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How was Thuringia re-created after German reunification in 1990?

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Following German reunification in 1990, Thuringia was reconstituted as a state within the Federal Republic of Germany.12

Its boundaries were established by drawing from the former East German districts (Bezirke) of Suhl, Erfurt, and Gera, along with small portions of the Leipzig and Halle districts. This configuration closely mirrored the borders of the state as it existed during its post-World War II period before the 1952 administrative dissolution of East German states.1