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Ilmenau

Western Europe

Ilmenau is a town in Thuringia, in central Germany. It is the largest town within the Ilm district, with a population of about 38,600, though the district capital is Arnstadt. Ilmenau lies roughly 33 kilometers south of Erfurt and 135 kilometers north of Nuremberg, within the Ilm valley at the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest, at an elevation of 500 meters.

Facts
Population
38,695 1
Area (sq km)
168.18 1
Founding Year
1273 2
Founding Year
1273 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
500 1
Latitude
50.687222 degrees north 1
Longitude
10.914167 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Ilmenau (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 38,695 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.687222, longitude 10.914167
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 500 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 168.18 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 38695 (2025)
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2. Ilmenau (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1273
    The first written mention of Ilmenau followed later, in 1273, as the village had already existed many decades.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1273
    The first written mention of Ilmenau followed later, in 1273, as the village had already existed many decades.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1273
    The first written mention of Ilmenau followed later, in 1273, as the village had already existed many decades.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Ilmenau - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2896514
    50.68322 10.91858 P PPL DE 15 00 16070 16070029 38834 478 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 478 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 10.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 10.75
50.75 10.75 Cfb
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