About Ilmenau
Ilmenau is a city in Thuringia, Germany with a population of 38,834. It is the 289th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 14,350th largest worldwide. It lies 267 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#9of 25
Elevation
478 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
50.683, 10.919
Record updated
2026-05-07
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 960 in GermanyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.