List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants

This is a list of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants.

The following table lists all towns in Germany that currently have a population greater than 100,000. The federal capital is shown in yellow, state capitals (except Schwerin, which does not meet the list rules because it is too small) in light blue.

 List 
Where a city has different names in English and German, the English name is given first.

  Federal capital   State capital 

RankCity Pop. 1950Pop. 1960Pop. 1970Pop. 1980Pop. 1990Pop. 2000Pop. 2009Pop. 2010Area [km²]Densityper km²Growth [%](2000–2010)surpassed100,000State(Bundesland) 1.  20px Berlin                 887,70    2.32  1747  Berlin 2.  20px Hamburg                 755,16    4.14  1787  Hamburg 3.  20px Munich / München                 310,69    11.81  1852  Bavaria 4.  20px Cologne / Köln                 405,17    4.59  1852  North Rhine-Westphalia 5.  20px Frankfurt am Main                 248,31    4.80  1875  Hesse 6.  20px Stuttgart                 207,35    3.89  1874  Baden-Württemberg 7.  20px Düsseldorf                 217,22    3.40  1882  North Rhine-Westphalia 8.  20px Dortmund                 280,71    −1.45  1894  North Rhine-Westphalia 9.  20px Essen                 210,32    −3.46  1896  North Rhine-Westphalia 10.  20px Bremen                 325,42    1.47  1875  Bremen 11.  20px Dresden                 328,31    9.47  1852  Saxony 12.  20px Leipzig                 297,36    6.02  1871  Saxony 13.  20px Hanover / Hannover                 204,14    1.49  1875  Lower Saxony 14.  20px Nuremberg / Nürnberg                  186,38    3.53  1881  Bavaria 15.  20px Duisburg                 232,83    −4.92  1904  North Rhine-Westphalia 16.  20px Bochum                 145,66    −4.20  1904  North Rhine-Westphalia 17.  20px Wuppertal                 168,39    −4.56  1884  North Rhine-Westphalia 18.  20px Bonn                 141,22    7.49  1934  North Rhine-Westphalia 19.  20px Bielefeld                 257,92    0.47  1930  North Rhine-Westphalia 20.  20px Mannheim                 144,96    2.10  1897  Baden-Württemberg 21.  20px Karlsruhe                 173,46    5.82  1901  Baden-Württemberg 22.  20px Münster                  302,96    5.34  1915  North Rhine-Westphalia 23.  20px Wiesbaden                  203,93    2.17  1905  Hesse 24.  Augsburg                  146,84    3.81  1909  Bavaria 25.  20px Aachen                 160,84    5.84  1888  North Rhine-Westphalia 26.  20px Mönchengladbach                 170,45    −1.91  1921  North Rhine-Westphalia 27.  20px Gelsenkirchen                  104,94    −7.43  1903  North Rhine-Westphalia 28.  20px Brunswick / Braunschweig                  192,15    1.24  1890  Lower Saxony 29.  20px Chemnitz                  220,84    −6.17  1883  Saxony 30.  20px Kiel                  118,65    2.97  1898  Schleswig-Holstein 31.  20px Krefeld                  137,75    −2.02  1888  North Rhine-Westphalia 32.  20px Halle                   135,02    −5.96  1890  Saxony-Anhalt 33.  20px Magdeburg                  200,99    0.04  1882  Saxony-Anhalt 34.  20px Freiburg                   153,06    9.31  1934  Baden-Württemberg 35.  20px Oberhausen                  77,11    −4.14  1914  North Rhine-Westphalia 36.  20px Lübeck                  214,21    −1.48  1912  Schleswig-Holstein 37.  20px Erfurt                  269,14    2.21  1906  Thuringia 38.  20px Rostock                  181,26    1.11  1935  Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 39.  20px Mainz                  97,74    8.95  1908  Rhineland-Palatinate 40.  20px Kassel                  106,78    0.39  1899  Hesse 41.  20px Hagen                   160,35    −7.20  1928  North Rhine-Westphalia 42.  20px Hamm                   226,25    −0.35  1975  North Rhine-Westphalia 43.  20px Saarbrücken                  167,09    −4.10  1909  Saarland 44.  20px Mülheim                   91,29    −3.19  1908  North Rhine-Westphalia 45.  20px Herne                   51,41    −5.60  1933  North Rhine-Westphalia 46.  20px Ludwigshafen                   77,55    0.49  1921  Rhineland-Palatinate 47.  20px Osnabrück                   119,80    0.01  1939  Lower Saxony 48.  20px Oldenburg                   102,98    4.74  1946  Lower Saxony 49.  20px Leverkusen                   78,87    −0.17  1963  North Rhine-Westphalia 50.  20px Solingen                   89,54    −3.06  1929  North Rhine-Westphalia 51.  20px Potsdam                   187,53    21.33  1939  Brandenburg 52.  40px Neuss                   99,53    0.92  1963  North Rhine-Westphalia 53.  20px Heidelberg                   108,83    5.03  1946  Baden-Württemberg 54.  20px Paderborn                   179,51    5.18  1975  North Rhine-Westphalia 55.  20px Darmstadt                   122,09    4.46  1937  Hesse 56.  20px Regensburg                   80,70    7.83  1940  Bavaria 57.  20px Würzburg                   87,63    4.56  1932  Bavaria 58.  20px Ingolstadt                   133,37    8.09  1989  Bavaria 59.  20px Heilbronn                   99,88    3.00  1970  Baden-Württemberg 60.  20px Ulm                   118,69    4.75  1980  Baden-Württemberg 61.  20px Wolfsburg                   204,05    −0.29  1972  Lower Saxony 62.  20px Göttingen                  116,89    −2.47  1964  Lower Saxony 63.  20px Offenbach                   44,89    2.47  1954  Hesse 64.  20px Pforzheim                   98,00    2.24  1975  Baden-Württemberg 65.  20px Recklinghausen                   66,43    −5.14  1949  North Rhine-Westphalia 66.  20px Bottrop                   100,61    −3.18  1953  North Rhine-Westphalia 67.  20px Fürth                   63,35    3.76  1950  Bavaria 68.  20px Bremerhaven                   93,82    −6.17  1939  Bremen 69.  20px Reutlingen                   87,06    1.66  1988  Baden-Württemberg 70.  20px Remscheid                   74,60    −7.31  1929  North Rhine-Westphalia 71.  20px Koblenz                   105,05    −1.42  1962  Rhineland-Palatinate 72.  20px Bergisch Gladbach                   83,11    0.03  1977  North Rhine-Westphalia 73.  23px| Erlangen                   76,95    4.81  1974  Bavaria 74.  20px Moers                   67,69    −1.45  1975  North Rhine-Westphalia 75.  23px| Trier                   117,13    5.88  1969  Rhineland-Palatinate 76.  20px| Jena                   114,47    5.24  1975  Thuringia 77.  20px Siegen                   114,67    −4.66  1975  North Rhine-Westphalia 78.  30px| Hildesheim                   92,18    −1.07  1974  Lower Saxony 79.  20px Salzgitter                   223,91    −8.82  1942  Lower Saxony 80.  20px Cottbus                   164,29    −5.90  1976  BrandenburgRankCity Pop. 1950Pop. 1960Pop. 1970Pop. 1980Pop. 1990Pop. 2000Pop. 2009Pop. 2010Area [km²]Densityper km²Growth [%](2000–2010)surpassed100,000State(Land)

 References 
 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 

 Related pages 
List of German towns

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

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