Ilm (Thuringia)
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Origin | Thuringian Forest |
Mouth | Saale |
Basin countries | Germany |
Length | 129 km |
Basin area | 1,043 km² |
The Ilm is a 128.7 kilometers (80 mi) long river in Thuringia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Saale, into which it flows in Großheringen near Bad Kösen.
Towns along the Ilm are Ilmenau, Langewiesen, Stadtilm, Kranichfeld, Bad Berka, Weimar, Apolda and Bad Sulza.
In the valley of Ilm river runs the federal motorway 87 from Ilmenau to Leipzig and two railways: the Ilmbahn between Kranichfeld and Weimar and the highspeed railway from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main between Weimar and Großheringen.