List of cities in Thuringia

The list of cities in Thuringia includes all places with city ​​rights in the German state of Thuringia .

118 municipalities in Thuringia currently have city rights. Up to 1718, 107 places received city rights. After that, it was not until 1847 that a place received city rights again; A total of 28 new cities followed by 1999. At the same time, cities have been amalgamated or incorporated since the 20th century, so that the number is slightly reduced again.

Explanations

Map of the cities in Thuringia, structured according to the time of city development

• The first columns of the table show the city arms, the name of the city and the associated district. Cities that are no longer independent today are shown in italics and provided with a reference to their current communal affiliation.
• The following two columns contain data on the first documented mention of the place and the documented designation as a city or the (not always documented) granting of city rights. The main sources for this were the works by Dehio, Kahl and Patze listed in the bibliography.
• The sixth column contains the area of ​​the city as of December 31, 2014 according to the Thuringian State Office for Statistics.
• The seventh column contains the area of ​​the old town in hectares according to an area calculation with Google Earth . This value is only given for cities that already had city rights before the Napoleonic period (around 1800). At that time, the legal equality between urban and rural communities had not yet taken place and the cities used physical boundaries to mark the scope of their law. Mostly this was the city ​​wall , in smaller cities it could also be ditches, fences, hedges or gates, while completely open cities rarely occurred. As a rule, this delimitation was constant for centuries and has remained legible in the city plan to this day. The size of the enclosed area and its building density varied very strongly, so some cities in the Thuringian Basin were very large in terms of area, but only relatively thinly developed. In some cases the entire area was never built on (for example in Thamsbrück or Neumark ). South of the Thuringian Forest, the areas were smaller, but much more densely developed.
• The eighth column contains the number of inhabitants of the city as of December 31, 2019 according to information from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics.
• The ninth column contains the city's population in 1843, i.e. at the beginning of industrialization and before urbanization in the 19th and 20th centuries. Century in Thuringia. The data source for the small states is the work of Johann Friedrich Kratzsch : Lexicon of all localities of the German federal states . Naumburg, 1843. Available online from Google Books . For the Prussian territories: Handbook of the Province of Saxony. Magdeburg, 1843. Available online at Google Books .
• The last two columns show a picture of the town hall as the seat and symbol of municipal self-government and of the (main) town parish church as the seat and symbol of spiritual life as the two constitutive elements of the Central European city .
• In order to ensure that the table can be sorted, the numbers of any comments on the table content are noted behind the respective city name.
• Not included in the table are places that only had partial or temporary city rights, as there is not yet an overall scientific representation of Thuringia for this comprehensive group. Decisive for inclusion in the list is the characterization as a fully-fledged city since the 19th century.

table

coat of arms	city	district	first- repeatedly called	City law since	Area (in km²)	Area of ​​the old town (in ha)	Population on December 31, 2019	Peoples 1843	town hall	City Church
	Altenburg	Altenburger Land	976	1256	45.69	31	31,633	13,697
	Office of Creuzburg	Wartburg district	2019	2019	69.73	14th	4748	2,103
	On the jewelry	Kyffhäuserkreis	2019	2019	95.29	10	5967	1,692
	Apolda	Weimar Country	1119	1289	46.27	11	22,184	3,298
	Arnstadt	Ilm district	704	1220	104.99	35	27,314	4,709
	Artern	Kyffhäuserkreis	786	1323	45.05	18th	6688	3,020
	Auma-Weidatal	Greiz	1237	1331	55.91	8th	3441	1,355
	Bad Berka	Weimar Country	1119	1414	55.32	7th	7500	1,228
	Bad Blankenburg	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1267	1323	35.62	8th	6334	1.311
	Bad Frankenhausen	Kyffhäuserkreis	817	1282	91.07	29	10.139	4,851
	Bad Köstritz	Greiz	1364	1927	16.93		3514	1,300
	Bad Langensalza	Unstrut-Hainich district	932	1212	129.37	49	17,271	7,421
	Bad Liebenstein	Wartburg district	1137	1959	48.81		7748	700
	Bad Lobenstein	Saale-Orla district	1250	1278	48.92	5	5825	4,180
	bad Salzungen	Wartburg district	775	1306	98.50	9	20.097	2,945
	Bad Sulza	Weimar Country	1046	1300	91.14	9	7688	1,673
	Bad Tennstedt	Unstrut-Hainich district	772	1315	27.42	16	2462	3.117
	Berga	Greiz	1216	1378	43.52	6th	3258	602
	Blankenhain	Weimar Country	1252	1424	113.75	10	6440	1,689
	Bleicherode	Nordhausen	1130	1326	108.20	12	10,327	2,725
	Brotterode-Trusetal	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	2011	2011	49.68		5993
	Bürgel	Saale-Holzland district	1133	1234	27.19	10	3058	1,308
	Clings	Kyffhäuserkreis	1200	1353	10.75	9	1068	932
	Dingelstädt	Eichsfeld	817	1859	59.40		6887	2,908
	Dornburg-Camburg	Saale-Holzland district	1078	1373	30.77	8th	5360	1,453
	Life	Kyffhäuserkreis	1198	1928	44.54		2663	831
	Eisenach	circular	1150	1189	104.17	36	42,250	9,814
	Eisenberg	Saale-Holzland district	1171	1219	24.67	18th	10,849	4,744
	Ice field	Hildburghausen	817	1316	86.53	8th	7561	2,414
	Ellrich	Nordhausen	876	1229	69.43	9	5449	2,914
	Erfurt	circular	742	1120	269.91	275	213.981	28,430
	Friedrichroda	Gotha	1034	1594	36.88	10	7195	1,450
	Gebesee	Sömmerda	786	1638	08/24	28	2116	1,982
	Fell	Saale-Orla district	1303	1395	45.22	6th	2477	1,494
	Geisa	Wartburg district	817	1302	71.94	6th	4767	1,787
	Gera	circular	995	1237	152.18	10	93.125	11,255
	Goessnitz	Altenburger Land	1253	1718	14.07	5	3386	1,528
	Gotha	Gotha	775	1189	69.58	34	45,419	13,321
	Graefenthal	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1182	1337	36.42	7th	1935	1,219
	Greiz	Greiz	1209	1359	84.87	10	20,392	6.215
	Greetings	Kyffhäuserkreis	802	1353	19.21	11	3432	2.165
	Großbreitenbach	Ilm district	1399	1855	80.76		6253	2,402
	Great, really	Kyffhäuserkreis	772	1521	63.34	11	2299	865
	Heiligenstadt	Eichsfeld	973	1227	70.88	35	17.129	4,637
	Heldburg	Hildburghausen	837	1394	112.75	6th	3404	1,271
	Herrings	Nordhausen	876	1327	66.91	13	4720	2,075
	Hermsdorf	Saale-Holzland district	1256	1969	7.49		8051	1,046
	Hildburghausen	Hildburghausen	1234	1331	72.89	12	11,831	4,226
	Hirschberg	Saale-Orla district	1232	1397	24.13	4th	2132	1,658
	Hohenleuben	Greiz	1267	1928	9.53		1403	2,103
	Ilmenau	Ilm district	1273	1341	198.69	12	38,891	2,364
	Jena	circular	1182	1236	114.77	16	111,343	5,166
	Kahla	Saale-Holzland district	876	1299	7.89	6th	6795	2,417
	Kaltennordheim	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	795	1562	94.41	6th	5802	1,536
	Koelleda	Sömmerda	786	1392	89.52	29	6348	2,951
	Koenigsee	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1199	1257	103.09	13	7350	2.011
	Crane field	Weimar Country	1143	1651	23.10	8th	3363	1,411
	Lauscha	Sonneberg	1597	1958	18.72		3260	983
	Lehesten	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1071	1651	35.94	5	1672	972
	Leinefelde-Worbis	Eichsfeld	1227	1969	115.79		20,115	995
	People Mountain	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1187	1326	57.52	6th	2079	1,054
	Lucka	Altenburger Land	1284	1331	12.92	7th	3681	1,245
	Magdala	Weimar Country	876	1288	20.58	9	2029	675
	Meiningen	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	982	1230	105.64	25th	24,796	5,839
	Meuselwitz	Altenburger Land	1139	1874	53.65		9954	1,527
	Mulhouse	Unstrut-Hainich district	967	1180	130.7	56	36,090	12,650
	Münchenbernsdorf	Greiz	1251	1904	15.45		2949	1,383
	Neuhaus am Rennweg	Sonneberg	1607	1933	108.22		8975	897
	Neumark	Weimar Country	1248	1326	8.67	8th	478	535
	Neustadt an der Orla	Saale-Orla district	1120	1287	86.08	9	9198	4.155
	Nordhausen	Nordhausen	927	1180	108.24	35	41,726	12,564
	Nottertal-Heilinger Heights	Unstrut-Hainich district	2019	2019	75.95	9	5760	1,287
	Oberhof	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1470	1985	23.40		1650	140
	Ohrdruf	Gotha	725	1348	113.60	22nd	9820	3,669
	Orlamünde	Saale-Holzland district	1039	1344	7.47	5	1107	1,123
	Plaue	Ilm district	1273	1346	22.69	5	1985	810
	Poessneck	Saale-Orla district	1252	1324	24.43	8th	11,842	3,621
	Ranis	Saale-Orla district	1190	1381	10.57	5	1678	1,151
	Rastenberg	Sömmerda	1055	1378	35.52	6th	2482	1.012
	Römhild	Hildburghausen	800	1317	122.45	6th	6822	1,620
	Ronneburg	Greiz	1209	1304	19.13	11	5011	4,995
	Roßleben-Wiehe	Kyffhäuserkreis	890	2019	73.04		7476	1,771
	Rudolstadt	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	786	1326	135.17	16	24,943	5,743
	Ruhla	Wartburg district	1355	1896	38.55		5456	3,005
	Saalburg-Ebersdorf	Saale-Orla district	2003	2003	72.05		3359
	Saalfeld	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	899	1208	145.56	29	29,278	4,417
	Schalkau	Sonneberg	1232	1317	44.03	6th	3318	977
	Schkölen	Saale-Holzland district	1046	1425	53.43	6th	2622	1,534
	Schleiz	Saale-Orla district	1232	1297	108.22	8th	8947	4,850
	Schleusingen	Hildburghausen	1232	1268	125.59	9	10,930	3,067
	Schmalkalden	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	874	1227	105.38	18th	19,647	5,405
	Schmoelln	Altenburger Land	1066	1329	94.72	9	13,724	3,616
	Schwarzatal	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	2019	2019	25.99		3543	1,716
	Sömmerda	Sömmerda	876	1459	87.56	32	18,947	2,950
	Sondershausen	Kyffhäuserkreis	1125	1341	201.21	13	21,290	3,407
	Sonneberg	Sonneberg	1260	1349	84.69	6th	23,516	3,606
	Stadtilm	Ilm district	1196	1268	120.26	18th	8406	1999
	Stadtroda	Saale-Holzland district	1247	1340	07/24	9	6646	2,679
	Steinach	Sonneberg	1519	1920	26.35		3799	1,970
	Steinbach-Hallenberg	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1228	1936	76.72		9575	2,621
	Suhl	circular	1232	1527	141.62	14th	36,789	7,828
	Tambach-Dietharz	Gotha	1919	1925	41.63		4256	1,749
	Tanna	Saale-Orla district	1232	1495	87.35	6th	3514	1,469
	Themar	Hildburghausen	796	1303	20.18	17th	2807	1,440
	Hit	Wartburg district	1104	1309	72.46	13	6034	1,962
	Triptis	Saale-Orla district	1212	1328	33.15	7th	3658	1,480
	Ummerstadt	Hildburghausen	1223	1290	15.73	6th	463	755
	Vacha	Wartburg district	817	1186	44.41	10	5125	2,239
	Waltershausen	Gotha	1209	1357	60.62	7th	12,838	2,755
	Wasungen	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	874	1308	89.09	7th	5498	2,457
	Weida	Greiz	1122	1209	36.80	20th	8372	3,756
	Weimar	circular	899	1254	84.48	16	65,228	11,444
	Weissensee	Sömmerda	1168	1212	46.71	23	3699	2,602
	Werra-Suhl valley	Wartburg district	2019	2019	77.67		6398	1,180
	Wurzbach	Saale-Orla district	1250	1930	72.32		3081	1,460
	Zella Mehlis	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1919	1919	52.99		12,727	3,307
	Zeulenroda shoot	Greiz	1325	1438	135.14	7th	16,350	4,881
	Ziegenrück	Saale-Orla district	1222	1328	8.25	4th	657	797

Former cities

coat of arms	city	district	First mentioned	City law since	City up	Area (in km²)	Area of ​​the old town (in ha)	Peoples 1843	town hall	City Church
	Am Ettersberg (has given up designation as a town)	Weimar Country	2019	2019	2019	92.42
	Auma ( Auma-Weidatal )	Greiz	1237	1331	2011	30.08	8th	1,355
	Berka ( Werra-Suhl Valley )	Wartburg district	786	1847	2019	56.93		1,180
	Brotterode ( Brotterode-Trusetal )	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1216	1936	2011	23.81		2,394
	Buttelstedt ( Am Ettersberg )	Weimar Country	786	1334	2019	18.85	5	825
	Buttstädt (has given up designation as a city)	Sömmerda	786	1331	2019	104.8	15th	2.164
	Camburg ( Dornburg-Camburg )	Saale-Holzland district	1078	1373	2008		8th	1,453
	Creuzburg ( Office Creuzburg )	Wartburg district	775	1189	2019	35.40	14th	2,103
	Dornburg ( Dornburg-Camburg )	Saale-Holzland district	937	1343	2008		6th	593
	Gehren ( Ilmenau )	Ilm district	1299	1855	2018	43.85		1,542
	Heldrungen ( At the jewelry )	Kyffhäuserkreis	876	1530	2019	23.27	10	1,692
	Kindelbrück (has given up designation as a city)	Sömmerda	786	1291	2019	57.85	18th	1,796
	Langenberg ( Gera )	circular	1196	1933	1950			1,048
	Langewiesen ( Ilmenau )	Ilm district	1198	1855	2018	27.51		1,285
	Leinefelde ( Leinefelde-Worbis )	Eichsfeld	1227	1969	2004			995
	Lobeda ( Jena )	circular	1156	1284	1946		5	731
	Mehlis ( Zella-Mehlis )	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1250	1894	1919			1,706
	Oberlind ( Sonneberg )	Sonneberg	1225	1931	1950			889
	Oberweißbach ( Schwarzatal )	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1370	1932	2019	9.62		1,716
	Remda ( Rudolstadt )	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	786	1286	2018	79.76	7th	935
	Roßleben ( Roßleben-Wiehe )	Kyffhäuserkreis	890	1999	2018	33.42		1,771
	Saalburg ( Saalburg-Ebersdorf )	Saale-Orla district	1216	1313	2003		6th	1,134
	Schlotheim ( Nottertal-Heilinger Heights )	Unstrut-Hainich district	974	1277	2019	22.40	9	1,287
	Stadtlengsfeld ( Dermbach )	Wartburg district	1137	1306	2018	27.7	6th	2,239
	Tannroda ( Bad Berka )	Weimar Country	1115	1403	1994		3	911
	Teichel ( Rudolstadt )	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1076	1417	1997		5	428
	Thamsbrück ( Bad Langensalza )	Unstrut-Hainich district	802	1206	1994		23	1,067
	Shoot ( Zeulenroda shoot )	Greiz	1209	1919	2006			1,254
	Wiehe ( Roßleben-Wiehe )	Kyffhäuserkreis	786	1297	2018	24.35	8th	1,769
	Worbis ( Leinefelde-Worbis )	Eichsfeld	1162	1255	2004		11	1.941
	Zeulenroda ( Zeulenroda shoot )	Greiz	1325	1438	2006		7th	4,881

Remarks

1. ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help on this ).

1. ↑ 7 hectares of the area of ​​the walled city are in the old town in the southeast and 11 hectares in the new town in the northwest. Both were only merged into one city in 1832.
2. ↑ The new community was created in 2012 from the merger of Bad Liebenstein , Schweina and Steinbach . Bad Liebenstein received town charter in 1959. Schweina was first mentioned in 933 and received market rights in 1523.
3. ↑ In 1843, 1,179 inhabitants lived in Stadtsulza, 251 in Bergsulza and 243 in Dorfsulza.
4. ↑ In 1843, 9,377 people lived in Eisenach and 437 in the suburb of Ehrensteig.
5. ↑ Town charter / becoming town: As early as 1120 there were merchant settlements in which free people lived. Erfurt had had a coin since 1020, and Jews lived there from 1137, so that extensive urban structures were already in place in the first half of the 12th century. The area inside the first / inner city wall is about 140 hectares.
6. ↑ Old town area within the inner city fortifications. The area within the outer city fortifications (remained thinner developed) is about 180 hectares.
7. ↑ First mentioned under the old name Röthen .
8. ↑ In 1843 2,357 residents lived in Stadtroda and 322 in Kloster-Roda.
9. ↑ Tambach-Dietharz was created in 1919 from the merger of the villages of Tambach (first mentioned in 1251) and Dietharz (first mentioned in 1246). In 1843 there were 1,351 residents in Tambach and 398 in Dietharz.
10. ↑ Zella-Mehlis was created in 1919 from the merger of the city of Mehlis (first mentioned in 1250) with the market town of Zella (first mentioned in 1112). In 1843 there were 1,601 inhabitants in Zella and 1,706 in Mehlis.
11. ↑ First mention of Millingen, the predecessor settlement of the city of Creuzburg.

literature

• Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments Thuringia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-03095-6 .
• Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian cities and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Publishing House, Bad Langensalza, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 .
• Hans Patze , Peter Aufgebauer (Ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 9: Thuringia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 313). 2nd, improved and supplemented edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-31302-2 .

See also

• List of the largest municipalities in Thuringia by population
• List of town halls in Thuringia
• List of cities and municipalities in Thuringia
• List of coats of arms in Thuringia
• Rural community (Thuringia)