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Town in Thuringia, Germany

Ilmenau

Ilmenau is a town in Thuringia, central Germany.

Ilmenau
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The place

Ilmenau is a town in Thuringia, central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district with a population of 38,600, while the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau is located approximately 33 km south of Erfurt and 135 km north of Nuremberg within the Ilm valley at the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest at an elevation of 500 metres.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ilmenau

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Technische Universität Ilmenau

    The Technische Universität Ilmenau is a German public research university located in Ilmenau, Thuringia, central Germany. Founded in 1894, it has five academic departments with about 4,000 students.

    1.4 km · German university · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kickelhahn

    Kickelhahn is a mountain in the northern edge of the Central Thuringian Forest in the municipal area of Ilmenau, Germany. Its summit has an altitude of 861.1 metres a.s.l.

    3.4 km · mountain in Germany · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ehrenberg

    The Ehrenberg is a hill to the east of Ilmenau, rising to a height of 528 metres and standing opposite the Tragberg. The border between Ilmenau and Langewiesen runs over its summit, which is marked by a large wooden cross.

    2 km · mountain · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Jacob's Church (Ilmenau)

    The St.-Jakobus-Kirche in the historical centre of Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany, is a Lutheran parish church. The Ilmenau parish belongs to the Arnstadt-Ilmenau district of the Protestant Church in Central Germany.

    400 m · Church building in Thuringia, Germany · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ilmenau

Airports
Erfurt-Weimar (ERF), 33 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 123 km · Nuremberg (NUE), 132 km
Stations
Ilmenau railway station, 200 m
  • Schkeuditz → Ilmenau
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · €17–24
  • Nuremberg → Ilmenau
    137 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · €18–25
  • Calden → Ilmenau
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ilmenau

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ilmenau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    498 km
  2. 02
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    569 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    608 km
  4. 04
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    735 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    860 km

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Around it

Next door to Ilmenau

  • Elgersburgmunicipality in Thuringia, Germany5.2 km
  • Martinrodamunicipality in Thuringia, Germany5.1 km