# List of cities with historical German exonyms

The following is a list of cities and towns that have historically had official or local names in the German language. Commonly, these cities have at times been under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Germany or German nation-states. This is the main reason for German city exonyms. Also, many of these are obsolete, archaic or very rare in modern usage, mainly due to their association with the policies of the German Empire and the Nazis.
| City | Country | German name |
| Aabenraa | Denmark | Apenrade |
| Aalborg | Denmark | Aalburg |
| Aarhus | Denmark | Aarhaus, Arenhusen |
| Alba Iulia | Romania | Karlsburg, Weissenburg |
| Alytus | Lithuania | Alitten |
| Antwerp | Belgium | Antorff |
| Arlon | Belgium | Arel |
| Arnhem | Netherlands | Arnheim |
| Bacău | Romania | Bakau |
| Bagrationovsk | Russia | Preußisch Eylau |
| Baltiysk | Russia | Pillau |
| Banja Luka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Weina Luka |
| Banská Bystrica | Slovakia | Neusohl |
| Baranavichy | Belarus | Baronenwald |
| Békéscsaba | Hungary | Tschabe |
| Belfort | France | Beffert |
| Belgrade | Serbia | Belgrad |
| Liège | Belgium | Lüttich |
| Bergamo | Italy | Wälsch-Bergen |
| Biała | Poland | Zülz |
| Bihać | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Wihitz |
| Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | Ukraine | Weißenburg |
| Bistrița | Romania | Bistritz |
| Bjelovar | Croatia | Bellowar |
| Bolzano | Italy | Bozen, Botzen |
| Brașov | Romania | Kronstadt |
| Bratislava | Slovakia | Pressburg |
| Brescia | Italy | Wälsch-Brixen |
| Brno | Czech Republic | Brünn |
| Bruges | Belgium | Brügge |
| Brussels | Belgium | Brüssel |
| Bucharest | Romania | Bukarest |
| Budapest | Hungary | Ofenpesth |
| Bydgoszcz | Poland | Bromberg |
| Bytom | Poland | Beuthen |
| Calais | France | Kalen |
| Celje | Slovenia | Cilli |
| České Budějovice | Czech Republic | Budweis |
| Charleroi | Belgium | Karolingen |
| Chełm | Poland | Kulm |
| Chernivtsi | Ukraine | Czernowitz |
| Chernyakhovsk | Russia | Insterburg |
| Chișinău | Moldova | Kischinau |
| Cieszyn | Poland | Teschen |
| Cluj-Napoca | Romania | Klausenburg |
| Colmar | France | Kolmar |
| Constanța | Romania | Konstanz, Küstendje |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | Kopenhagen |
| Daugavpils | Latvia | Dünaburg |
| Debrecen | Hungary | Debrezin |
| Den Bosch | Netherlands | Herzogenbusch |
| Douala | Cameroon | Duala |
| Dunkirk | France | Dünkirchen |
| Elbląg | Poland | Elbing |
| Ełk | Poland | Lyck |
| Fribourg | Switzerland | Freiburg |
| Gastellovo | Russia | Groß Friedrichsdorf |
| Viljandi | Estonia | Fellin |
| Gdańsk | Poland | Danzig |
| Gdynia | Poland | Gdingen, Gotenhafen |
| Geneva | Switzerland | Genf |
| Ghent | Belgium | Gent |
| Giurgiu | Romania | Zurz |
| Gliwice | Poland | Gleiwitz |
| Głogów | Poland | Glogau |
| Głogówek | Poland | Oberglogau |
| Goygol | Azerbaijan | Helenendorf |
| Grodno | Belarus | Garten |
| Grudziądz | Poland | Graudenz |
| Guryevsk | Russia | Neuhausen |
| Gusev | Russia | Gumbinnen |
| Gvardeysk | Russia | Tapiau |
| Győr | Hungary | Raab |
| Hradec Králové | Czech Republic | Königgrätz |
| Iași | Romania | Jassy |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | Ukraine | Stanislau |
| Ikšķile | Latvia | Üxkull |
| Jēkabpils | Latvia | Jakobstadt |
| Jelgava | Latvia | Mitau |
| Jonava | Lithuania | Janau |
| Kaliningrad | Russia | Königsberg |
| Kalisz | Poland | Kalisch |
| Karlovac | Croatia | Karlstadt |
| Karlovy Vary | Czech Republic | Karlsbad |
| Katowice | Poland | Kattowitz |
| Kaunas | Lithuania | Kauen |
| Kėdainiai | Lithuania | Kedahnen |
| Khust | Ukraine | Chust |
| Klaipėda | Lithuania | Memel |
| Komárno | Slovakia | Komorn |
| Kokopo | Papua New Guinea | Herbertshöhe |
| Koper | Slovenia | Gafers |
| Košice | Slovakia | Kaschau |
| Kraków | Poland | Krakau |
| Krasnoznamensk | Russia | Lasdehnen, Haselberg |
| Kuressaare | Estonia | Arensburg |
| Ladushkin | Russia | Ludwigsort |
| Legnica | Poland | Liegnitz |
| Leuven | Belgium | Löwen |
| Łęczyca | Poland | Lentschütz |
| Liberec | Czech Republic | Reichenberg |
| Liège | Belgium | Lüttich |
| Liepāja | Latvia | Libau |
| Lille | France | Ryssel |
| Lisbon | Portugal | Lissabon |
| Ljubljana | Slovenia | Laibach |
| Łódź | Poland | Lodsch |
| Longwy | France | Langich |
| Lucerne | Switzerland | Luzern |
| Lugano | Switzerland | Lauis |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Luxemburg |
| Lviv | Ukraine | Lemberg |
| Mamonovo | Russia | Heiligenbeil |
| Maribor | Slovenia | Marburg |
| Marijampolė | Lithuania | Mariampol |
| Mažeikiai | Lithuania | Moscheiken |
| Mechelen | Belgium | Mecheln |
| Miercurea Ciuc | Romania | Szeklerburg |
| Milan | Italy | Mailand |
| Miskolc | Hungary | Mischkolz |
| Mons | Belgium | Bergen |
| Monza | Italy | Montsch |
| Mulhouse | France | Mülhausen |
| Namur | Belgium | Namen |
| Nancy | France | Nanzig |
| Naples | Italy | Neapel |
| Narva | Estonia | Narwa |
| Neman | Russia | Ragnit |
| Nesterov | Russia | Stallupönen, Ebenrode |
| Nijmegen | Netherlands | Nimwegen |
| Novi Sad | Serbia | Neusatz |
| Nowy Sącz | Poland | Neu-Sandez |
| Ogre | Latvia | Oger |
| Olomouc | Czech Republic | Olmütz |
| Olsztyn | Poland | Allenstein |
| Opava | Czech Republic | Troppau |
| Opole | Poland | Oppeln |
| Oradea | Romania | Grosswardein |
| Osijek | Croatia | Esseg |
| Ostend | Belgium | Ostende |
| Ostrava | Czech Republic | Ostrau |
| Oświęcim | Poland | Auschwitz |
| Ozyorsk | Russia | Darkehmen |
| Paide | Estonia | Wittenstein |
| Panevėžys | Lithuania | Ponewiesch |
| Pärnu | Estonia | Pernau |
| Beijing | China | Peking |
| Pécs | Hungary | Fünfkirchen |
| Piła | Poland | Schneidermühl |
| Pionersky | Russia | Neukuhren |
| Ploiești | Romania | Plorescht |
| Plzeň | Czech Republic | Pilsen |
| Polessk | Russia | Labiau |
| Poznań | Poland | Posen |
| Prague | Czech Republic | Prag |
| Pravdinsk | Russia | Friedland |
| Prešov | Slovakia | Preschau, Eperies |
| Primorsk | Russia | Fischhausen |
| Prudnik | Poland | Neustadt in Oberschlesien |
| Przemyśl | Poland | Premissel |
| Pskov | Russia | Pleskau |
| Pula | Croatia | Pulei |
| Puławy | Poland | Pullno |
| Qingdao | China | Tsingtau |
| Rabaul | Papua New Guinea | Simpsonhafen |
| Rakvere | Estonia | Wesenberg |
| Racibórz | Poland | Ratibor |
| Rauna | Latvia | Rönneburg |
| Reșița | Romania | Reschitz |
| Rēzekne | Latvia | Rositten |
| Rijeka | Croatia | Pflaum |
| Roman | Romania | Romesmark, Romanvarasch |
| Šabac | Serbia | Schabatz, Sabatsch |
| Sandomierz | Poland | Sandomir |
| Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajewo |
| Shamkir | Azerbaijan | Annenfeld |
| Šiauliai | Lithuania | Schaulen |
| Sibiu | Romania | Hermannstadt |
| Sieradz | Poland | Schieratz |
| Slavsk | Russia | Heinrichswalde |
| Słupsk | Poland | Stolp |
| Sopron | Hungary | Ödenburg |
| Sosnowiec | Poland | Sosnowitz |
| Sovetsk | Russia | Tilsit |
| Strasbourg | France | Straßburg |
| Subotica | Serbia | Maria-Theresiopel |
| Suceava | Romania | Sutschen, Suczawa |
| Syracuse | Italy | Syrakus |
| Svetlogorsk | Russia | Rauschen |
| Svetly | Russia | Zimmerbude |
| Szczecin | Poland | Stettin |
| Szeged | Hungary | Segedin |
| Székesfehérvár | Hungary | Stuhlweissenburg |
| Szolnok | Hungary | Sollnock, Zolnock |
| Szombathely | Hungary | Steinamanger |
| Tallinn | Estonia | Reval |
| Taranto | Italy | Tarent |
| Tarnów | Poland | Tarnau |
| Tartu | Estonia | Dorpat |
| Tauragė | Lithuania | Tauroggen |
| Telšiai | Lithuania | Telsche, Telschi |
| Timișoara | Romania | Temeswar |
| Toruń | Poland | Thorn |
| Tournai | Belgium | Dornick |
| Trakai | Lithuania | Traken |
| Trento | Italy | Trient |
| Trieste | Italy | Triest |
| Trnava | Slovakia | Tyrnau |
| Turnu Severin | Romania | Turm Severin |
| Udine | Italy | Weiden |
| Ukmergė | Lithuania | Wilkomir |
| Utena | Lithuania | Utenen |
| Uzhhorod | Ukraine | Ungwar |
| Ústí nad Labem | Czech Republic | Aussig |
| Valmiera | Latvia | Wolmar |
| Venice | Italy | Venedig |
| Ventspils | Latvia | Windau |
| Verdun | France | Wirten |
| Verona | Italy | Bern |
| Vicenza | Italy | Wiesenthein |
| Vilnius | Lithuania | Wilna |
| Wałbrzych | Poland | Waldenburg |
| Warsaw | Poland | Warschau |
| Windhoek | Namibia | Windhuk |
| Wrocław | Poland | Breslau |
| Yantarny | Russia | Palmnicken |
| Yaoundé | Cameroon | Jaunde |
| Ypres | Belgium | Ypern |
| Zabrze | Poland | Hindenburg |
| Zagreb | Croatia | Agram |
| Zaragoza | Spain | Saragossa |
| Zelenogradsk | Russia | Cranz |
| Zheleznodorozhny | Russia | Gerdauen |
| Zielona Góra | Poland | Grünberg |
| Žilina | Slovakia | Sillein |
| Zlín | Czech Republic | Zlin |
| Znojmo | Czech Republic | Znaim |