Metzels is a village and a former municipality in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district of Thuringia, Germany.

In the first half of the 15th Century, it was owned by the Henneberg District of Wasungen, which was located in the Franconian Circle.

According to 16th Century folklore, a battle was fought at Metzel in 1228 during the war between the Counts of Henneberg and the High Abbey of Würzburg, in which Count Heinrich von Beichlingen and Heinrich II von Sternberg were defeated as allies of the Bishop.

In February 1945, a Halifax bomber of the Royal Air Force was shot down by a German night fighter.

In January 2019, the municipality of Metzels was incorporated into the City of Wasungen.