List of towns and municipalities in Thuringia

This is a list of the towns, cities and municipalities in Thuringia in Germany. The German federal state of Thuringia consists of a total of

  • 913 politically independent cities, towns and municipalities (as at: 1 December 2011).

These are divided as follows:

  • 126 towns and cities, of which
    • 6 are independent towns or cities (kreisfreie Städte) (including the state capital of Erfurt),
    • 5 are large county towns,
    • 78 are independent towns (they discharge all municipal functions themselves – 24 towns are fulfilling municipalities (erfüllende Gemeinden),
    • 37 are special towns, which are part of municipal authorities (Verwaltungsgemeinschaften),
  • 787 municipalities, of which
    • 72 are independent municipalities (they discharge all municipal functions themselves – 12 are fulfilling municipalities),
    • 715 are special municipalities.

652 towns and municipalities have merged their municipal authorities into 80 municipal associations. See: Municipal associations in Thuringia.

A feature of Thuringian government are the "fulfilling municipalities" (erfüllende Gemeinden). 36 towns and villages that do not belong to a municipal association are fulfilling municipalities for another 100 municipalities.

Independent towns and cities (Kreisfreie Städte)

Large county towns

  • Ilmenau
  • Mühlhausen/Thuringia (county town)

Towns and municipalities

All politically independent towns and municipalities in Thuringia (towns are shown in bold):

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z


See also

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