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After World War One, the various duchies and principalities in the Thuringian region were merged [in 1920] to form the State of Thuringia [except Saxe-Coburg which joined Bavaria].
Norman Martin, March 1998
The small Ernestine Saxon Duchies and other nearby states (eg. People's Republic of Reuss) were merged into a new republic named Thuringia. White over red flag was adopted.
Jaume Ollé, 24 August 1998
The later duchy of (Upper) Saxony was formed out of the Saxon palatinate after the duchy of Saxony proper (nowadays Lower Saxony or Niedersachsen) was liquidated in 1180. In 1243 the counts of Meissen were made landgraves of Thuringia. In 1423 margrave Frederick of Meissen, count of Wettin, received the duchy and the electoral dignity of Upper Saxony. His grandsons however partitioned the territories in 1485. The elder line derives from duke Ernst of Saxony, landgrave of Thuringia, lord of Coburg. It inherited Thuringia but had to give up the electoral dignity by order of emperor Charles V in 1547 to the younger branch of the house, the Albertine line of the later kings of Saxony. The Ernestine line divided itself further in later centuries.
Theo van der Zalm, 15 June 2001
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