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General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
List. The following table lists the 80 cities in Germany with a population of at least 100,000 each on 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. [2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state.
Berlin[a] is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population. [11] Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants [12] make it the European Union 's most populous city, as measured by population within city limits. [13] The city is also one of the states of Germany, and is the third smallest state in the country in terms of area.
Cologne (/ kəˈloʊn / ⓘ kə-LOHN; German: Köln [kœln] ⓘ; Kölsch: Kölle [ˈkœlə] ⓘ) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
Nuremberg (/ ˈ nj ʊər ə m b ɜːr ɡ / NURE-əm-burg; German: Nürnberg [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁk] ⓘ; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch [ˈnɛmbɛrç]) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants [3] make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.
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The city's economy is based on the service sector and manufacturing industry. Chemnitz University of Technology has around 10,000 students. Chemnitz was the richest city in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, is known for its many industrial age buildings and monuments, [3] and will be the European Capital of Culture of 2025. [4]
The phrase is a pun: Die Stadt der Wissenschaft means 'the city of science,' Die Stadt, die Wissen schafft (identical pronunciation apart from der ~ die) means 'the city that creates knowledge.' Göttingen is a part of a tourist attraction in Germany, the German Fairy Tale Route ( German : Deutsche Märchenstraße).