Bürgel is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany.

It is situated 12 km east of Jena.

It contains the Benedictine monastery of Bürgel Abbey.

Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Bürgel was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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