List of towns in Thuringia

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An alphabetical list of towns in German state of Thuringia .

In alphabetical order

TownInhabitants
(2005-12-31)
District
Altenburg 37,781 Altenburger Land
Apolda 24,500 Weimarer Land
Arnstadt 25,722 Ilm-Kreis
Artern 6,201 Kyffhäuserkreis
Auma 3,203 Greiz
Bad Berka 7,702 Weimarer Land
Bad Blankenburg 7,498 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Bad Colberg-Heldburg 2,244 Hildburghausen
Bad Frankenhausen 8,775 Kyffhäuserkreis
Bad Köstritz 3,964 Greiz
Bad Langensalza 18,689 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Bad Liebenstein 4,102 Wartburgkreis
Bad Lobenstein 6,905 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Bad Salzungen 16,504 Wartburgkreis
Bad Sulza 3,065 Weimarer Land
Bad Tennstedt 2,665 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Berga/Elster 3,830 Greiz
Berka/Werra 4,696 Wartburgkreis
Blankenhain 6,840 Weimarer Land
Bleicherode 6,283 Nordhausen
Brotterode 3,010 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Bürgel 3,304 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Buttelstedt 1,405 Weimarer Land
Buttstädt 2,655 Sömmerda
Camburg 2,939 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Clingen 1,117 Kyffhäuserkreis
Creuzburg 2,576 Wartburgkreis
Dingelstädt 4,798 Eichsfeld
Dornburg/Saale 887 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Ebeleben 3,080 Kyffhäuserkreis
Eisenach 43,727kreisfrei
Eisenberg 11,424 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Eisfeld 5,750 Hildburghausen
Ellrich 6,267 Nordhausen
Erfurt 202,844kreisfrei
Friedrichroda 5,307 Landkreis Gotha
Gebesee 2,319 Sömmerda
Gefell 2,827 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Gehren 3,641 Ilm-Kreis
Geisa 3,393 Wartburgkreis
Gera 103,948kreisfrei
Gößnitz 4,039 Altenburger Land
Gotha 46,896 Gotha
Gräfenthal 2,692 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Greiz 23,764 Greiz
Greußen 3,950 Kyffhäuserkreis
Großbreitenbach 2,895 Ilm-Kreis
Großenehrich 2,890 Kyffhäuserkreis
Heilbad Heiligenstadt 17,153 Eichsfeld
Heldrungen 2,333 Kyffhäuserkreis
Heringen/Helme 2,379 Nordhausen
Hermsdorf 8,609 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Hildburghausen 12,296 Hildburghausen
Hirschberg 2,569 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Hohenleuben 1,802 Greiz
Ilmenau 26,737 Ilm-Kreis
Jena 102,532kreisfrei
Kahla 7,425 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Kaltennordheim 1,871 Wartburgkreis
Kindelbrück 1,918 Sömmerda
Kölleda 5,767 Sömmerda
Königsee 5,497 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Kranichfeld 3,717 Weimarer Land
Langewiesen 3,689 Ilm-Kreis
Lauscha 4,017 Landkreis Sonneberg
Lehesten 2,115 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Leinefelde-Worbis 20,675 Eichsfeld
Leutenberg 2,509 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Lucka 4,475 Altenburger Land
Magdala 2,018 Weimarer Land
Meiningen 21,448 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Meuselwitz 9,547 Altenburger Land
Mühlhausen/Thüringen 37,285 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Münchenbernsdorf 3,344 Greiz
Neuhaus am Rennweg 5,929 Sonneberg
Neumark 500 Weimarer Land
Neustadt an der Orla 8,851 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Nordhausen 43,594 Nordhausen
Oberhof 1,632 Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Oberweißbach 1,645 Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Ohrdruf 6,024 Gotha
Orlamünde 1,286 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Plaue 1,958 Ilm-Kreis
Pößneck 13,446 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Ranis 1,965 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Rastenberg 2,864 Sömmerda
Remda-Teichel 3,292 Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Römhild 1,951 Hildburghausen
Ronneburg 5,515 Greiz
Roßleben 6,105 Kyffhäuserkreis
Rudolstadt 25,397 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Ruhla 6,648 Wartburgkreis
Saalburg-Ebersdorf 4,008 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Saalfeld/Saale 27,918 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Schalkau 3,367 Sonneberg
Schkölen 2,895 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Schleiz 8,941 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Schleusingen 5,769 Landkreis Hildburghausen
Schlotheim 4,141 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Schmalkalden 17,910 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Schmölln 12,576 Altenburger Land
Sömmerda 20,770 Sömmerda
Sondershausen 21,622 Kyffhäuserkreis
Sonneberg 23,805 Sonneberg
Stadtilm 5,092 Ilm-Kreis
Stadtlengsfeld 2,684 Wartburgkreis
Stadtroda 6,387 Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Steinach 4,650 Sonneberg
Steinbach-Hallenberg 5,727 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Suhl 42,689kreisfrei
Tambach-Dietharz 4,352 Gotha
Tanna 4,073 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Themar 3,104 Hildburghausen
Treffurt 6,040 Wartburgkreis
Triptis 4,040 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Ummerstadt 533 Hildburghausen
Vacha 3,861 Wartburgkreis
Waltershausen 11,185 Gotha
Wasungen 3,736 Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Weida 8,335 Greiz
Weimar 64,594kreisfrei
Weißensee 3,674 Sömmerda
Wiehe 2,189 Kyffhäuserkreis
Wurzbach 3,798 Saale-Orla-Kreis
Zella-Mehlis 12,245 Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Zeulenroda-Triebes 17,474 Greiz
Ziegenrück 785 Saale-Orla-Kreis

By year of becoming town

This list contains all towns in the German state Thuringia sorted by the year they became town. Towns with a population of more than 10,000 are bold and towns belonging to another town today are in italics.

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