The system used in eastern Thuringia in the form of a Rundlings located Mertendorf is at a distance of 7 km from the city Schkölen and the border to Saxony-Anhalt. The distance to Jena is 20 km, to Gera 25 km, to Zeitz 30 km and to Naumburg 25 km. The village is located directly on the 1070 country road between Hermsdorf and Camburg near the Tautenburg Forest.