The symbol of the 2022 German Unity Day celebration in Erfurt
Why Erfurt? Every year, a different German state, one of the 16 Länder, hosts the celebration of German reunification. It is always the state whose Minister President currently holds the chair of the Bundesrat, the chamber that represents the states and enables them to influence German national policy. In 2022 that was the Minister President of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow . Before reunification, the state belonged to the German Democratic Republic.