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Download geodata for Thuringia
Official open geodata for Thuringia — ALKIS, DGM1, DOM1, DOP and LiDAR — the same data as in the state geoportals, but uniformly processed and ready to download.
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
3,284,096 parcels, 2,330,552 buildings, 1,036,666 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | 4.14 GB |
| Parcels only | 2.07 GB |
| Building footprints only | 1.07 GB |
| Land use only | 991 MB |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/TLBG · Licence dl-de/by-2-0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
17,493 tiles of 1 km² each (39.39 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (17,493 tiles, JSON) | 39.39 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
18,217 tiles of 1 km² each (47.88 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (18,217 tiles, JSON) | 47.88 GB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
17,088 tiles, period 2018-04-06–2025-06-22.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (17,088 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (20)
📡 LiDAR — Raw laser-scan point clouds of the official surveys — directly from the state agency
17,127 tiles, period 2014-01-01–2020-01-01.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (17,127 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Figures & areas in Thuringia
Calculated from the ALKIS data itself — not taken from official statistics.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Forest area | 538,559 ha |
| Buildings | 2,141,736 |
| Residential land | 32,832 ha |
| of which built-up | 25.1 % |
| Parcel size (median) | 1,200 m² |
“of which built-up” is the share of residential land covered by buildings — a measure of building density. The median tells how large a typical parcel is (historical partible inheritance makes parcels in the south-west much smaller than in the north-east).
Land use in Thuringia
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the state area of 16,198 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 8,381 km² | 51.7 % |
| Forest | 5,385 km² | 33.2 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 392 km² | 2.4 % |
| Paths and tracks | 344 km² | 2.1 % |
| Residential land | 328 km² | 2.0 % |
| Road transport | 304 km² | 1.9 % |
| Industry & commerce | 240 km² | 1.5 % |
| Mixed-use area | 195 km² | 1.2 % |
| Water bodies | 193 km² | 1.2 % |
| Woodland | 146 km² | 0.9 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 95 km² | 0.6 % |
| Rail transport | 52 km² | 0.3 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 48 km² | 0.3 % |
| Special-purpose area | 46 km² | 0.3 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 19 km² | 0.1 % |
| Cemetery | 11 km² | 0.1 % |
| Squares | 9 km² | 0.1 % |
| Air transport | 9 km² | 0.1 % |
The data covers the state area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Thuringia
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 90.6 m |
| Mean | 357.6 m |
| Maximum | 983.1 m |
Districts in Thuringia
The same data, clipped to a single district — generated fresh on click.
- Kreisfreie Stadt Erfurt
- Kreisfreie Stadt Gera
- Kreisfreie Stadt Jena
- Kreisfreie Stadt Suhl
- Kreisfreie Stadt Weimar
- Landkreis Eichsfeld
- Landkreis Nordhausen
- Landkreis Wartburgkreis
- Landkreis Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
- Landkreis Kyffhäuserkreis
- Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
- Landkreis Gotha
- Landkreis Sömmerda
- Landkreis Hildburghausen
- Landkreis Ilm-Kreis
- Landkreis Weimarer Land
- Landkreis Sonneberg
- Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
- Landkreis Saale-Holzland-Kreis
- Landkreis Saale-Orla-Kreis
- Landkreis Greiz
- Landkreis Altenburger Land
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Data as of: 2026-09-06.