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Major Cities in Germany





The following is the list of top 50 major cities in Germany is based on the population and rank along with the capital of the respective state and union territory.
RankCityPopulation (2010)Area in sq. KmState
1Berlin3,460,725887,70Berlin
2Hamburg1,786,448755,16Hamburg
3Munich 1,353,186310,69Bavaria
4Cologne 1,007,119405,17North Rhine-Westphalia
5Frankfurt am Main679,664248,31Hesse
6Stuttgart606,588207,35Baden-Wurttemberg
7Dusseldorf588,735217,22North Rhine-Westphalia
8Dortmund580,444280,71North Rhine-Westphalia
9Essen574,635210,32North Rhine-Westphalia
10Bremen547,340325,42Bremen
11Dresden523,058328,31Saxony
12Leipzig522,883297,36Saxony
13Hanover 522,686204,14Lower Saxony
14Nuremberg 505,664186,38Bavaria
15Duisburg489,599232,83North Rhine-Westphalia
16Bochum374,737145,66North Rhine-Westphalia
17Wuppertal349,721168,39North Rhine-Westphalia
18Bonn324,899141,22North Rhine-Westphalia
19Bielefeld323,270257,92North Rhine-Westphalia
20Mannheim313,174144,96Baden-Wurttemberg
21Karlsruhe294,761173,46Baden-Wurttemberg
22Munster279,803302,96North Rhine-Westphalia
23Wiesbaden275,976203,93Hesse
24Augsburg264,708146,84Bavaria
25Aachen258,664160,84North Rhine-Westphalia
26Monchengladbach257,993170,45North Rhine-Westphalia
27Gelsenkirchen257,981104,94North Rhine-Westphalia
28Brunswick 248,867192,15Lower Saxony
29Chemnitz243,248220,84Saxony
30Kiel239,526118,65Schleswig-Holstein
31Krefeld235,076137,75North Rhine-Westphalia
32Halle232,963135,02Saxony-Anhalt
33Magdeburg231,549200,99Saxony-Anhalt
34Freiburg224,191153,06Baden-Wurttemberg
35Oberhausen212,94577,11North Rhine-Westphalia
36Lubeck210,232214,21Schleswig-Holstein
37Erfurt204,994269,14Thuringia
38Rostock202,735181,26Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
39Mainz199,23797,74Rhineland-Palatinate
40Kassel195,530106,78Hesse
41Hagen188,529160,35North Rhine-Westphalia
42Hamm181,783226,25North Rhine-Westphalia
43Saarbrucken175,741167,09Saarland
44Mulheim167,34491,29North Rhine-Westphalia
45Herne164,76251,41North Rhine-Westphalia
46png Ludwigshafen164,17777,55Rhineland-Palatinate
47Osnabruck164,119119,80Lower Saxony
48png Oldenburg162,173102,98Lower Saxony
49Leverkusen160,77278,87North Rhine-Westphalia
50Solingen159,92789,54North Rhine-Westphalia