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This is a list of German cities and towns.
| Town | Population | District | Bundesland |
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| Aachen | 246,000 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Aalen | 66,559 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Abtsgmünd | 7,279 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Adelmannsfelden | 1,807 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Alfeld | 23,000 | Hildesheim | Lower Saxony |
| Altena | 22,658 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Anklam | 16,500 | Ostvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Apolda | 25,000 | Weimarer Land | Thuringia |
| Arnsberg | 77,341 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Augsburg | 256,600 | -- | Bavaria |
| Aurich | 39,900 | Aurich | Lower Saxony |
| Backnang | 34,465 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Bad Doberan | 12,300 | Bad Doberan | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Bad Oldesloe | 22,700 | Stormarn | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Bad Segeberg | 16,000 | Segeberg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Bad Sulza | 8,400 | Weimarer Land | Thuringia |
| Balve | 12,137 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Bamberg | ? | -- | Bavaria |
| Barth | 9,700 | Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Bayreuth | 75,000 | -- | Bavaria |
| Belzig | 8,000 | Potsdam-Mittelmark | Brandenburg |
| Bergen | 17,000 | Rügen | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Berglen | 5,999 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Berlin | 3,450,000 | -- | Berlin |
| Bielefeld | 325,000 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Bochum | 394,400 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Bonn | 291,400 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Bopfingen | 12,591 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Borken | 40,900 | Borken | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Bothel | 8,207 | Rotenburg (district | Lower Saxony |
| Bottrop | 121,600 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Brake | 16,700 | Wesermarsch | Lower Saxony |
| Brandenburg | 82,500 | -- | Brandenburg |
| Bremen | 547,000 | -- | Bremen |
| Bremerhaven | 126,900 | -- | Bremen |
| Brilon | 27,368 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Brunswick (Braunschweig) | 239,900 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Bückeburg | 20,800 | Schaumburg | Lower Saxony |
| Celle | 73,600 | Celle | Lower Saxony |
| Clausthal-Zellerfeld | 16,000 | Goslar | Lower Saxony |
| Cloppenburg | 28,000 | Cloppenburg | Lower Saxony |
| Cologne (Köln) | 968,500 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Cottbus | 118,500 | -- | Brandenburg |
| Delmenhorst | 78,000 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Demmin | 14,400 | Demmin | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Diepholz | 16,300 | Diepholz | Lower Saxony |
| Dortmund | 594,900 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Düsseldorf | 571,400 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Eberswalde | 45,300 | Barnim | Brandenburg |
| Eisenhüttenstadt | 40,600 | Oder-Spree | Brandenburg |
| Ellenberg | 1,740 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Ellwangen | 24,922 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Emden | 51,500 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Enger | 20,700 | Herford | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Erfurt | 200,100 | -- | Thuringia |
| Essen | 608,700 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Essingen | 6,459 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Eutin | 16,900 | Ostholstein | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Fallingbostel | 11,800 | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Lower Saxony |
| Fellbach | 42,822 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Flensburg | 90,000 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Frankfurt (Oder) | 77,900 | -- | Brandenburg |
| Freiburg | 200,000 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Gelsenkirchen | 286,400 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Gifhorn | 42,500 | Gifhorn | Lower Saxony |
| Goslar | 45,700 | Goslar | Lower Saxony |
| Göttingen | 126,500 | Göttingen | Lower Saxony |
| Greifswald | 57,700 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Grevesmühlen | 11,300 | Nordwestmecklenburg | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Grimmen | 12,500 | Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Gschwend | 5,037 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Güstrow | 34,000 | Güstrow | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Hagen | 209,000 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Hallenberg | 4,744 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Halver | 17,537 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Hamburg | 1,700,000 | -- | Hamburg |
| Hamelin (Hameln) | 58,800 | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Lower Saxony |
| Hamm | 181,200 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Hanover (Hannover) | 523,100 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Hannoversch Münden | 28,000 | Göttingen | Lower Saxony |
| Heide | 21,000 | Dithmarschen | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Helmstedt | 26,800 | Helmstedt | Lower Saxony |
| Hemer | 37,185 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Herford | 65,100 | Herford | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Herne | 169,200 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Hildesheim | 106,100 | Hildesheim | Lower Saxony |
| Holzminden | 22,000 | Holzminden | Lower Saxony |
| Hof | 50,869 | -- | Bavaria |
| Husum | 21,000 | Nordfriesland | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Hüttlingen | 5,626 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Idar-Oberstein | 42,100 | Birkenfeld | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Ingolstadt | ? | -- | Bavaria |
| Iserlohn | 99,474 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Itzehoe | 34,100 | Steinburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Jagstzell | 2,443 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Jena | 101,100 | -- | Thuringia |
| Jever | 13,600 | Friesland | Lower Saxony |
| Karlsruhe | 276,600 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Kiel | 250,000 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Kirchheim | 2,067 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Kirspe | 18,324 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Korb | 10,150 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Krefeld | 238,100 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Lauenburg | 11,900 | Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Lautenbach | 10,719 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Leer | 32,900 | Leer | Lower Saxony |
| Leverkusen | 162,300 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Lübeck | 216,100 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Lüchow | 18,700 | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lower Saxony |
| Ludwigslust | 12,700 | Ludwigslust | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Lüdenscheid | 81,173 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Lüneburg | 65,100 | Lüneburg | Lower Saxony |
| Mannheim | 310,500 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Marsberg | 22,452 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Meinerzhagen | 21,872 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Medebach | 8,434 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Menden | 59,285 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Meschede | 32,606 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Meppen | 32,700 | Emsland | Lower Saxony |
| Minden | 85,900 | Minden-Lübbecke | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Mölln | 18,300 | Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Mönchengladbach | 266,500 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Mülheim | 175,500 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Munich (München) | 1,205,900 | -- | Bavaria |
| Münster | 265,100 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Naumburg (Saale) | 30,200 | Burgenlandkreis | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Neubrandenburg | 77,300 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Neuenrade | 12,347 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Neuler | 3,044 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Neumünster | 82,000 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Neuruppin | 32,800 | Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Brandenburg |
| Neustrelitz | 24,500 | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Nienburg | 32,900 | Nienburg | Lower Saxony |
| Nordhorn | 51,300 | Bentheim | Lower Saxony |
| Nuremberg (Nürnberg) | 485,394 | -- | Bavaria |
| Northeim | 32,500 | Northeim | Lower Saxony |
| Oberhausen | 223,400 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Oldenburg | 153,500 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Olsberg | 16,263 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Oranienburg | 30,200 | Oberhavel | Brandenburg |
| Osnabrück | 259,800 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Osterholz-Scharmbeck | 31,200 | Osterholz | Lower Saxony |
| Osterode | 26,500 | Osterode | Lower Saxony |
| Parchim | 20,900 | Parchim | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Pasewalk | 13,000 | Uecker-Randow | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Passau | ? | -- | Bavaria |
| Peine | 49,300 | Peine | Lower Saxony |
| Perleberg | 13,700 | Prignitz | Brandenburg |
| Pinneberg | 38,800 | Pinneberg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Plettenberg | 29,133 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Plön | 13,000 | Plön | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Porta Westfalica | 38,500 | Minden-Lübbecke | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Potsdam | 131,900 | -- | Brandenburg |
| Prenzlau | 21,400 | Uckermark | Brandenburg |
| Rainau | 3,203 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Rathenow | 29,000 | Havelland | Brandenburg |
| Ratzeburg | 12,300 | Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Regensburg | 145,298 | -- | Bavaria |
| Remscheid | 120,600 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Remshalden | 13,510 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Rendsburg | 29,400 | Rendsburg-Eckernförde | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Rheine | 76,000 | Steinfurt | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Riesbürg | 2,384 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Ribnitz-Damgarten | 17,600 | Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Rinteln | 28,500 | Schaumburg | Lower Saxony |
| Rosenberg | 2,639 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Rostock | 212,700 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Rotenburg | 21,500 | Rotenburg | Lower Saxony |
| Salzgitter | 115,500 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Schleswig | 25,000 | Schleswig-Flensburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Schmallenberg | 26,464 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Schorndorf | 38,645 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Schwaikheim | 8,866 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Schwerin | 99,900 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Seelow | 5,200 | Märkisch-Oderland | Brandenburg |
| Solingen | 163,600 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Stade | 45,200 | Stade | Lower Saxony |
| Stadthagen | 23,800 | Schaumburg | Lower Saxony |
| Steinfurt | 33,600 | Steinfurt | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Stralsund | 63,000 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Stuttgart | 585,300 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Sundern | 29,885 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Tecklenburg | 9,400 | Steinfurt | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Uelzen | 35,400 | Uelzen | Lower Saxony |
| Vechta | 25,900 | Vechta | Lower Saxony |
| Verden | 28,000 | Verden | Lower Saxony |
| Waiblingen | 52,685 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Waren | 22,000 | Müritz | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Weimar | 63,500 | -- | Thuringia |
| Westerstede | 20,900 | Ammerland | Lower Saxony |
| Werdohl | 21,791 | Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Wildeshausen | 16,300 | Oldenburg | Lower Saxony |
| Wilhelmshaven | 89,000 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Winnenden | 27,214 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Winsen | 32,100 | Harburg | Lower Saxony |
| Winterbach | 7,675 | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Winterberg | 14,757 | Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Wismar | 48,800 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Wittmund | 21,200 | Wittmund | Lower Saxony |
| Wört | 1,453 | Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg |
| Wolfenbüttel | 53,600 | Wolfenbüttel | Lower Saxony |
| Wolfsburg | 122,800 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Wuppertal | 376,700 | -- | North Rhine-Westphalia |
A "--" in the district column means, that the town is a district-free town, i.e. it is by itself a district.
