Film and TV locations in Thuringia
13 places to shoot in Thuringia, Germany: 4 offices, schools and public buildings, 2 industrial and derelict locations, 2 studios and backlots and 5 more. 1 have a photo and 2 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Offices, schools and public buildings 4
- Industrial and derelict locations 2
- Film studios and backlots 2
- Bars, restaurants and shops 1
- Modern architecture 1
- Historic towns and streets 1
- Theatres, arenas and venues 1
- Transport and infrastructure 1

Zuckerfabrik Oldisleben
Industrial & derelict
The world's only sugar beet factory preserved as a technical monument, near Oldisleben, keeping its production line and the social spaces used by its workers.
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Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar
Office, school & public building
The founding site of the Bauhaus school, with Henry van de Velde's Art Nouveau studio building and later modernist extensions still used as a working university.
Breuninger Kaufhaus Erfurt
Bar, restaurant & shop
A department store built in the 1990s in Erfurt's historic city centre, designed to fit the scale of the surrounding 1,250 year old old town while offering large modern retail floors inside.
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Buropark Airfurt
Office, school & public building
An 11.3 hectare office and business park next to Erfurt airport, built in the 1990s with several built-up streets, a roundabout and cycle paths, home to logistics, IT and public-sector tenants.
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Egon-Eiermann-Bau Apolda
Modern architecture
A modernist industrial building by architect Egon Eiermann on the edge of Apolda, originally built for fire-extinguisher production and now used as studios and creative workspace.
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Ehemaliges Kaufhaus Hermann Tietz Gera
Industrial & derelict
A former department store in Gera dating to 1882, one of the first built by the Hermann Tietz chain, with the grand facade the company used to signal the scale of its business inside.
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Hauptgebaeude FSU Jena
Office, school & public building
The main Art Nouveau building of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, opened in 1908 for the university's 350th anniversary, with an asymmetrical three to four storey facade.
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Kraemerbruecke Erfurt
Historic town & street
A medieval stone arch bridge of 1325 across the Gera river in Erfurt's old town, still lined with inhabited half-timbered shop buildings, one of the few such bridges left north of the Alps.
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Leichtathletikhalle Erfurt (Hartwig-Gauder-Halle)
Theatre, arena & venue
An indoor athletics hall built in 1994 as part of the Erfurt-Sued sports centre, with a 200 metre indoor track and about 9,200 square metres of training and competition space.
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Nivre Film & Studio
Studio & backlot
A 220 square metre film and greenscreen studio in a converted former milk-storage building in Weimar, with a production office, control room and dressing rooms.
220 m2 studio within a 330 m2 building, ground-level roller-door access, high ceiling, break room, costume/makeup area, production office and control...
Parkhaus Domplatz Erfurt
Transport & infrastructure
A multi storey car park cut into Erfurt's medieval old town next to the cathedral and Petersberg citadel, with a glazed exit leading straight onto the Domplatz.
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Stadtverwaltung Gera, Baudezernat (Amthorstrasse)
Office, school & public building
A 1970s office complex in Gera originally built for the district's socialist-era administration, with conference rooms, a wood-panelled canteen and a large event hall in near-original condition.
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STUDIOPARK KinderMedienZentrum
Studio & backlot
Four production studios from 165 to 954 square metres at the STUDIOPARK KinderMedienZentrum in Erfurt, next to the MDR and KiKA broadcast centre, built for children's and family TV.
Studio A: 954 m2 (34 x 28 m), 7 m usable ceiling height, 6 m horizon, horizontal rail cyclorama system, 44 lighting positions; plus Studios B and C...
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