Blankenberg
Germany
Blankenberg: facts
At a glance
- Country: Germany
- Region: Thuringia
- Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
- Population: approximately 820
- Coordinates: 50.4030° N, 11.7162° E
- Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
- Currency: Euro (EUR)
- Distance to the capital, Berlin: 263 km (164 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF): 83 km (52 mi), straight line
- Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV, Czechia): 88 km (55 mi), straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE): 110 km (69 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Blankenstein: 1.2 km (0.8 mi)
- Pottiga: 2.2 km (1.3 mi)
- Harra: 2.8 km (1.7 mi)
- Issigau: 3.1 km (1.9 mi)
- Birkenhuegel: 4.1 km (2.6 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Gera, 59 km (37 mi)
Coming up in Blankenberg
- 11 Nov 2026: St. Martin's Day
- 15 Nov 2026: National Day of Mourning
- 18 Nov 2026: Repentance Day (Saxony)
- 22 Nov 2026: Sunday of the Dead
- 29 Nov 2026: First Advent Sunday
- 6 Dec 2026: Saint Nicholas Day
- 6 Dec 2026: Second Advent Sunday
- 13 Dec 2026: Third Advent Sunday
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