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Thuringia Map

Every district, city and town in Thuringia on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and districts above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a district to see its population, area and largest towns.

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Printable maps of Thuringia

Free to print for class and home: Thuringia with its cities and towns, a map of its districts, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

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Key facts

Capital
Erfurt
Largest city
Erfurt (217,159)
Population
2,078,946 (2025)
Area
16,202 km² (6,256 sq mi)
Districts of Thuringia
22
Most populous district
Erfurt (217,159)
Largest district by area
Wartburgkreis, 1,367 km² (528 sq mi)
Map of Thuringia with its largest cities
Map of Thuringia with its largest cities

About Thuringia

Thuringia has 22 districts and about 2,078,946 people (2025) on 16,202 km² (6,256 sq mi). Erfurt is both the capital and the largest city, with 217,159 people. It borders Lower Saxony, Hesse, Bavaria, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Erfurt is the most populous district (217,159 people) and Suhl the least (33,976); Wartburgkreis is the largest by area (1,367 km²) and Weimar the smallest (84 km²).

Largest cities in Thuringia

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 139 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityDistrictPopulation
1ErfurtErfurt217,159
2JenaJena109,353
3GeraGera95,162
4WeimarWeimar65,566
5GothaGotha45,904
6EisenachWartburgkreis40,505
7NordhausenNordhausen40,301
8IlmenauIlm-Kreis38,695
9Mühlhausen/ThüringenUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis36,155
10SuhlSuhl33,976
11AltenburgAltenburger Land30,867
12ArnstadtIlm-Kreis28,509
13Saalfeld/SaaleSaalfeld-Rudolstadt28,474
14MeiningenSchmalkalden-Meiningen24,810
15RudolstadtSaalfeld-Rudolstadt24,560
16SonnebergSonneberg22,649
17ApoldaWeimarer Land22,572
18Bad SalzungenWartburgkreis22,234
19SondershausenKyffhäuserkreis20,590
20Leinefelde-WorbisEichsfeld19,812
21SchmalkaldenSchmalkalden-Meiningen19,141
22GreizGreiz19,136
23SömmerdaSömmerda18,465
24Heilbad HeiligenstadtEichsfeld18,072
25Bad LangensalzaUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis16,639

Populations are the Federal Statistical Office's population on 31 December 2025, carried forward from the 2022 census, counted in the municipalities of that day; a district's population and area are the sums of its municipalities', and the districts add up to the state's 2,078,946. Towns are whole municipalities (Gemeinden), so a city's figure stops at its boundary.

Districts of Thuringia

All 22 districts. Select one to show it on the map.

Districts of Thuringia. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Landkreis86,712569
Landkreis102,7721,002
Kreisfreie Stadt217,159270
Kreisfreie Stadt95,162152
Landkreis134,460936
Landkreis92,479846
Landkreis59,287938
Landkreis106,006805
Kreisfreie Stadt109,353115
Landkreis70,6351,038
Landkreis79,695714
Landkreis82,163815
Landkreis76,1881,151
Landkreis98,3861,009
Landkreis118,9271,251
Landkreis67,106807
Landkreis54,249461
Kreisfreie Stadt33,976142
Landkreis93,553924
Landkreis153,3461,367
Kreisfreie Stadt65,56684
Landkreis81,766804

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Sources

  • Districts, states and Germany's border: Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250), the boundaries of 1 January 2026, daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).
  • Populations, areas and town locations: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) for the Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Gemeindeverzeichnis (GV-ISys), all municipalities on 31 December 2025, population on the basis of the 2022 census.
  • Autobahns, rivers and lakes: BKG, Digitales Landschaftsmodell 1:1 000 000 (DLM1000), daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).