This is a list of cities in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 by population. The following table lists all cities in Germany that currently have a population greater than 100,000. The federal capital is shown in yellow, state capitals (except Schwerin

Schwerin

Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...

, which does not meet the list criterion) in light blue.

It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries
The Ruhr

Ruhr

The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine.-Description:The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 2,200 feet...

, more accurately called Ruhr district or Ruhr region (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquial Ruhrpott, Kohlenpott, Pott or Revier), is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.2 million (2009), it is the largest urban area in Germany, but not on the list, due to its being not one administrative city, but made up of cities like Essen

Essen

- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...

 and Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

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	Federal capital
	State capital

Rank	City	Pop. 1990	Pop. 2000	Pop. 2010	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Density per km²	Growth in %	State States of Germany Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries... (Land)	Year surpassed 100,000
1	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	3,433,695	3,382,169	3,459,218	891.82	891.82 square kilometres (344.3 sq mi)	3,869	0.06	Berlin	1740
2	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...	1,652,363	1,715,392	1,786,278	755.24	755.24 square kilometres (291.6 sq mi)	2,309	0.27	Hamburg	1787
3	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...  / München	1,229,026	1,210,223	1,330,440	310.46	310.46 square kilometres (119.9 sq mi)	4,286	1.1	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1854
4	Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...  / Köln	1,000,000	962,884	1,007,119	405.15	405.15 square kilometres (156.4 sq mi)	2,470	0.35	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1855
5	Frankfurt am Main	644,865	646,550	671,927	248.31	248.31 square kilometres (95.9 sq mi)	2,625	0.14	Hesse / Hessen	1875
6	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....	579,988	583,874	601,646	207.36	207.36 square kilometres (80.1 sq mi)	2,858	0.25	Baden-Württemberg	1874
7	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...	575,794	569,364	586,217	217.01	217.01 square kilometres (83.8 sq mi)	2,703	0.15	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1882
8	Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....	599,055	588,994	580,688	280.37	280.37 square kilometres (108.3 sq mi)	2,071	-0.02	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1895
9	Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...	626,973	595,243	575,027	210.38	210.38 square kilometres (81.2 sq mi)	2,733	-0.27	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1896
10	Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...	551,219	539,403	546,852	326.55	326.55 square kilometres (126.1 sq mi)	1,675	0.23	Bremen (state)	1875
11	Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....	490,571	477,807	523,058	328.30	328.3 square kilometres (126.8 sq mi)	1,508	0.61	Kingdom of Saxony / Sachsen	1852
12	Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...  / Hannover	513,010	515,001	515,729	204.01	204.01 square kilometres (78.8 sq mi)	2,377	0.02	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1873
13	Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...	511,079	493,208	502,651	297.60	297.6 square kilometres (114.9 sq mi)	1,689	0.32	Kingdom of Saxony / Sachsen	1871
14	Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...	535,447	514,915	501,564	232.81	232.81 square kilometres (89.9 sq mi)	2,154	-0.43	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1904
15	Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...  / Nürnberg	493,692	488,400	499,237	186.37	186.37 square kilometres (72 sq mi)	2,679	0.37	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1881
16	Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...	396,486	391,147	385,626	145.43	145.43 square kilometres (56.2 sq mi)	2,652	-0.24	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1904
17	Wuppertal Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...	383,660	366,434	359,237	168.37	168.37 square kilometres (65 sq mi)	2,134	-0.33	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
18	Bielefeld Bielefeld Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...	319,037	321,758	326,925	257.83	257.83 square kilometres (99.5 sq mi)	1,268	0.27	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
19	Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....	313,905	302,247	312,818	141.22	141.22 square kilometres (54.5 sq mi)	2,215	0.58	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1934
20	Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....	310,411	306,729	307,900	144.96	144.96 square kilometres (56 sq mi)	2,124	0.08	Baden-Württemberg	1897
21	Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...	275,061	278,558	285,263	173.46	173.46 square kilometres (67 sq mi)	1,645	0.40	Baden-Württemberg	1901
22	Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...	260,301	270,109	277,493	203.90	203.9 square kilometres (78.7 sq mi)	1,347	0.28	Hesse / Hessen	1905
23	Münster	259,438	265,609	270,868	302.91	302.91 square kilometres (117 sq mi)	894	0.33	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1915
24	Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....	293,714	278,695	268,102	104.86	104.86 square kilometres (40.5 sq mi)	2,557	-0.63	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1903
25	Augsburg Augsburg Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...	256,877	254,982	262,676	146.78	146.78 square kilometres (56.7 sq mi)	1,790	0.50	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1907
26	Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....	259,436	263,014	261,444	170.44	170.44 square kilometres (65.8 sq mi)	1,534	-0.10	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1922
27	Aix-la-Chapelle / Aachen Aachen Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...	241,861	244,386	258,208	160.83	160.83 square kilometres (62.1 sq mi)	1,605	0.94	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1889
28	Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...	294,244	259,246	246,587	220.85	220.85 square kilometres (85.3 sq mi)	1,117	-0.81	Kingdom of Saxony / Sachsen	1883
29	Brunswick / Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....	258,833	245,816	245,273	192.09	192.09 square kilometres (74.2 sq mi)	1,277	-0.04	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1890
30	Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...	245,567	232,612	238,049	118.40	118.4 square kilometres (45.7 sq mi)	1,980	0.13	Schleswig-Holstein	1898
31	Krefeld Krefeld Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...	244,020	239,916	237,701	137.75	137.75 square kilometres (53.2 sq mi)	1,726	-0.18	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1887
32	Halle	310,234	247,736	232,323	135.01	135.01 square kilometres (52.1 sq mi)	1,757	-0.71	Saxony-Anhalt / Sachsen-Anhalt	1890
33	Magdeburg Magdeburg Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....	278,807	231,450	230,456	200.94	200.94 square kilometres (77.6 sq mi)	1,140	-0.20	Saxony-Anhalt / Sachsen-Anhalt	1882
34	Oberhausen Oberhausen Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...	223,840	222,151	218,898	77.04	77.04 square kilometres (29.7 sq mi)	2,841	-0.24	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1915
35	Freiburg	191,029	205,102	215,966	153.06	153.06 square kilometres (59.1 sq mi)	1,411	0.88	Baden-Württemberg	1934
36	Lübeck Lübeck The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...	214,758	213,399	211,825	214.13	214.13 square kilometres (82.7 sq mi)	989	-0.12	Schleswig-Holstein	1911
37	Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...	208,989	200,564	202,844	269.11	269.11 square kilometres (103.9 sq mi)	754	0.19	Thuringia / Thüringen	1906
38	Rostock Rostock Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...	248,088	200,506	199,288	181.07	181.07 square kilometres (69.9 sq mi)	1,101	-0.12	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	1935
39	Hagen Hagen Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...	214,449	203,151	196,934	160.36	160.36 square kilometres (61.9 sq mi)	1,228	-0.51	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1928
40	Kassel Kassel Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...	194,268	194,766	194,427	106.79	106.79 square kilometres (41.2 sq mi)	1,820	-0.03	Hesse / Hessen	1899
41	Mainz Mainz Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...	179,486	182,870	194,372	97.75	97.75 square kilometres (37.7 sq mi)	1,988	1.05	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1902
42	Hamm Hamm Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of December 2003 its population was 180,849. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway...	179,639	182,427	184,239	226.24	226.24 square kilometres (87.4 sq mi)	814	0.17	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
43	Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....	191,694	183,257	178,914	167.07	167.07 square kilometres (64.5 sq mi)	1,071	-0.39	Saarland	1909
44	Herne Herne, Germany Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...	178,132	174,529	170,992	51.41	51.41 square kilometres (19.8 sq mi)	3,326	-0.34	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1933
45	Mülheim	177,681	172,862	169,917	91.29	91.29 square kilometres (35.2 sq mi)	1,861	-0.28	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1908
46	Osnabrück Osnabrück Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...	163,168	164,101	163,814	119.80	119.8 square kilometres (46.3 sq mi)	1,367	-0.03	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1940
47	Solingen Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...	165,401	164,973	163,581	89.47	89.47 square kilometres (34.5 sq mi)	1,832	-0.14	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
48	Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ludwigshafen is located on the Rhine opposite Mannheim. Together with Mannheim, Heidelberg and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine Neckar Area....	162,233	163,383	163,343	77.67	77.67 square kilometres (30 sq mi)	2,103	0.00	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1921
49	Leverkusen Leverkusen Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....	160,919	161,047	161,227	78.85	78.85 square kilometres (30.4 sq mi)	2,045	0.02	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1963
50	Oldenburg Oldenburg Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...	143,131	154,832	158,565	102.96	102.96 square kilometres (39.8 sq mi)	1,540	0.40	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1946
51	Neuss Neuss Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known...	147,019	150,013	151,610	99.48	99.48 square kilometres (38.4 sq mi)	1,524	0.18	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1963
52	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....	139,794	129,324	147,583	187.27	187.27 square kilometres (72.3 sq mi)	788	0.82	Brandenburg	1939
53	Paderborn Paderborn Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:...	120,680	139,084	143,769	179.38	179.38 square kilometres (69.3 sq mi)	801	0.56	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
54	Heidelberg Heidelberg -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...	136,796	140,259	142,993	108.83	108.83 square kilometres (42 sq mi)	1,314	0.32	Baden-Württemberg	1946
55	Darmstadt Darmstadt Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...	138,920	138,242	140,562	122.23	122.23 square kilometres (47.2 sq mi)	1,150	0.28	Hesse / Hessen	1937
56	Würzburg Würzburg Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....	127,777	127,966	133,906	87.55	87.55 square kilometres (33.8 sq mi)	1,529	0.77	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1932
57	Regensburg Regensburg Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...	121,691	125,676	129,859	80.76	80.76 square kilometres (31.2 sq mi)	1,608	0.55	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1940
58	Göttingen Göttingen Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...	121,831	124,132	121,884	117.26	117.26 square kilometres (45.3 sq mi)	1,039	-0.30	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1964
59	Recklinghausen Recklinghausen Recklinghausen is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south...	125,060	124,785	121,827	66.42	66.42 square kilometres (25.6 sq mi)	1,834	-0.40	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1949
60	Heilbronn Heilbronn Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....	115,843	119,305	121,613	99.88	99.88 square kilometres (38.6 sq mi)	1,218	0.32	Baden-Württemberg	1970
61	Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Ingolstadt is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located along the banks of the Danube River, in the center of Bavaria. As at 31 March 2011, Ingolstadt had 125.407 residents...	105,489	115,722	121,314	133.35	133.35 square kilometres (51.5 sq mi)	910	0.81	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1989
62	Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Wolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG...	128,510	121,805	121,199	204.01	204.01 square kilometres (78.8 sq mi)	594	-0.08	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1972
63	Ulm Ulm Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...	110,529	117,233	120,625	118.69	118.69 square kilometres (45.8 sq mi)	1,016	0.48	Baden-Württemberg	1980
64	Offenbach	114,992	117,535	119,430	44.90	44.9 square kilometres (17.3 sq mi)	2,660	0.27	Hesse / Hessen	1954
65	Bottrop Bottrop Bottrop is a city in west central Germany, on the Rhine-Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and rail center and contains factories producing coal-tar derivatives,...	118,936	120,611	119,356	100.61	100.61 square kilometres (38.8 sq mi)	1,186	-0.17	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1953
66	Pforzheim Pforzheim Pforzheim is a town of nearly 119,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. It is world-famous for its jewelry and watch-making industry. Until 1565 it was the home to the Margraves of Baden. Because of that it gained the nickname...	112,944	117,156	119,021	98.03	98.03 square kilometres (37.8 sq mi)	1,214	0.27	Baden-Württemberg	1975
67	Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...	130,446	120,822	116,615	77.68	77.68 square kilometres (30 sq mi)	1,501	-0.58	Bremen (state)	1939
68	Remscheid Remscheid Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area....	123,155	119,287	115,864	74.60	74.6 square kilometres (28.8 sq mi)	1,553	-0.48	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
69	Fürth Fürth The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....	103,362	110,477	113,422	63.35	63.35 square kilometres (24.5 sq mi)	1,790	0.44	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1950
70	Reutlingen Reutlingen Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....	103,687	110,650	112,252	87.06	87.06 square kilometres (33.6 sq mi)	1,289	0.24	Baden-Württemberg	1988
71	Salzgitter Salzgitter Salzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony...	114,355	112,302	107,726	223.91	223.91 square kilometres (86.5 sq mi)	481	-0.68	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1942
72	Moers Moers Moers is a German city on the left bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel...	104,595	107,062	107,547	67.75	67.75 square kilometres (26.2 sq mi)	1,587	0.08	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1987
73	Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...	108,733	107,950	106,501	105.02	105.02 square kilometres (40.5 sq mi)	1,014	-0.22	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1962
74	Siegen Siegen Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...	109,174	108,476	106,293	114.67	114.67 square kilometres (44.3 sq mi)	927	-0.34	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
75	Bergisch Gladbach Bergisch Gladbach ' is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis .-Geography:Bergisch Gladbach is located east of the river Rhine, approx...	104,037	105,693	105,761	83.12	83.12 square kilometres (32.1 sq mi)	1,272	0.01	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
76	Cottbus Cottbus Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...	125,891	108,491	105,309	164.28	164.28 square kilometres (63.4 sq mi)	641	-1.22	Brandenburg / Brandenburg	1976
77	Gera Gera Gera, the third-largest city in the German state of Thuringia , lies in east Thuringia on the river Weiße Elster, approximately 60 kilometres to the south of the city of Leipzig and 80 kilometres to the east of Erfurt...	129,037	112,835	103,948	151.93	151.93 square kilometres (58.7 sq mi)	684	-1.31	Thuringia / Thüringen	1959
78	Trier Trier Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....	97,835	99,410	103,518*	117.14	117.14 square kilometres (45.2 sq mi)	884	0.59	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1969
79	Erlangen Erlangen Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the confluence of the river Regnitz and its large tributary, the Untere Schwabach.Erlangen has more than 100,000 inhabitants....	102,440	100,778	103,197	76.85	76.85 square kilometres (29.7 sq mi)	1,343	0.40	Kingdom of Bavaria / Bayern	1974
80	Hildesheim Hildesheim Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...	105,291	103,909	102,575	92.57	92.57 square kilometres (35.7 sq mi)	1,108	-0.21	Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen	1974
81	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...	102,518	99,893	102,532	114.48	114.48 square kilometres (44.2 sq mi)	896	0.44	Thuringia / Thüringen	1975
82	Witten Witten Witten is a university city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home of the Witten/Herdecke University, the first private university in Germany.-Bordering municipalities:* Bochum* Dortmund* Herdecke* Wetter * Sprockhoevel* Hattingen...	105,403	103,196	100,793	72.37	72.37 square kilometres (27.9 sq mi)	1,393	-0.39	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975

* 2006 Population

Literature

• Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1880-1918
• Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1919-1941/42
• Deutscher Städtetag (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch Deutscher Gemeinden, 1890 ff.
• Statistisches Bundesamt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1952 ff.
• Staatliche Zentralverwaltung für Statistik (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1955-1989

External links

• Statistisches Bundesamt - Gemeindeverzeichnis
• Deutscher Städtetag
• Germany by Map: All cities and communes