ts a
s w
ell
sinc
e it
allo
ws
them
to b
ette
r bal
ance
w
or a
nd fa
mily
.
Even
whe
n a
child
is s
till i
n sc
hool
Thu
ring
ia is
alre
ady
thin
ing
ahea
d. T
hus
you
th a
re e
ncou
rage
d to
mai
ntai
n a
pers
onal
“c
aree
r ori
enta
tion
le”
(Ber
ufsw
ahlp
ass)
that
will
eve
ntua
lly
help
them
to id
entif
y th
eir o
ccup
atio
n of
cho
ice
wel
l ahe
ad o
f tim
e. P
upils
’ tal
ents
are
als
o nu
rtur
ed b
y in
nova
tive
aca
dem
ic
curr
icul
a. T
his
is th
e so
rt o
f com
mit
men
t one
mig
ht e
xpec
t fro
m
the
“lan
d of
poe
ts a
nd p
hilo
soph
ers
” an
d it
pays
o: T
huri
ngia
re
gula
rly
ran
s at
the
top
of th
e ua
lity
of e
duca
tion
surv
eys
perf
orm
ed w
ithin
Ger
man
y an
d w
hen
com
pare
d in
tern
atio
nally
. An
d up
on s
ucce
ssfu
lly c
ompl
etin
g th
eir s
tudi
es T
huri
ngia
n gr
adua
tes
can
loo
forw
ard
to p
rom
isin
g jo
b pr
ospe
cts.
Tha
ns
to th
e Fr
ee S
tate
’s n
ine
stat
e-fu
nded
uni
vers
ities
and
uni
vers
ities
of
app
lied
scie
nces
as
wel
l as
othe
r ins
titu
tion
s of
hig
her
lear
ning
som
e of
them
pri
vate
mor
e th
an 5
200
0 yo
ung
peop
le
have
the
oppo
rtun
ity
to o
btai
n po
st-s
econ
dary
edu
cati
on.
That
’s a
ben
et f
or in
vest
ors
as w
ell:
In n
o ot
her r
egio
n ar
e so
m
any
stud
ents
stu
dyin
g bu
sine
ss a
dmin
istr
atio
n an
d m
anag
e-m
ent
nat
ural
sci
ence
s a
nd e
ngin
eeri
ng a
s in
Thu
ring
ia. T
he
Free
Sta
te e
nsur
es th
at it
s yo
ung
grad
uate
s an
d up
-and
-com
ing
tale
nt re
ceiv
e a
thor
ough
theo
retic
al e
duca
tion
and
prac
tical
on
-the
-job
trai
ning
at e
very
ste
p of
the
way
as
wel
l as
oppo
rtu-
nitie
s to
ear
n fu
rthe
r ua
lica
tions
. And
in th
e ra
re e
vent
that
th
is e
duca
tiona
l sys
tem
falls
sho
rt th
ere
are
indu
stry
net
wor
s th
at c
an s
tep
in a
nd ta
e up
the
slac
. Thu
s it
is h
ardl
y su
rpri
sing
that
61
of T
huri
ngia
’s la
bor f
orce
con
sist
of s
illed
w
orer
s th
at 1
5 a
tten
ded
a un
iver
sity
of a
pplie
d sc
ienc
es o
r un
iver
sity
or t
hat 1
7 h
old
a te
chni
cal o
r voc
atio
nal d
egre
e.
But
a g
radu
ate’
s ed
ucat
ion
does
not
sto
p on
ce h
e or
she
ent
ers
the
wor
ing
wor
ld: T
hurin
gia’
s un
iver
sitie
s u
nive
rsiti
es o
f app
lied
scie
nces
and
voc
atio
nal a
cade
mie
s al
so o
er c
ompr
ehen
sive
on
goin
g ed
ucat
ion
prog
ram
s. T
hese
allo
w e
mpl
oyee
s to
obt
ain
addi
tion
al p
rofe
ssio
nal t
rain
ing
any
tim
e th
ey c
hoos
e s
o as
to
obt
ain
prec
isel
y th
ose
supp
lem
enta
l ua
lica
tions
they
nee
d fo
r the
ir da
ily w
or.
Educ
atio
n an
d lif
e-lo
ng le
arni
ng. T
hurin
gia
help
s gr
oom
th
e sk
illed
pro
fess
iona
ls o
f tom
orro
w.
In T
hurin
gia,
edu
catio
n is
trea
ted
as a
life
-long
obj
ectiv
e pu
rsue
d al
ong
a nu
mbe
r of
trac
ks. T
hese
rang
e fr
om th
e ch
ildca
re p
rovi
ded
unde
r the
Fre
e St
ate’
s Bi
ldun
gspl
aned
ucat
iona
l pro
gram
to in
nova
tive
teac
hing
mod
els,
exc
elle
nt in
stitu
tions
of h
ighe
r
An im
pres
sive
sel
ectio
n: th
e W
eim
ar li
brar
y.M
oder
n ar
chite
ctur
e, u
p-to
-dat
e cu
rric
ula:
U
nive
rsit
y of
Erf
urt.
Thur
ingi
a –
a po
pula
r pla
ce to
stu
dy.
Bala
ncin
g w
ork
and
fam
ily
is e
asy
in T
huri
ngia
.
The
Bauh
aus
Uni
vers
ity
in W
eim
ar s
peci
aliz
es
in te
chni
cal a
nd a
rtis
tic c
urri
cula
.
Enro
llmen
t in
Thur
ingi
a’s
inst
itutio
ns o
f hig
her
lear
ning
(win
ter s
emes
ter 2
014/
2015
)
Frie
dric
h Sc
hille
r Uni
vers
ity
Jena
: 18
242
Tech
nica
l Uni
vers
ity
Ilmen
au:
664
8
Uni
vers
ity
of E
rfur
t :
571
1
Erns
t Abb
e U
nive
rsit
y of
Ap
plie
d Sc
ienc
es Je
na:
457
4
Erfu
rt U
nive
rsit
y of
App
lied
Scie
nces
: 4
411
Bau
haus
-Uni
vers
ity
Wei
mar
:
413
2
Uni
vers
ity
of A
pplie
d
Scie
nces
Sch
mal
alde
n:
292
6
Nor
dhau
sen
Uni
vers
ity
of
Appl
ied
Scie
nces
: 2
291
Uni
vers
ity
of C
oope
rativ
e Ed
ucat
ion
123
8
SRH
Uni
vers
ity
of A
pplie
d
Hea
lth S
cien
ces
Ger
a :
806
Uni
vers
ity
of M
usic
Fr
anz
Lisz
t Wei
mar
: 80
0
Thur
ingi
an U
nive
rsit
y of
App
lied
Sc
ienc
es fo
r Pub
lic A
dmin
istr
atio
n G
otha
: 37
4
Tota
l: 52
,153
Opp
ortu
nity
Opp
ortu
nity
The
Ope
l pla
nt in
Eis
enac
h, o
ne o
f the
man
y co
m-
pani
es to
oer
voc
atio
nal t
rain
ing
in T
huri
ngia
.
Ever
yone
sho
uld
have
the
oppo
rtun
ity
to
eep
lear
ning
thro
ugho
ut h
is o
r her
life
. So
it’s
for t
he
best
if a
sol
id a
cade
mic
foun
datio
n is
laid
as
early
as
poss
ible
in li
fe. W
hich
is w
hy T
hurin
gia
taes
a
coop
erat
ive
appr
oach
tow
ards
fost
erin
g th
e ne
xt g
ener
atio
n of
sill
ed p
erso
nnel
. Thi
s in
clud
es
hold
ing
spec
ial c
hild
ren’
s le
ctur
es a
nd p
rese
ntat
ions
sev
eral
tim
es a
yea
r at T
hurin
gia’
s un
iver
sitie
s an
d un
iver
sitie
s of
app
lied
scie
nces
to s
timul
ate
ids’
app
etite
for l
earn
ing
and
disc
over
y. D
urin
g su
ch e
vent
s m
ore
than
700
0 “c
hild
stu
dent
s” s
trea
m in
to T
huri
ngia
’s a
cade
mic
lect
ure
halls
.
In T
hurin
gia
we
tae
the
long
vie
w
whe
n pl
anni
ng a
head
.
2018
Take
a g
ener
ous
expa
nse
of s
tunn
ing
natu
ral b
eaut
y, a
dd a
dol
lop
of h
isto
rical
ly ri
ch c
ities
an
d to
wns
, and
mix
in a
n ex
uber
ant,
hard
-wor
king
pop
ulat
ion
that
als
o kn
ows
how
to e
n-jo
y lif
e. W
hat d
o yo
u ge
t? T
hurin
gia,
of c
ours
e! T
hat’s
bec
ause
Thu
ringi
a ha
s it
all:
A re
gion
whe
re li
fe c
an b
e liv
ed to
the
full,
with
som
ethi
ng n
ew to
exp
lore
pra
ctic
ally
eve
ry d
ay.
1,00
0 th
ings
to d
isco
ver
Mus
ic, t
heat
er, a
nd c
abar
et u
nder
the
big
top:
th
e Kö
stri
tzer
Spi
egel
zelt
.
A sa
tisfy
ing
Thur
ingi
an
trad
ition
: the
Bra
twur
st.
Erfu
rt C
athe
dral
and
th
e St
. Sev
eri C
hurc
h.
Ger
man
y’s
mos
t fam
ous
liter
ary
lions
: th
e m
emor
ial t
o G
oeth
e an
d Sc
hille
r in
Wei
mar
.
Duc
hess
Ann
a Am
alia
Lib
rary
in W
eim
ar.
A pl
ace
whe
re h
isto
ry w
as w
ritt
en
(lite
rally
!): W
artb
urg
Cast
le.
The
Roco
co p
alac
e of
Dor
nbur
g.
Som
e of
the
mos
t exc
iting
bia
thlo
n ev
ents
an
ywhe
re: t
he s
ki s
tadi
um a
t Obe
rhof
.
Pris
tine:
the
idyl
lic H
aini
ch N
atio
nal
Park
is a
par
adis
e fo
r hik
ers.
Gou
rmet
cui
sine
is a
t hom
e in
Thu
ring
ia.
A m
oder
n ho
tel w
ith a
his
tori
c
back
drop
: the
War
tbur
g H
otel
.
Thur
ingi
a o
ers
plen
ty o
f rec
reat
ion.
The
thea
ter t
own
of M
eini
ngen
.
Easy
livi
ngEa
sy li
ving
The
list o
f illu
strio
us p
erso
nalit
ies
who
suc
cum
bed
to th
is re
cipe
is
a lo
ng o
ne. A
mon
g th
e m
ost p
rom
inen
t are
Joha
nn S
ebas
tian
Bac
h F
ried
rich
Sch
iller
Joha
nn W
olfg
ang
von
Goe
the
Fra
nz
Lisz
t L
yone
l Fei
ning
er
tto
Dix
Fri
edri
ch N
ietz
sche
and
Wal
ter
Gro
pius
. For
all
of th
em th
e na
tura
l set
ting
peo
ple
and
cul
ture
of
Thu
ring
ia w
ere
ey s
ourc
es o
f the
ir cr
eati
ve in
spir
atio
n.
For o
ther
s th
e re
gion
was
a fa
vore
d re
trea
t pro
vidi
ng th
e tr
anui
lity
and
priv
acy
they
reui
red
to c
reat
e im
port
ant w
ors.
Ta
e M
arti
n Lu
ther
for e
xam
ple
who
tran
slat
ed th
e N
ew
Test
amen
t int
o G
erm
an w
hile
hid
ing
in W
artb
urg
cast
le u
nder
th
e ps
eudo
nym
“Ju
ner
Jrg
”.
The
lega
cy o
f the
se g
reat
Thu
ring
ians
live
s on
to th
is d
ay.
Rem
aini
ng tr
ue to
this
cre
ativ
e tr
adit
ion
– bu
t als
o op
en to
co
ntem
pora
ry a
rtis
tic
curr
ents
– T
huri
ngia
oer
s a
vast
arr
ay
of c
ultu
ral e
vent
s e
xhib
itio
ns a
nd fe
stiv
als
that
will
aw
e an
d de
light
you
. The
se in
clud
e th
e W
eim
ar s
umm
er c
ultu
re
fest
ival
the
Dom
Stuf
en-F
ests
piel
e (f
esti
val i
n fr
ont o
f Erf
urt
Cath
edra
l) th
e Th
ürin
ger B
achw
oche
n (d
evot
ed to
the
mus
ic
of J.
S. B
ach)
the
open
-air
jazz
fest
ival
Jazz
mei
le T
hüri
ngen
Je
na’s
Kul
tura
rena
the
Wei
mar
Kun
stfe
st th
e Fo
lfe
stiv
al in
Ru
dols
tadt
and
the
Eho
f-Fe
stiv
al in
Got
ha. I
n fa
ct th
e lis
t of
mul
tifa
cete
d ev
ents
goe
s on
and
on.
It’s
saf
e to
say
that
Thu
ring
ia in
dulg
es it
s re
side
nts
and
gues
ts
wit
h a
uni
ue a
nd fe
stiv
e cu
ltur
al p
rogr
am.
But t
here
’s y
et a
noth
er d
imen
sion
to th
e Th
urin
gian
life
styl
e:
Prac
tical
ly e
very
cor
ner o
f the
Fre
e St
ate
has
its o
wn
culin
ary
trad
ition
s to
del
ight
any
gou
rmet
loo
ing
into
the
itche
n w
here
ev
en fa
mili
ar d
ishe
s ar
e pr
esen
ted
in a
ll so
rts
of c
reat
ive
new
w
ays.
f c
ours
e yo
u w
ill a
lso
have
no
trou
ble
ndin
g th
at fa
mou
s Th
urin
gian
sta
ndby
the
Brat
wur
st s
ausa
ge a
s w
ell a
s su
ccul
ent
m
arin
ated
roas
t mea
ts a
nd d
umpl
ings
“ju
st li
e gr
andm
a us
ed to
m
ae.
” Th
ese
delic
acie
s b
y no
w th
e ep
itom
e of
Thu
ringi
an
cuis
ine
hav
e ev
en fo
und
thei
r way
into
the
mor
e ex
perim
enta
l cr
eatio
ns o
f sta
r che
fs o
erin
g st
ella
r cul
inar
y ex
perie
nces
.
This
rich
cul
inar
y di
vers
ity
incl
udes
suc
h de
licac
ies
as o
nion
ta
rts
from
Wei
mar
Mut
zbra
ten
from
Ger
a (m
arjo
ram
-spi
ced
barb
ecue
por
) or
Brü
cen
trü
el p
ralin
es fr
om E
rfur
t. W
hate
ver
your
tast
e m
ay b
e y
ou’re
sur
e to
nd
som
ethi
ng h
ere
to ti
cle
yo
ur p
alat
e. A
nd w
hat b
ette
r way
to ro
und
it al
l o th
an w
ith
a
choi
ce b
eer
(The
fam
ous
Ger
man
Rei
nhei
tsge
bot
or b
eer-
br
ewin
g pu
rity
rule
s
rst o
rigi
nate
d in
Thu
ring
ia b
y th
e w
ay.)
r if y
ou p
refe
r win
e th
e ch
oice
vin
tage
s fr
om th
e Sa
ale
alle
y w
ill n
ot d
isap
poin
t. So
you
see
Thu
ringi
a’s
cuis
ine
is a
s di
vers
e as
the
regi
on it
self.
Why
not
dig
in a
nd g
ive
it a
try
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he a
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ring
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the
grou
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unde
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ring
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IS3)
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sup
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cces
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