Books set in Thüringen

10 books and other written works set here; ordered by German Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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1WeimarNSA – Nationales Sicherheits-Amt4
2ErfurtDunkles Gold1
3Mühlhausen/ThüringenWendt boxt sich durch1
4WartburgDer Sängerstreit1

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Lotte in Weimarby Thomas Mann · 1939 · Hotel Elephant
#160.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
NSA – Nationales Sicherheits-Amtby Andreas Eschbach · 2018 · Weimar
#234.5avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Ein Gespräch im Hause Stein über den abwesenden Herrn von Goetheby Peter Hacks · 1975 · Weimar
#38.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Totenwaldby Ernst Wiechert · 1946 · KZ Buchenwald
#44.9avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Lilaby Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1790 · Weimar
#53.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Goethe schtirbtby Thomas Bernhard · 2010 · Weimar
#60.7avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Dunkles Goldby Mirjam Pressler · 2019 · Erfurt
#70.2avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Wendt boxt sich durchby Ulla Küttner · 1962 · Mühlhausen/Thüringen
#80.1avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Sängerstreitby Franz Hodjak · 2000 · Wartburg
#9
Widerstand in Buchenwaldby Klaus Drobisch · 1977 · KZ Buchenwald
#10

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