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).

This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. The reason given is: Out of date; e.g. many municipalities were dissolved/merged in the course of the 2018–19 territorial reform. (May 2022)

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)

Large county towns

Towns and municipalities

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

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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

• List of towns in Thuringia
• Municipal associations in Thuringia