Magdala is a town in the Weimarer Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 kilometres west of Jena, and 12 kilometres southeast of Weimar.

Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, 80 km southwest of Leipzig, 170 km north of Nuremberg and 170 km west of Dresden.