From 1920 , it was a district town in the newly created state of Thuringia .
Meiningen then became the capital of the successor state Freistaat Saxony - Meiningen .
From 1920 , Meiningen was a Meiningen   in the newly created state of Thuringia .
Meiningen then became the capital of the successor state Freistaat Saxony - Meiningen .