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Before upcoming state elections in Thuringia, the region will experience a super election year. Thuringians will cast their votes for local parliaments and top-level municipal positions on Sunday. With approximately 1.7 million people eligible to vote in the local elections.
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Traditional Rennsteiglauf in Thuringian Forest features half marathons, marathons, super marathons, and hiking tours, with notoriously difficult pathways.
Hot-Topics![Completely flooded: Mudslide in the village of Förtha in the Thuringian Forest](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/22/281307/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/landslide-submerges-thuringian-village.webp)
due to torrential downpours amounting to more than 50 liters per square meter, a street in Förtha, Wartburg region was engulfed in floodwater on the 22nd of May; a deluge occurred within the community.
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An elderly BMW motorist was involved in a crash on the B19 highway close to Eisenach at approximately 3:15 pm on Saturday, when he overshot a roundabout and struck two road markers.
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