Thuringia, the green heart of Germany. After the political and economic changes, people here had no difficulties with their identity. On the contrary. Munich lies further to the east than Erfurt, so Bavarians are welcome to come here and rave on about whatever they like.

To say nothing of people from Frankfurt, whom the Thuringians like to remind that although Goethe may have been born among them, his family, on his father’s side, was from Artern. Which, by the way, is deep in the Thuringian provinces. Perhaps the Thuringians don’t market themselves enough, but then perhaps they are also wily and want to keep their treasures to themselves. The snow and all that radiance.