The German National Tourist Office and the Free State of Thuringia hosted an industry luncheon in Toronto Thursday. Home of Johann Sebastian Bach, Thuringia is known as the “green heart of Germany” and boasts more than 450 palaces and castles, as well as the largest contiguous forest in Germany. It also boasts such cities as Erfurt, Eisenach and Weimar. Pictured at the event are (l-r) Barbel Gronegres of the Thuringia Tourist Board, Matthias Machnig, minister of Economics, Labour and Technology of the Free State of Thuringia, and Anne Dollendorf, head the of the German National Tourist Office in Canada.