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).

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.