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Ilm (thuringia)




  Origin Thuringian Forest
  Mouth Saale
  Basin Countries Germany
  Length 129 km
  Watershed 1,043 km&2


The Ilm is a 128,7 km 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.