Thuringia in the heart of Europe

280 million consumers within a radius of 800 km (daily distance traveled by truck)

Thuringia in the heart of Europe

280 million consumers within a radius of 800 km (daily distance traveled by truck)
All major German cities reachable within a maximum of 5 hours

Thuringia in the heart of Europe

280 million consumers within a radius of 800 km (daily distance traveled by truck)
All major German cities reachable within a maximum of 5 hours
Your business location with perfect transport connections

Thuringia in the heart of Europe

280 million consumers within a radius of 800 km (daily distance traveled by truck)
All major German cities reachable within a maximum of 5 hours
Your business location with perfect transport connections

Location & Infrastructure Thuringia

Thuringia's central location and state-of-the-art transport infrastructure make it a business location with fast connections. The Free State forms the interface between established markets and the emerging economic landscape of Eastern Europe.

- Transport infrastructure
- telecommunications

Transport infrastructure

More than 280 million consumers live within an 800-kilometer radius, an area that generates a gross domestic product of 8.7 trillion euros. Trucks from Thuringia can reach every major German city with a maximum delivery frequency of five hours.

motorways

In Thuringia, the nearest motorway junction is never far away. Five motorways connect the state, ensuring optimal links in all directions

A4 (Paris) – Frankfurt/Main – Dresden – (Prague/Warsaw/Krakow)

A9 (Scandinavia) - Berlin - Munich - (Italy)

A38 (Brussels/Ruhr area) – Göttingen – Halle/Leipzig – Dresden – (Prague)

A71 (Hamburg/Magdeburg) – Erfurt – Stuttgart – (Switzerland)

A73 (Hamburg/Magdeburg) – Erfurt – Nuremberg – (Munich/Vienna)

Rail network
Thuringia's railway network, with 1,509 kilometers of track, is one of the densest in Europe. Erfurt's main station is a hub for high-speed ICE trains. Four ICE trains from all directions arrive here every hour. In total, around 80 ICE trains stop here daily.
Travel times from Erfurt to:
Frankfurt am Main 2:15 h Leipzig 0:40 h
Berlin 1:45 h Dresden 2:00 h
Munich 2:15 h Nuremberg 1:20 h
All parts of Thuringia are optimally connected to the ICE train station Erfurt and to railway hubs in neighboring federal states via express local trains.
Thuringia is connected to fast national and international freight transport via the Erfurt freight transport center with the Erfurt-Vieselbach intermodal terminal.
Air traffic
One of the world's most important airports, Frankfurt AirportIt can be reached from Erfurt in about two and a half hours. Thanks to the fast ICE connection, it's just as quick to get there Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)It only takes half an hour longer with the ICE Sprinter to get there Munich Airport. The Leipzig/Halle Airport Leipzig, home to Europe's most modern air freight hub – the DHL Hub Leipzig – is located about an hour from the state capital Erfurt.
In Thuringia itself there is the Erfurt-Weimar AirportIt offers state-of-the-art air freight handling equipment and can provide ample cargo halls and forwarding facilities. TNT Express Deutschland GmbH operates a 3,000 sq m air and road hub with its own customs clearance at the airport.

telecommunications

More than 80% of households in Thuringia have access to bandwidths of 100 Mbps. Particularly in urban areas, around 50% of households even have access to speeds of 250 Mbps. Nearly 100% of all households in Thuringia have a wireless LTE internet connection (Source: Digital Agency Thuringia, TIM).

Digital Agency Thuringia