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).
This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. The reason given is: Out of date; e.g. many municipalities were dissolved/merged in the course of the 2018–19 territorial reform.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.
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All politically independent towns and municipalities in Thuringia (towns are shown in bold):
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