This is a complete list of the 2,057 cities and towns in Germany (as of 28 January 2025).Städte (Alle Gemeinden mit Stadtrecht) nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2024, Statistisches Bundesamt, September 2025.Note: Haar became a town in January 2025. Am Ettersberg, Buttstädt and Kindelbrück gave up their Stadtrecht in 2019. 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. In contrast, the generally smaller German municipalities that do not use this title, and are thus not included here, are usually just called Gemeinden. Historically, the title Stadt was associated with town privileges, but today it is a mere honorific title. The title can be bestowed to a municipality by its respective state government and is generally given to such municipalities that have either had historic town rights or have attained considerable size and importance more recently. Towns with over 100,000 inhabitants are called Großstadt, a statistical notion sometimes translated as "city", but having no effect on their administrative status. In this list, only the cities' and towns' names are given. For more restricted lists with more details, see: List of cities in Germany by population (only Großstädte, i.e. cities over 100,000 population) Metropolitan regions in Germany
Numbers of cities and towns in the German states:
Bavaria: 318 cities and towns Baden-Württemberg: 316 cities and towns North Rhine-Westphalia: 272 cities and towns Hesse: 191 cities and towns Saxony: 169 cities and towns Lower Saxony: 159 cities and towns Rhineland-Palatinate: 130 cities and towns Thuringia: 117 cities and towns Brandenburg: 113 cities and towns Saxony-Anhalt: 104 cities and towns Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: 84 cities and towns, see list Schleswig-Holstein: 63 cities and towns Saarland: 17 cities and towns Bremen: 2 cities Berlin: 1 city Hamburg: 1 city
A Aach (Baden-Württemberg) Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Aalen (Baden-Württemberg) Abenberg (Bavaria) Abensberg (Bavaria) Achern (Baden-Württemberg) Achim (Lower Saxony) Adelsheim (Baden-Württemberg) Adenau (Rhineland-Palatinate) Adorf (Saxony) Ahaus (North Rhine-Westphalia) Ahlen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Ahrensburg (Schleswig-Holstein) Aichach (Bavaria) Aichtal (Baden-Württemberg) Aken (Elbe) (Saxony-Anhalt) Albstadt (Baden-Württemberg) Alfeld (Lower Saxony) Allendorf (Lumda) (Hesse) Allstedt (Saxony-Anhalt) Alpirsbach (Baden-Württemberg) Alsdorf (North Rhine-Westphalia) Alsfeld (Hesse) Alsleben (Saale) (Saxony-Anhalt) Altdorf bei Nürnberg (Bavaria) Altena (North Rhine-Westphalia) Altenberg (Saxony) Altenburg (Thuringia) Altenkirchen (Rhineland-Palatinate) Altensteig (Baden-Württemberg) Altentreptow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Altlandsberg (Brandenburg) Altötting (Bavaria) Alzenau (Bavaria) Alzey (Rhineland-Palatinate) Amberg (Bavaria) Amöneburg (Hesse) Amorbach (Bavaria) Amt Creuzburg (Thuringia) An der Schmücke (Thuringia) Andernach (Rhineland-Palatinate) Angermünde (Brandenburg) Anklam (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Annaberg-Buchholz (Saxony) Annaburg (Saxony-Anhalt) Annweiler am Trifels (Rhineland-Palatinate) Ansbach (Bavaria) Apolda (Thuringia) Arendsee (Saxony-Anhalt) Arneburg (Saxony-Anhalt) Arnis (Schleswig-Holstein) Arnsberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) Arnstadt (Thuringia) Arnstein (Bavaria) Arnstein (Saxony-Anhalt) Artern (Thuringia) Arzberg (Bavaria) Aschaffenburg (Bavaria) Aschersleben (Saxony-Anhalt) Asperg (Baden-Württemberg) Aßlar (Hesse) Attendorn (North Rhine-Westphalia) Aub (Bavaria) Aue-Bad Schlema (Saxony) Auerbach in der Oberpfalz (Bavaria) Auerbach (Vogtland) (Saxony) Augsburg (Bavaria) Augustusburg (Saxony) Aulendorf (Baden-Württemberg) Auma-Weidatal (Thuringia) Aurich (Lower Saxony)
B Babenhausen (Hesse) Bacharach (Rhineland-Palatinate) Backnang (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Aibling (Bavaria) Bad Arolsen (Hesse) Bad Belzig (Brandenburg) Bad Bentheim (Lower Saxony) Bad Bergzabern (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Berka (Thuringia) Bad Berleburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge (Bavaria) Bad Bevensen (Lower Saxony) Bad Bibra (Saxony-Anhalt) Bad Blankenburg (Thuringia) Bad Bramstedt (Schleswig-Holstein) Bad Breisig (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Brückenau (Bavaria) Bad Buchau (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Camberg (Hesse) Bad Doberan (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Bad Driburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Düben (Saxony) Bad Dürkheim (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Dürrenberg (Saxony-Anhalt) Bad Dürrheim (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Elster (Saxony) Bad Ems (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Fallingbostel (Lower Saxony) Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser (Thuringia) Bad Freienwalde (Oder) (Brandenburg) Bad Friedrichshall (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Gandersheim (Lower Saxony) Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel (Saxony) Bad Griesbach im Rottal (Bavaria) Bad Harzburg (Lower Saxony) Bad Herrenalb (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Hersfeld (Hesse) Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (Hesse) Bad Honnef (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Hönningen (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Iburg (Lower Saxony) Bad Karlshafen (Hesse) Bad Kissingen (Bavaria) Bad König (Hesse) Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld (Bavaria) Bad Köstritz (Thuringia) Bad Kötzting (Bavaria) Bad Kreuznach (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Krozingen (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Laasphe (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Langensalza (Thuringia) Bad Lauchstädt (Saxony-Anhalt) Bad Lausick (Saxony) Bad Lauterberg im Harz (Lower Saxony) Bad Liebenstein (Thuringia) Bad Liebenwerda (Brandenburg) Bad Liebenzell (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Lippspringe (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Lobenstein (Thuringia) Bad Marienberg (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Mergentheim (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Münder am Deister (Lower Saxony) Bad Münstereifel (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Muskau (Saxony) Bad Nauheim (Hesse) Bad Nenndorf (Lower Saxony) Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Neustadt an der Saale (Bavaria) Bad Oeynhausen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Oldesloe (Schleswig-Holstein) Bad Orb (Hesse) Bad Pyrmont (Lower Saxony) Bad Rappenau (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Reichenhall (Bavaria) Bad Rodach (Bavaria) Bad Sachsa (Lower Saxony) Bad Säckingen (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Salzdetfurth (Lower Saxony) Bad Salzuflen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Salzungen (Thuringia) Bad Saulgau (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Schandau (Saxony) Bad Schmiedeberg (Saxony-Anhalt) Bad Schussenried (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Schwalbach (Hesse) Bad Schwartau (Schleswig-Holstein) Bad Segeberg (Schleswig-Holstein) Bad Sobernheim (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bad Soden am Taunus (Hesse) Bad Soden-Salmünster (Hesse) Bad Sooden-Allendorf (Hesse) Bad Staffelstein (Bavaria) Bad Sulza (Thuringia) Bad Sülze (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Bad Teinach-Zavelstein (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Tennstedt (Thuringia) Bad Tölz (Bavaria) Bad Urach (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Vilbel (Hesse) Bad Waldsee (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Weißenstadt (Bavaria) Bad Wildbad (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Wildungen (Hesse) Bad Wilsnack (Brandenburg) Bad Wimpfen (Baden-Württemberg) Bad Windsheim (Bavaria) Bad Wörishofen (Bavaria) Bad Wünnenberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bad Wurzach (Baden-Württemberg) Baden-Baden (Baden-Württemberg) Baesweiler (North Rhine-Westphalia) Baiersdorf (Bavaria) Balingen (Baden-Württemberg) Ballenstedt (Saxony-Anhalt) Balve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bamberg (Bavaria) Barby (Elbe) (Saxony-Anhalt) Bargteheide (Schleswig-Holstein) Barmstedt (Schleswig-Holstein) Bärnau (Bavaria) Barntrup (North Rhine-Westphalia) Barsinghausen (Lower Saxony) Barth (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Baruth/Mark (Brandenburg) Bassum (Lower Saxony) Battenberg (Hesse) Baumholder (Rhineland-Palatinate) Baunach (Bavaria) Baunatal (Hesse) Bautzen (Saxony) Bayreuth (Bavaria) Bebra (Hesse) Beckum (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bedburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) Beelitz (Brandenburg) Beeskow (Brandenburg) Beilngries (Bavaria) Beilstein (Baden-Württemberg) Belgern-Schildau (Saxony) Bendorf (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bensheim (Hesse) Berching (Bavaria) Berga-Wünschendorf (Thuringia) Bergen (Lower Saxony) Bergen auf Rügen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Bergheim (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bergisch Gladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bergkamen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bergneustadt (North Rhine-Westphalia) Berlin (Berlin) Bernau bei Berlin (Brandenburg) Bernburg (Saxony-Anhalt) Bernkastel-Kues (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bernsdorf (Saxony) Bernstadt a. d. Eigen (Saxony) Bersenbrück (Lower Saxony) Besigheim (Baden-Württemberg) Betzdorf (Rhineland-Palatinate) Betzenstein (Bavaria) Beverungen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bexbach (Saarland) Biberach an der Riß (Baden-Württemberg) Biedenkopf (Hesse) Bielefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia) Biesenthal (Brandenburg) Bietigheim-Bissingen (Baden-Württemberg) Billerbeck (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bingen am Rhein (Rhineland-Palatinate) Birkenfeld (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bischofsheim in der Rhön (Bavaria) Bischofswerda (Saxony) Bismark (Altmark) (Saxony-Anhalt) Bitburg (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Saxony-Anhalt) Blankenburg (Harz) (Saxony-Anhalt) Blankenhain (Thuringia) Blaubeuren (Baden-Württemberg) Blaustein (Baden-Württemberg) Bleckede (Lower Saxony) Bleicherode (Thuringia) Blieskastel (Saarland) Blomberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) Blumberg (Baden-Württemberg) Bobingen (Bavaria) Böblingen (Baden-Württemberg) Bocholt (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bockenem (Lower Saxony) Bodenwerder (Lower Saxony) Bogen (Bavaria) Böhlen (Saxony) Boizenburg (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bonndorf im Schwarzwald (Baden-Württemberg) Bönnigheim (Baden-Württemberg) Bopfingen (Baden-Württemberg) Boppard (Rhineland-Palatinate) Borgentreich (North Rhine-Westphalia) Borgholzhausen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Borken (North Rhine-Westphalia) Borken (Hesse) (Hesse) Borkum (Lower Saxony) Borna (Saxony) Bornheim (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bottrop (North Rhine-Westphalia) Boxberg (Baden-Württemberg) Brackenheim (Baden-Württemberg) Brake (Unterweser) (Lower Saxony) Brakel (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bramsche (Lower Saxony) Brandenburg an der Havel (Brandenburg) Brand-Erbisdorf (Saxony) Brandis (Saxony) Braubach (Rhineland-Palatinate) Braunfels (Hesse) Braunlage (Lower Saxony) Bräunlingen (Baden-Württemberg) Braunsbedra (Saxony-Anhalt) Braunschweig (Lower Saxony) Breckerfeld (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bredstedt (Schleswig-Holstein) Breisach (Baden-Württemberg) Bremen (Bremen) Bremerhaven (Bremen) Bremervörde (Lower Saxony) Bretten (Baden-Württemberg) Breuberg (Hesse) Brilon (North Rhine-Westphalia) Brotterode-Trusetal (Thuringia) Bruchköbel (Hesse) Bruchsal (Baden-Württemberg) Brück (Brandenburg) Brüel (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Brühl (North Rhine-Westphalia) Brunsbüttel (Schleswig-Holstein) Brüssow (Brandenburg) Buchen (Odenwald) (Baden-Württemberg) Buchholz in der Nordheide (Lower Saxony) Buchloe (Bavaria) Bückeburg (Lower Saxony) Buckow (Brandenburg) Büdelsdorf (Schleswig-Holstein) Büdingen (Hesse) Bühl (Baden-Württemberg) Bünde (North Rhine-Westphalia) Büren (North Rhine-Westphalia) Burg (Saxony-Anhalt) Burgau (Bavaria) Burgbernheim (Bavaria) Burgdorf (Lower Saxony) Bürgel (Thuringia) Burghausen (Bavaria) Burgkunstadt (Bavaria) Burglengenfeld (Bavaria) Burgstädt (Saxony) Burg Stargard (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Burgwedel (Lower Saxony) Burladingen (Baden-Württemberg) Burscheid (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bürstadt (Hesse) Butzbach (Hesse) Bützow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Buxtehude (Lower Saxony)
C Calau (Brandenburg) Calbe (Saale) (Saxony-Anhalt) Calw (Baden-Württemberg) Castrop-Rauxel (North Rhine-Westphalia) Celle (Lower Saxony) Cham (Bavaria) Chemnitz (Saxony)