Ilmenau

Ilmenau is located in Thuringia, approximately 33 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital of Erfurt inside the valley of the Ilm on the northern fringe of the Thuringian Forest. It is the biggest town in the Ilm district and the eighth largest in Thuringia. By vicinity, it is the third biggest town within the Free State; with most of the people extra than 120 km ² or 60% includes unpopulated wooded area regions. Ilmenau has the feature of a center for the southern a part of the Ilm district.

It is the most effective city in Thuringia, which isn't additionally county seat, the repute of a massive district town. The maximum crucial group of the town is the Technical University, in which about 5600 students are enrolled. The university is the second largest in Thuringia after the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Carrying industry is the mechanical engineering. The mining industry turned into also traditionally considerable, in view that 1777 the porcelain industry and the glass industry. Increasingly, tourism is likewise gaining significance. Ilmenau was first referred to in files in 1273 and belonged to the county Kevernburg.