List of sponsored sports venues
Present naming rights -- Germany
Table:
Name	Traditional Name	Location	Type

Allianz Arena	-	Munich	Football stadium

Audi Sportpark	-	Ingolstadt	Football stadium

HDI-Arena	Niedersachsenstadion	Hanover	Football stadium

Commerzbank-Arena	Waldstadion	Frankfurt	Football stadium

Max-Morlock-Stadion	Frankenstadion	Nürnberg	Football stadium

Esprit Arena	-	Düsseldorf	Football stadium

Volksparkstadion	Volksparkstadion	Hamburg	Football stadium

König Pilsener Arena	Arena Oberhausen	Oberhausen	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Lanxess Arena	Kölnarena	Cologne	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Mercedes-Benz Arena	Neckarstadion	Stuttgart	Football stadium

Porsche Arena	-	Stuttgart	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Red Bull Arena	Zentralstadion	Leipzig	Football stadium

rewirpowerSTADION	Ruhrstadion	Bochum	Football stadium

RheinEnergieStadion	Müngersdorfer Stadion	Cologne	Football stadium

SAP Arena	-	Mannheim	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Saturn Arena	-	Ingolstadt	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Signal Iduna Park	Westfalenstadion	Dortmund	Football stadium

Tamiya Raceway Sonneberg	-	Sonneberg	Radio-controlled car circuit

TUI Arena	-	Hanover	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Veltins-Arena	Arena AufSchalke	Gelsenkirchen	Retractable-roof football stadium with retractable playing surface

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Allianz Arena [ ʔaˈli̯ants ʔaˌʁeːnaː ] is a football stadium in Munich , Bavaria , Germany with a 75,000 seating capacity . Widely known for its exterior of inflated ETFE plastic panels , it is the first stadium in the world with a full colour changing exterior . Located at 25 Werner-Heisenberg-Allee at the northern edge of Munich 's Schwabing-Freimann borough on the Fröttmaning Heath , it is the second-largest arena in Germany behind Westfalenstadion in Dortmund . FC Bayern Munich has played its home games at the Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005-06 season . The club had previously played their home games at the Munich Olympic Stadium since 1972 . 1860 Munich previously had a 50% share in the stadium , but Bayern Munich purchased their shares for €11 million in April 2006 . The arrangement allowed 1860 Munich to play at the stadium while retaining no ownership until 2025 . However , in July 2017 the rental contract was terminated , making Bayern Munich the sole tenants of the stadium . The large financial services provider Allianz purchased the naming rights to the stadium for 30 years . However , this name can not be used when hosting FIFA and UEFA events , since these governing bodies have policies forbidding corporate sponsorship from companies that are not official tournament partners . During the 2006 FIFA World Cup , the stadium was referred to as FIFA WM-Stadion München ( FIFA World Cup Stadium , Munich ) . In UEFA club and Nations League matches , it is known as Fußball Arena München ( Football Arena Munich ) [ ˌfuːsbal ʔaʁeːnaː ˈmʏnçn̩ ] , and it hosted the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final .
Munich ( /ˈmjuːnɪk/ MEW-nik ; German : München [ ˈmʏnçn̩ ] ( listen ) ; Austro-Bavarian : Minga [ ˈmɪŋ ( ː ) ɐ ] ; Latin : Monachium ) is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria , the second most populous German federal state . With a population of around 1.5 million , it is the third-largest city in Germany , after Berlin and Hamburg , and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state , as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union . The city 's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people . Straddling the banks of the River Isar ( a tributary of the Danube ) north of the Bavarian Alps , it is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria , while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany ( 4,500 people per km² ) . Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area , after the Austrian capital of Vienna , Munich was one of the host cities of the official tournament of the 2006 FIFA World Cup . The city is a global centre of art , science , technology , finance , publishing , culture , innovation , education , business , and tourism and enjoys a very high standard and quality of living , reaching first in Germany and third worldwide according to the 2018 Mercer survey , and being rated the world 's most liveable city by the Monocle 's Quality of Life Survey 2018 . According to the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute Munich is considered an alpha-world city , as of 2015 [ update ] . Munich is a major international center of engineering , science , innovation , and research , exemplified by the presence of two research universities , a multitude of scientific institutions in the city and its surroundings , and world class technology and science museums like the Deutsches Museum and BMW Museum . Munich houses many multinational companies and its economy is based on high tech , automobiles , the service sector and creative industries , as well as IT , biotechnology , engineering and electronics among many others . The name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen , meaning by the monks . It derives from the monks of the Benedictine order , who ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich ; hence the monk depicted on the city 's coat of arms . Munich was first mentioned in 1158 .
Audi Sportpark ( German pronunciation : [ ˈʔaʊdiːˌʃpɔʁtpaʁk ] is a 15,800-capacity stadium in Ingolstadt , Germany . It is primarily used for football and is the home of FC Ingolstadt 04 .
Ingolstadt ( US : /ˈɪŋɡəlʃtɑːt , -stɑːt/ ING-gəl-s ( h ) taht , German : [ ˈʔɪŋɡɔlˌʃtat ] ( listen ) , Austro-Bavarian : [ ˈʔɪŋl̩ʃtɔːd ] ) is a city in Bavaria , Germany , on the banks of the Danube , in the centre of Bavaria . In 2016 , it had 133,638 citizens , making it the fifth largest city in Bavaria . It is part of the Munich Metropolitan Region . The Illuminati , an Age of Enlightenment secret society , was founded in Ingolstadt in the late 18th century . Ingolstadt is a setting in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley , where the scientist Victor Frankenstein creates his monster . It is the site of the headquarters of the German automobile manufacturer Audi , defence aircraft manufacturer Airbus ( formerly Cassidian Air Systems ) , and electronic stores Media Markt and Saturn . Ingolstadt Central Station has been connected to Nuremberg by a high-speed rail link since May 2006 . Ingolstadt also has a second passenger station at Ingolstadt Nord .
Niedersachsenstadion [ ˈniːdɐzaksn̩ˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ( Eng : Lower Saxony Stadium ) is a football stadium in Hanover , Lower Saxony , Germany , which is home to Bundesliga football club Hannover 96 . The original 86,000 capacity stadium was completed in 1954 and has since been rebuilt several times for various major football events . Today it has 49,000 covered seats . During the World Cup 2006 the stadium was named FIFA World Cup Stadium , Hanover . Through a sponsorship deal , the stadium 's official name is currently HDI-Arena [ ˌhaːdeːˈʔiːʔaˌʁeːnaː ] . Between 2002 and 2013 a similar arrangement saw the stadium renamed as the AWD-Arena [ ˌʔaːveːˈdeːʔaˌʁeːnaː ] .
Hanover or Hannover ( /ˈhænoʊvər , -nəv-/ ; German : Hannover [ haˈnoːfɐ ] ( listen ) ; Low German : Hannober ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony . Its 535,061 ( 2017 ) inhabitants make it the thirteenth-largest city in Germany as well as the third-largest city in Northern Germany after Hamburg and Bremen . The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine ( progression : Aller→ Weser→ North Sea ) and its tributary Ihme , in the south of the North German Plain , and is the largest city in the Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region . It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg , Dortmund , Essen and Bremen . Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946 Hanover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg ( 1636-1692 ) , the Electorate of Hanover ( 1692-1814 ) , the Kingdom of Hanover ( 1814-1866 ) , the Province of Hanover of the Kingdom of Prussia ( 1868-1918 ) , the Province of Hanover of the Free State of Prussia ( 1918-1946 ) and of the State of Hanover ( 1946 ) . From 1714 to 1837 Hanover was by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , under their title of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( later described as the Elector of Hanover ) . The city is a major crossing point of railway lines and motorways ( Autobahnen ) , connecting European main lines in both the east-west ( Berlin-Ruhr area/Düsseldorf/Cologne ) and north-south ( Hamburg-Frankfurt/Stuttgart/Munich ) directions . Hannover Airport lies north of the city , in Langenhagen , and is Germany 's ninth-busiest airport . The city 's most notable institutes of higher education are the Hannover Medical School with its university hospital ( Klinikum der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover ) and the Leibniz University Hannover . The Hanover fairground , owing to numerous extensions , especially for the Expo 2000 , is the largest in the world . Hanover hosts annual commercial trade fairs such as the Hanover Fair and up to 2018 the CeBIT . The IAA Commercial Vehicles show takes place every two years .
Commerzbank-Arena ( German pronunciation : [ koˈmɛʁtsbaŋkʔaˌʁeːnaː ] , sometimes [ kɔˈ- ] ) is a retractable roof sports stadium in Frankfurt , Hesse , Germany . Commonly known by its original name , Waldstadion [ ˈvalt.ʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ( English : Forest Stadium ) , the stadium opened in 1925 . The stadium has been upgraded several times since then ; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup . With a capacity of 51,500 spectators for league matches and 48,500 for American Football and International Football matches , it is among the ten largest football stadiums in Germany . The stadium was one of the nine venues of 2011 FIFA Women 's World Cup , and hosted four matches including the final . The sports complex , which is owned by the city of Frankfurt , includes the actual stadium and other sports facilities , including a swimming pool , a tennis complex , a beach volleyball court and a winter sports hall . The arena has its own railway station , Frankfurt Stadion , on the national rail network . The Commerzbank-Arena is home stadium of football club Eintracht Frankfurt whose offices are also located on the premises .
Frankfurt ( officially : Frankfurt am Main ( German : [ ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn ] ( listen ) ; Hessian : Frangford am Maa ; lit . Frank ford on the [ a ] Main ) ) is a metropolis and the largest city of the German federal state of Hesse , and its 746,878 ( 2017 ) inhabitants make it the fifth-largest city in Germany . On the River Main ( a tributary of the Rhine ) , it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring city of Offenbach am Main , and its urban area has a population of 2.3 million . The city is at the centre of the larger Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region , which has a population of 5.5 million and is Germany 's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr Region . Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013 , the geographic centre of the EU is about 40 km ( 25 mi ) to the east of Frankfurt 's central business district . Like France and Franconia , the city is named after the Franks . Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhine Franconian dialect area ( Franconian dialects ) , Frankfurt was one of the host cities of the official tournaments of the 1974 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup . Frankfurt was a city state , the Free City of Frankfurt , for nearly five centuries , and was one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire , as a site of imperial coronations ; it lost its sovereignty upon the collapse of the empire in 1806 and then permanently in 1866 , when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia . It has been part of the federal state of Hesse since 1945 . Frankfurt is culturally , ethnically , and religiously diverse , with half of its population , and a majority of young people , having a migration background . A quarter of the population consists of foreign nationals , including many expatriates . Frankfurt is an alpha world city and a global hub for commerce , culture , education , tourism and transportation .
Max-Morlock-Stadion [ ˌmaksˈmɔʁlɔkˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] is a stadium in Nuremberg , Germany , which was opened in 1928 . It is located next to Zeppelinfeld . It also neighbors the Nuremberg Arena . Since 1966 , it has been home stadium to the German Bundesliga club 1 . FC Nürnberg . During the 1972 Summer Olympics , it hosted six football matches . In 1967 , it hosted the European Cup Winners ' Cup final between Rangers and Bayern Munich . Bayern won 1-0 . The stadium hosted five games of the 2006 FIFA World Cup , including the famous match between Portugal and the Netherlands , consequently known as the Battle of Nuremberg .
Nuremberg ( /ˈnjʊərəmbɜːrɡ/ NEWR-əm-burg ; German : Nürnberg [ ˈnʏ : n bɛ : k ] ( listen ) ; East Franconian : Närrnberch or Nämberch , locally Närmberch ) is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich , and its 511,628 ( 2016 ) inhabitants make it the 14th largest city in Germany . On the Pegnitz River ( from its confluence with the Rednitz in Fürth onwards : Regnitz , a tributary of the River Main ) and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal , it lies in the Bavarian administrative region of Middle Franconia , and is the largest city and the unofficial capital of Franconia . Nuremberg forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring cities of Fürth , Erlangen and Schwabach with a total population of 787,976 ( 2016 ) , while the larger Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has approximately 3.5 million inhabitants . The city lies about 170 kilometres ( 110 mi ) north of Munich . It is the largest city in the East Franconian dialect area ( colloquially : Franconian ; German : Fränkisch ) , Nurenmberg was one of the host cities of the 2006 FIFA World Cup . There are many institutions of higher education in the city , including the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg ( Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ) . With 39,780 students in 2017 , it is Bavaria 's third-largest and Germany 's 11th-largest university , with campuses in Erlangen and Nuremberg and a university hospital in Erlangen ( Universitätsklinikum Erlangen ) . Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm and Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg are also located within the city . Nuremberg Airport ( Flughafen Nürnberg Albrecht Dürer ) is the second-busiest airport in Bavaria after Munich Airport , and the tenth-busiest airport in Germany . Staatstheater Nürnberg is one of the five Bavarian state theatres , [ a ] showing operas , operettas , musicals , and ballets ( main venue : Nuremberg Opera House ) , plays ( main venue : Schauspielhaus Nürnberg ) , as well as concerts ( main venue : Meistersingerhalle ) . Its orchestra , Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg , is Bavaria 's second-largest opera orchestra after the Bavarian State Opera 's Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich . Nuremberg is the birthplace of Albrecht Dürer and Johann Pachelbel .
Merkur Spielarena ( stylized as MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA ) , known previously as the ESPRIT arena ( until 2 August 2018 ) , the LTU Arena ( until June 2009 ) , and as the Düsseldorf Arena ( during the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest ) , is a multi-functional football stadium in Düsseldorf , Germany . The stadium holds 54,600 and has a closable roof . Its special heating system allows the stadium to host comfortable events at the height of winter .
Düsseldorf ( often Dusseldorf in English sources ; UK : /ˈdʊsəldɔːrf/ , US : /ˈdjuːs-/ , German : [ ˈdʏsl̩dɔʁf ] ( listen ) ; Low Franconian and Ripuarian : [ a ] Düsseldörp ( [ ˈdʏsl̩dœɐ̯p ] ) ; archaic Dutch : Dusseldorp ) is the capital and second-largest city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne , as well as the seventh-largest city in Germany , with a population of 617,280 . At the confluence of the Rhine and its tributary Düssel , the city lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Regions with the Cologne Bonn Region to its south and the Ruhr to its north . Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine ( as opposed to Cologne , whose city centre lies on the river 's left bank ) . The city is the largest in the German Low Franconian dialect area ( closely related to Dutch ) . Dorf meaning village in German , the -dorf suffix ( English cognate : thorp ) is unusual in the German-speaking area for a settlement of Düsseldorf 's size . Mercer 's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world . Düsseldorf Airport is Germany 's third-busiest airport after those of Frankfurt and Munich , serving as the most important international airport for the inhabitants of the densely populated Ruhr , Germany 's largest urban area . Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre , renowned for its fashion and trade fairs , and is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies . Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows . As second largest city of the Rhineland , Düsseldorf holds Rhenish Carnival celebrations every year in February/March , the Düsseldorf carnival celebrations being the third most popular in Germany after those held in Cologne and Mainz . There are 22 institutions of higher education in the city including the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , the university of applied sciences ( Hochschule Düsseldorf ) , the academy of arts ( Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ) ( Joseph Beuys , Emanuel Leutze , August Macke , Gerhard Richter , Sigmar Polke , and Andreas Gursky ) , and the university of music ( Robert-Schumann-Musikhochschule Düsseldorf ) . The city is also known for its pioneering influence on electronic/experimental music ( Kraftwerk ) and its Japanese community .
Volksparkstadion ( German pronunciation : [ ˈfɔlkspaʁkˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ) is a football stadium located in Bahrenfeld , Hamburg , Germany . It is the home of Hamburger SV .
Hamburg ( English : /ˈhæmbɜːrɡ/ , German : [ ˈhambʊʁk ] ( listen ) , locally also [ ˈhambʊɪ̯ç ] ( listen ) [ ˈhambɔːχ ] ; Low Saxon : Hamborg ) , officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ( German : Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg ; Low Saxon : Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg ) , is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and 7th largest city in the European Union with a population of over 1.84 million . One of Germany 's 16 federal states , it is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south . The city 's metropolitan region is home to more than five million people . Hamburg lies on the River Elbe and two of its tributaries , the River Alster and the River Bille . The official name reflects Hamburg 's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire . Before the 1871 Unification of Germany , it was a fully sovereign city state , and before 1919 formed a civic republic headed constitutionally by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten . Beset by disasters such as the Great Fire of Hamburg , North Sea flood of 1962 and military conflicts including World War II bombing raids , the city has managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe . Hamburg is Europe 's third-largest port . Major regional broadcaster NDR , the printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr and the newspapers Der Spiegel and Die Zeit are based in the city . Hamburg is the seat of Germany 's oldest stock exchange and the world 's oldest merchant bank , Berenberg Bank . Media , commercial , logistical , and industrial firms with significant locations in the city include multinationals Airbus , Blohm + Voss , Aurubis , Beiersdorf , and Unilever . The city hosts specialists in world economics and international law , including consular and diplomatic missions as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea , the EU-LAC Foundation , and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning , multipartite international political conferences and summits such as Europe and China and the G20 .
The König-Pilsener-Arena ( originally the Arena Oberhausen , occasionally referred to as the KöPi Arena ) is a multi-purpose arena , located in Oberhausen , Germany . Opening in 1996 , the arena is a part of leisure and shopping center , CentrO . The venue was built in Neue Mitte Oberhausen , a former industrial plant . In November 2001 , König Brauerei , a brewery in Duisburg purchased naming rights to the arena .
Oberhausen ( /ˈoʊbərhaʊzən/ , German : [ ˈoːbɐhaʊzn̩ ] ( listen ) ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area , Germany , located between Duisburg and Essen ( c. 13 km or 8.1 mi ) . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage .
Lanxess Arena ( originally Kölnarena , German for Cologne Arena ) is an indoor arena , in Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie . The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 people for concerts . With its capacity of 18,500 , it is the largest ice hockey arena outside North America . It is primarily used by Kölner Haie ( ice hockey ) , VfL Gummersbach ( team handball ) , Köln RheinStars ( basketball ) , and as a concert venue . The arena is spanned by a steel arch supporting the roof via steel cables . The height of the arch is 76 m ( 249 ft ) and its weight is 480 tons . On June 2 , 2008 , it was announced that Kölnarena would be renamed Lanxess Arena , for a period of ten years . The sponsor , Lanxess AG , is a specialty chemicals group based in the Lanxess Tower in Deutz , Cologne .
Cologne ( English : /kəˈloʊn/ kə-LOHN ; German : Köln [ kœln ] ( listen ) ; Kölsch : Kölle [ ˈkœlə ] ( listen ) ) is the largest city of Germany 's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city in Germany . With slightly over a million inhabitants ( 1.08 million ) within its city boundaries , Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine and also the most populous city both of the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region , which is Germany 's largest and one of Europe 's major metropolitan areas , and of the Rhineland . Centered on the left bank of the Rhine , Cologne is about 45 kilometres ( 28 mi ) southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia 's capital of Düsseldorf and 25 kilometres ( 16 mi ) northwest of Bonn . It is the largest city in the Central Franconian and Ripuarian dialect areas . The city 's Cologne Cathedral ( Kölner Dom ) is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne . There are many institutions of higher education in the city , most notably the University of Cologne ( Universität zu Köln ) , one of Europe 's oldest and largest universities , the Technical University of Cologne ( Technische Hochschule Köln ) , Germany 's largest university of applied sciences , and the German Sport University Cologne ( Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln ) , Germany 's only sport university . Cologne Bonn Airport ( Flughafen Köln/Bonn ) is Germany 's seventh-largest airport and lies in the southeast of the city . The main airport for the Rhine-Ruhr region is Düsseldorf Airport . Cologne was founded and established in Ubii territory in the 1st century AD as the Roman Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , the first word of which is the origin of its name . An alternative Latin name of the settlement is Augusta Ubiorum , after the Ubii . Cologne , the French version of the city 's name , has become standard in English as well . Cologne functioned as the capital of the Roman province of Germania Inferior and as the headquarters of the Roman military in the region until occupied by the Franks in 462 .
Mercedes-Benz Arena ( German pronunciation : [ mɛʁˌtseːdəsˈbɛnts ʔaˌʁeːna ] ) is a stadium located in Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg , Germany and home to German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart . Before 1993 it was called Neckarstadion [ ˈnɛkaʁˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] , named after the nearby river Neckar and between 1993 and July 2008 it was called Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion [ ˌɡɔtliːpˈdaɪmlɐˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] . From the 2008-09 season , the stadium was renamed the Mercedes-Benz Arena , starting with a pre-season friendly against Arsenal on 30 July 2008 .
Stuttgart ( /ˈʃtʊtɡɑːrt/ SHTUUT-gart , also US : /ˈstʌt- , ˈstʊt-/ STU ( U ) T- ; German : [ ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt ] ( listen ) ; Swabian : Schduagert [ ˈʒ̊d̥ua̯ɡ̊ɛʕd̥ ] ; names in other languages ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg . Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the Stuttgart Cauldron . It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest . Its urban area has a population of 634,830 , making it the sixth largest city in Germany . 2.8 million people live in the city 's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area , making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany . The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP ; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living , [ a ] innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities [ b ] and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey. , Stuttgart was one of the host cities of the official tournaments for the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cup . Since the 7th millennium BC , the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley . The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt , making it the most important regional centre for several centuries . Stuttgart 's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf , Duke of Swabia , as a stud farm for his warhorses . Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt , the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320 . The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg , and they made it the capital of their county , duchy , and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918 . Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years ' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II .
Porsche-Arena is a multi-purpose arena , located in Stuttgart , Germany . The seating capacity of the arena varies , from 5,100 to 8,000 people and it was opened in 2006 , after 14 months of construction . The arena is part of a sport complex located in Stuttgart 's NeckarPark , situated between the Scharrena Stuttgart , Mercedes-Benz Arena and Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle . To fund the construction , costs had already been pre-construction sales of the name rights planned . Dr. Ing h.c. F. Porsche AG bought the name rights , for a ten million euro , for a term of 20 years . It is the venue for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix , a WTA Tour event and also hosted some matches at the 2007 World Men 's Handball Championship . Anton Hunger : The tournament is now at home in Stuttgart . We knew wed make mistakes at the first edition . But we didnt promise too much last year and have eliminated almost all the mistakes in 2007 . A total of more than 36,000 spectators were in the arena . The number was up on the previous year even though seating was slightly reduced to improve comfort .
Red Bull Arena ( German pronunciation : [ ʁɛt ˈbʊl ʔaˌʁeːnaː ] , formerly Zentralstadion [ tsɛnˈtʁaːlˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ) , is a football facility located in Leipzig , Saxony , Germany . It is the largest football stadium in the former East Germany and has also hosted music concerts as well as football . Opened in 2004 , it is currently the home stadium for first-division club RB Leipzig , with FC Sachsen Leipzig having previously used the stadium from its opening until 2009 . Due to UEFA sponsorship regulations , the stadium is known as the RB Arena for European matches .
Leipzig ( /ˈlaɪpsɪɡ/ , also US : /- ( t ) sɪk/ , German : [ ˈlaɪptsɪç ] ( listen ) ; Upper and Lower Sorbian : Lipsk ; Upper Saxon : Leibzsch ) is the most populous city in the German federal state of Saxony . With a population of 600,000 inhabitants as of 2019 ( 1.1 million residents in the larger urban zone ) , it is Germany 's eighth most populous city as well as the second most populous city in the area of former East Germany after ( East ) Berlin . Together with Halle ( Saale ) , the largest city of the neighbouring state of Saxony-Anhalt , the city forms the polycentric conurbation of Leipzig-Halle . Between the two cities ( in Schkeuditz ) lies Leipzig/Halle International Airport . Leipzig is located about 160 kilometres ( 99 mi ) southwest of Berlin in the Leipzig Bay , which constitutes the southernmost part of the North German Plain , at the confluence of the White Elster River ( progression : Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea ) and two of its tributaries : the Pleiße and the Parthe . The name of the city as well as the names of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin . Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire . The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii , two important medieval trade routes . Leipzig was once one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing . After the Second World War and during the period of the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany ) Leipzig remained a major urban centre in East German terms , but its cultural and economic importance declined . Events in Leipzig in 1989 played a significant role in precipitating the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe , mainly through demonstrations starting from St. Nicholas Church . The immediate effects of the reunification of Germany included the collapse of the local economy , which had come to depend on highly polluting heavy industry , severe unemployment , and urban blight .
Ruhrstadion , known as Vonovia Ruhrstadion due to a sponsorship deal , is a football stadium in Bochum , Germany . It is the home ground for the VfL Bochum and has a capacity of 29,299 . It was known as rewirpowerSTADION [ ʁeˈviːɐ̯paʊ.ɐˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ( or , rarely , [ ʁəˈviːɐ̯- ] ) from 2006-16 , also for sponsorship reasons .
Bochum ( /ˈboʊxʊm/ BOH-khuum , also US : /ˈboʊkəm/ BOH-kəm , German : [ ˈboːxʊm ] ( listen ) ; Westphalian : Baukem ) is the sixth largest city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne , Düsseldorf , Dortmund , Essen and Duisburg , and its 364,920 ( 2016 ) inhabitants make it the 16th largest city of Germany . On the Ruhr Heights ( Ruhrhöhen ) hill chain , between the rivers Ruhr to the south and Emscher to the north ( tributaries of the Rhine ) , it is the second largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund , and the fourth largest city of the Ruhr after Dortmund , Essen and Duisburg . It lies at the centre of the Ruhr , Germany 's largest urban area , in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region , and belongs to the region of Arnsberg . It is surrounded by the cities of ( in clockwise direction ) Herne , Castrop-Rauxel , Dortmund , Witten , Hattingen , Essen and Gelsenkirchen . Bochum is the sixth largest and one of the southernmost cities in the Low German dialect area . There are nine institutions of higher education in the city , most notably the Ruhr University Bochum ( Ruhr-Universität Bochum ) , one of the ten largest universities in Germany , and the Bochum University of Applied Sciences ( Hochschule Bochum ) .
The RheinEnergieStadion ( German pronunciation : [ ˌʁaɪnʔenɛʁˈɡiːˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ) is a German football stadium in Cologne . It was built on the site of the two previous Müngersdorfer stadiums . It is the home of the local Bundesliga team , 1 . FC Köln . The stadium was one of 5 stadiums hosting both the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup . Local energy company RheinEnergie AG currently holds the naming rights to the stadium .
SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim , Germany . It is primarily used for ice hockey and handball , and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the Rhein-Neckar Löwen handball club . Inaugurated in 2005 , the arena has a capacity of up to 15,000 people . More than a hundred concerts and convention events are hosted at the arena annually . The SAP Arena is one of the largest in Germany and one of the most high-tech in Europe . The arena is named after its sponsor SAP . A tram line ( number 6 ) connects the SAP Arena to Mannheim city center and a newly built road connection to the B 38a highway connects it to the A 656 Autobahn , leading to the A656/A 6 interchange , connecting eastbound Mannheim to Heidelberg ( A656 ) , and north-southbound to Frankfurt , Karlsruhe and Stuttgart ( A6 ) , as well as a little north on the A6 to Kaiserlautern ( westbound ) . In January 2018 the SAP Arena became the first multi-purpose arena in Germany that provides location-based services like indoor navigation and proximity marketing to its visitors . Therefore name sponsor SAP has had the arena equipped with 630 iBeacons by the German technology startup Favendo .
Mannheim ( German pronunciation : [ ˈmanhaɪm ] ( listen ) ; Palatine German : Monnem or Mannem ) is a city in the southwestern part of Germany , the third-largest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe with a 2015 population of approximately 310,000 inhabitants . The city is at the centre of the larger densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region which has a population of 2,400,000 and is Germany 's eighth-largest metropolitan region . Mannheim is located at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in the northwestern corner of Baden-Württemberg . The Rhine separates Mannheim from the city of Ludwigshafen , just to the west of it in Rhineland-Palatinate , and the border of Baden-Württemberg with Hesse is just to the north . Mannheim is downstream along the Neckar from the city of Heidelberg . Mannheim is unusual among German cities in that its streets and avenues are laid out in a grid pattern , leading to its nickname die Quadratestadt ( The City of Squares ) . The eighteenth century Mannheim Palace , former home of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate , now houses the University of Mannheim . The city is home to major corporations including Daimler , John Deere , Caterpillar , ABB , Fuchs Petrolub , IBM , Roche , Reckitt Benckiser , Unilever , Phoenix Group , Siemens , and several other well-known companies . In addition , Mannheim 's SAP Arena is not only the home of the German ice hockey record champions the Adler Mannheim , but also the well-known handball team , the Rhein-Neckar Löwen . According to the Forbes magazine , Mannheim is known for its exceptional inventive power and was ranked 11th among the Top 15 of the most inventive cities worldwide . The New Economy Magazine elected Mannheim under the 20 cities that best represent the world of tomorrow emphasizing Mannheim 's positive economic and innovative environment . Since 2014 , Mannheim has been a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and holds the title of UNESCO City of Music .
Saturn Arena ( German pronunciation : [ zatʊʁn aʁeːnaː ] ) is an arena in Ingolstadt , Germany . It is primarily used for the ice hockey club ERC Ingolstadt . Saturn Arena opened in 2003 and holds 4,815 people .
Westfalenstadion ( German pronunciation : [ vɛstˈfaːlnˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ) is a football stadium in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , which is the home of Borussia Dortmund . Officially called Signal Iduna Park [ zɪɡˌnaːl ʔiˈduːnaː ˌpaʁk ] for sponsorship reasons , the name derives from the former Prussian province of Westphalia . The stadium is one of the most famous football stadiums in Europe and is renowned for its atmosphere . It has a league capacity of 81,365 ( standing and seated ) and an international capacity of 65,829 ( seated only ) . It is Germany 's largest stadium , the seventh-largest in Europe , and the third-largest home to a top-flight European club after Camp Nou and the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium . It holds the European record for average fan attendance , set in the 2011-2012 season with almost 1.37 million spectators over 17 games at an average of 80,588 per game . Sales of annual season tickets amounted to 55,000 in 2015 . The 24,454 capacity Südtribüne ( South Bank ) is the largest terrace for standing spectators in European football . Famous for the intense atmosphere it breeds , the south terrace has been nicknamed the Die Gelbe Wand , meaning The Yellow Wall . The Borusseum , the museum of Borussia Dortmund , is near the stadium . The stadium hosted matches in the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cups . It also hosted the 2001 UEFA Cup Final .
Dortmund ( /ˈdɔːrtmənd/ , also UK : /-mʊnd/ , US : /-mʊnt/ , German : [ ˈdɔʁtmʊnt ] ( listen ) ; Westphalian Low German : Düörpm [ ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩ ] ; Latin : Tremonia ) is , with a population of 586,600 ( 2017 ) , the third-largest city of Germany 's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf , and Germany 's eighth-largest city . It is the largest city ( by area and population ) of the Ruhr , Germany 's largest urban area with some 5.1 million ( 2011 ) inhabitants , as well as the largest city of Westphalia . On the Emscher and Ruhr rivers ( tributaries of the Rhine ) , it lies in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and is considered the administrative , commercial , and cultural centre of the eastern Ruhr . Dortmund is the second largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg , Dortmund was one of the host cities of the official tournaments of the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cup . Founded around 882 , Dortmund became an Imperial Free City . Throughout the 13th to 14th centuries , it was the chief city of the Rhine , Westphalia , the Netherlands Circle of the Hanseatic League . During the Thirty Years ' War , the city was destroyed and decreased in significance until the onset of industrialization . The city then became one of Germany 's most important coal , steel and beer centres . Dortmund consequently was one of the most heavily bombed cities in Germany during World War II . The devastating bombing raids of 12 March 1945 destroyed 98% of buildings in the inner city center . These bombing raids , with more than 1,110 aircraft , hold the record to a single target in World War II . The region has adapted since the collapse of its century-long steel and coal industries and shifted to high-technology biomedical technology , micro systems technology , and also services .
Sonneberg is a town in Thuringia , Germany , which is seat of the district Sonneberg . It has long been a centre of toy making and is still well known for this . It is the home of PIKO , a model railway manufacturer which became one of the few such enterprises in the Warsaw Pact countries and as such supplied model trains depicting railway stock of all the Soviet bloc countries . Sonneberg is home to the German Toy Museum ( Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum ) . In divided post-war Germany , Sonneberg found itself 'unnaturally ' cut off from its large neighbouring town of Coburg and could only face north economically . It was served by an unnaturally winding railway route and thus became somewhat isolated from the rest of East Germany . Its station is classified as a Hauptbahnhof ( central station ) and is served by the Coburg-Sonneberg line .
TUI Arena ( formerly Preussag Arena ) is an arena in Hanover , Germany . The arena opened in 2000 and holds 10,767 , during hockey or handball matches and up to 14,000 , during concerts . It is the biggest indoor-venue in the Region Hannover and most major concerts are held there . The arena is situated at the expo plaza in the Expo 2000 grounds , in the south of Hanover , astride the Kronsberg and Mittelfeld areas .
Arena AufSchalke [ aˌʁeːna ʔaʊfˈʃalkə ] ( currently known as Veltins-Arena ( German pronunciation : [ ˈfɛltɪnsʔaˌʁeːna ] ) for sponsorship reasons ) is a football stadium in Gelsenkirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It opened on 13 August 2001 , as the new home ground for Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 . It hosted the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final and five matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup , including a quarter-final . It has a capacity of 62,271 ( standing and seated ) for league matches and 54,740 ( seated only ) for international matches . The stadium has a retractable roof and a retractable pitch . The naming rights to the stadium were sold on 1 July 2005 to German brewery Veltins .
Gelsenkirchen ( UK : /ˈɡɛlzənkɪərxən/ , US : /ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪərxən/ , German : [ ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩ ] ( listen ) ; Westphalian : Gelsenkiärken ) is the 11th largest city of Germany 's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and its 262,528 ( 2016 ) inhabitants make it the 25th largest city of Germany . On the Emscher River ( a tributary of the Rhine ) , it lies at the centre of the Ruhr , the largest urban area of Germany , of which it is the fifth largest city after Dortmund , Essen , Duisburg and Bochum . The Ruhr is located in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region , one of Europe 's largest urban areas . Gelsenkirchen is the fifth largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund , Bochum , Bielefeld and Münster , and it is one of the southernmost cities in the Low German dialect area . The city is home to the football club Schalke 04 , which is named after Gelsenkirchen-Schalke [ de ] . The club 's current stadium Veltins-Arena , however , is located in Gelsenkirchen-Erle [ de ] . Gelsenkirchen was first documented in 1150 , but it remained a tiny village until the 19th century , when the Industrial Revolution led to the growth of the entire area . In 1840 , when the mining of coal began , 6,000 inhabitants lived in Gelsenkirchen ; in 1900 the population had increased to 138,000 . In the early 20th century , Gelsenkirchen was the most important coal mining town in Europe . It was called the city of a thousand fires for the flames of mine gases flaring at night . In 1928 , Gelsenkirchen was merged with the adjoining cities of Buer and Gelsenkirchen-Horst [ de ] . The city bore the name Gelsenkirchen-Buer , until it was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930 .