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

  • 631 politically independent cities, towns and municipalities (as of 1 July 2021).
Division of Thuringia into municipalities, municipal associations and districts (as of 1 January 2024)

These are divided as follows:

  • 117 towns and cities, of which
    • 005 are independent towns or cities (kreisfreie Städte) (including the state capital of Erfurt),
    • 001 is a "large district town" (Große Kreisstadt),
    • 005 are "large district-associated towns" (Große kreisangehörige Städte),
    • 080 are independent towns (they discharge all municipal functions themselves – 23 towns of which are "fulfilling municipalities" (erfüllende Gemeinden),
    • 024 are special towns, which are part of municipal associations (Verwaltungsgemeinschaften),
  • 514 other municipalities, of which
    • 058 are independent municipalities (they discharge all municipal functions themselves – 16 of which are fulfilling municipalities),
    • 456 are other municipalities.

387 towns and municipalities have merged their municipal authorities into 43 municipal associations. See: Municipal associations in Thuringia.

A feature of the Thuringian administration are the "fulfilling municipalities" (erfüllende Gemeinden). 39 towns and villages that do not belong to a municipal association are fulfilling municipalities for another 95 municipalities.

30 municipalities are referred to as "rural municipalities" (Landgemeinden); they can be towns at the same time.

Independent towns and cities (Kreisfreie Städte)

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Large county towns

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Towns and municipalities

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


See also

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