Ilmenau

town in Thuringia, Germany
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Summary

Ilmenau is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Ilmenau ranks in the top 7% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,674 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Mayors for Peace[4], Gemeinde- und Städtebund Thüringen[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ilm-Kreis[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Head of government: Daniel Schultheiß[8]
  • Instance of: college town[9], mining community[10], large district town[11]
  • Shares border with: Neusiß[12], Gehlberg[13], Martinroda[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Homburg[15], Wetzlar[16], Târgu Mureș[17], Blue Ash[18]
  • Postal code: 98693[19], 98694[20]
  • Commons category: Ilmenau[21]
  • Licence plate code: IK[22], IL[23]
  • Local dialing code: 03677[24]
  • Coordinate location: 50.687222222222, 10.914166666667[25]
  • Official website: https://www.ilmenau.de/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ilmenau[27]
  • Commons gallery: Ilmenau[28]
  • Population: 38,779[29], 2887[30], 2818[31], 2843[32], 2809[33], 2796[34], 2791[35], 2766[36], 2759[37], 2732[38], 2722[39], 3026[40], 3128[41], 800[42]

Why It Matters

Ilmenau has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Ilmenau is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+38779'}, {'amount': '+2887'}, {'amount': '+2818'} +50
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  2. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78160
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+38779'}, {'amount': '+2887'}, {'amount': '+2818'} +50
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  4. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 50.687222222222, 'longitude': 10.914166666667}
    Category for people buried here → Q29058079
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