Map of Nordhausen, Germany

Nordhausen is a city in Thuringia, Germany, with a population of about 43,912. It lies at 51.5018°N, 10.7957°E. Nordhausen is about 212 km (132 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Mühlhausen, 40 km to the southwest.

Nordhausen at a glance

Where is Nordhausen?

• The 6th largest city in Thuringia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 50 min on the shortest day to 16 h 38 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Nordhausen

• Mühlhausen — 40 km southwest
• Halberstadt — 47 km north
• Goslar — 51 km northwest
• Göttingen — 60 km west
• Erfurt — 60 km south
• Gotha — 62 km south
• Eisenach — 67 km southwest
• Weimar — 69 km southeast
• Wolfenbüttel — 76 km north
• Salzgitter — 77 km north

Largest cities in Thuringia

• Erfurt — 218,793
• Jena — 104,712
• Gera — 104,659
• Weimar — 64,727
• Gotha — 46,615
• Suhl — 43,509
• Eisenach — 40,747
• Ilmenau — 38,834
• Altenburg — 38,568
• Mühlhausen — 38,108

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.