Elevation of Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany
Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany is 237 m (778 ft) above sea level.
Saalfeld's height from sea level is 237 metres, or 778 feet. GeoNames reads 230 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 235 m.
Also written: Saalfeld Saale Saalfeld Saale.
Ground within 4 km
Mean 323 m across the 8.3 km square centred on the town, 379 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Saalfeld
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 23.5 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Saalfeld; the vertical scale is the same on both.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Saalfeld
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolstadt | 8 km | N | 207 m (679 ft) | −30 m |
| Ilmenau | 31.3 km | W | 479 m (1,572 ft) | +242 m |
| Jena | 34.6 km | NE | 154 m (505 ft) | −83 m |
| Sonneberg | 35 km | SW | 416 m (1,365 ft) | +179 m |
| Arnstadt | 36.2 km | NW | 275 m (902 ft) | +38 m |
Peaks and passes near Saalfeld
- Pappenheimer Berg, peak at 835 m (2,740 ft), 22.7 km to the SW — 598 m above the town.
- Rauhügel, hill at 802 m (2,631 ft), 15.8 km to the SW — 565 m above the town.
- Wetzstein, hill at 793 m (2,602 ft), 23.4 km to the S — 556 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Saalfeld is
Latitude 50.6492736, longitude 11.3661502. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Saalfeld's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 230 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.