This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024).[1][2] 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: 317 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
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^Städte (Alle Gemeinden mit Stadtrecht) nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2022, Statistisches Bundesamt, September 2023.
^Note: Oberderdingen became a town in November 2023. Berga/Elster became part of the new town Berga-Wünschendorf in January 2024. Am Ettersberg, Buttstädt and Kindelbrück gave up their Stadtrecht in 2019.
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