Editing Thuringia (section)

===Early modern period===
The modern German [[Flag of Germany|black-red-gold tricolour flag's]] first appearance anywhere in a German-ethnicity [[sovereign state]], within what today comprises Germany, [[Flag of Germany#Principality of Reuss-Greiz|occurred in 1778]] as the state flag of the [[Principality of Reuss-Greiz]], a defunct principality in the modern state's borders.

[[File:Thuringische staaten1890.jpg|thumb|250px|Map of the Thuringian States in 1890]]
Some reordering of the Thuringian states occurred during the [[German Mediatisation]] from 1795 to 1814, and the territory was included within the Napoleonic [[Confederation of the Rhine]] organized in 1806. The 1815 [[Congress of Vienna]] confirmed these changes and the Thuringian states' inclusion in the [[German Confederation]]; the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] also acquired some Thuringian territory and administered it within the [[Province of Saxony]]. The Thuringian duchies which became part of the [[German Empire]] in 1871 during the Prussian-led [[unification of Germany]] were [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]], [[Saxe-Meiningen]], [[Saxe-Altenburg]], [[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]], [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]], [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] and the two principalities of [[Reuss Elder Line]] and [[Reuss Younger Line]].