List of the upper and middle centers in Thuringia

Erfurt Gera Jena Altenburg Eisenach Gotha Mulhouse Nordhausen Saalfeld / Rudolstadt / Bad Blankenburg Suhl / Zella-Mehlis Weimar Apolda Arnstadt Artern Bad Langensalza Bad Lobenstein bad Salzungen Eisenberg Greiz Heilbad Heiligenstadt Hermsdorf / Bad Klosterlausnitz Hildburghausen Ilmenau Leinefelde-Worbis Meiningen Neuhaus am Rennweg / Lauscha Poessneck Schleiz Schmalkalden Schmölln / Gößnitz Sömmerda Sondershausen Sonneberg Stadtroda Zeulenroda shoot

Regional centers Middle centers with partial function of a regional center Middle center

The list of the upper and medium-sized centers in Thuringia lists the regional centers , medium-sized centers with partial functions of a regional center and medium-sized centers in Thuringia . The basis is the state development program Thuringia 2025, which replaced the state development plan from 2004 in 2014. However, nothing has changed in terms of the division of cities.

The entries are sorted alphabetically.

Regional centers

center	district
Erfurt	District-free city
Gera	District-free city
Jena	District-free city

Medium centers with partial functions of a regional center

center	district
Altenburg	Altenburger Land
Eisenach	District-free city
Gotha	Gotha
Mulhouse	Unstrut-Hainich district
Nordhausen	Nordhausen
Saalfeld / Rudolstadt / Bad Blankenburg 1	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Suhl / Zella-Mehlis 2	District-free city / Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Weimar	District-free city

¹ together 54,663 inhabitants (2015)
² together 47,409 inhabitants (2015)

Middle centers

center	district
Apolda	Weimar Country
Arnstadt	Ilm district
Artern	Kyffhäuserkreis
Bad Langensalza	Unstrut-Hainich district
Bad Lobenstein	Saale-Orla district
bad Salzungen	Wartburg district
Eisenberg	Saale-Holzland district
Greiz	Greiz
Heilbad Heiligenstadt	Eichsfeld
Hermsdorf / Bad Klosterlausnitz 1	Saale-Holzland district
Hildburghausen	Hildburghausen
Ilmenau	Ilm district
Leinefelde-Worbis	Eichsfeld
Meiningen	Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Neuhaus am Rennweg / Lauscha 2	Sonneberg
Poessneck	Saale-Orla district
Schleiz	Saale-Orla district
Schmalkalden	Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Schmölln / Gößnitz 3	Altenburger Land
Sömmerda	Sömmerda
Sondershausen	Kyffhäuserkreis
Sonneberg	Sonneberg
Stadtroda	Saale-Holzland district
Zeulenroda shoot	Greiz

¹ together 11,231 inhabitants (2015)
² together 10,273 inhabitants (2015)
³ together 14,872 inhabitants (2015)

Basic centers

The basic centers are listed in the articles of the respective districts under the section Cities and Towns . With ten, the Wartburg district has the most basic centers, the Altenburger Land district with a functional basic center ( Meuselwitz / Lucka ) the fewest.

literature

• Thuringian Ministry for Building, State Development and Transport (Ed.): State Development Program Thuringia 2025. Thuringia in Transition . 2014 ( PDF file; 7.7 MB ).
• Thuringian Ministry for Building and Transport (Ed.): State Development Plan 2004 . 2004 ( PDF file; 2.8 MB ).