List of the smallest cities in Germany by population

The list of the smallest cities in Germany by population provides an overview of the 100 German cities with the smallest population. Another overview shows the smallest cities in the federal states by population. All municipalities with municipal law that are autonomous under administrative law are taken into account .

Smallest cities by population

The distribution across the federal states is as follows: Bavaria (18), Thuringia (16), Brandenburg (13), Rhineland-Palatinate (11), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (9), Baden-Württemberg (8), Saxony (8), Saxony -Anhalt (9), Hesse (3), Lower Saxony (3), Schleswig-Holstein (2), North Rhine-Westphalia (0) and Saarland (0).

All information in the following table is from the Federal Statistical Office (population: December 31, 2018, territorial status: January 1, 2020).

rank	Surname	Population (December 31, 2018)	district	country
1.	Arnis	284	Schleswig-Flensburg	Schleswig-Holstein
2.	Ummerstadt	461	Hildburghausen	Thuringia
3.	Neumark	494	Weimar Country	Thuringia
4th	Schnackenburg	564	Lüchow-Dannenberg	Lower Saxony
5.	Ziegenrück	657	Saale-Orla district	Thuringia
6th	Märkisch Buchholz	834	Dahme-Spreewald	Brandenburg
7th	Chew	839	Rhein-Lahn district	Rhineland-Palatinate
8th.	Sandau (Elbe)	849	Stendal	Saxony-Anhalt
9.	Kyllburg	906	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm	Rhineland-Palatinate
10.	Bumps	937	Burgenland district	Saxony-Anhalt
11.	Rothenfels	1013	Main-Spessart	Bavaria
12.	Upper moschel	1046	Donnersbergkreis	Rhineland-Palatinate
13.	Copper mountain	1049	Kulmbach	Bavaria
14th	Advertise (Elbe)	1051	Stendal	Saxony-Anhalt
14th	Lichtenberg	1051	court	Bavaria
16.	Clings	1063	Kyffhäuserkreis	Thuringia
17th	Shrapnel	1073	Saalekreis	Saxony-Anhalt
18th	Neustadt am Kulm	1105	Neustadt an der Waldnaab	Bavaria
19th	Orlamünde	1113	Saale-Holzland district	Thuringia
20th	Schwarzenborn	1203	Schwalm-Eder district	Hesse
21st	Sankt Goarshausen	1280	Rhein-Lahn district	Rhineland-Palatinate
22nd	Richtenberg	1288	Western Pomerania-Ruegen	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
23.	Liebstadt	1291	Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains	Saxony
24.	Franzburg	1344	Western Pomerania-Ruegen	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
25th	Love rose	1360	Dahme-Spreewald	Brandenburg
26th	Kroppenstedt	1399	Börde	Saxony-Anhalt
27.	Manderscheid	1415	Bernkastel-Wittlich	Rhineland-Palatinate
28.	Hohenleuben	1425	Greiz	Thuringia
29	Hornbach	1435	Southwest Palatinate	Rhineland-Palatinate
30th	Hohenberg on the Eger	1439	Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains	Bavaria
31.	Aub	1466	Wurzburg	Bavaria
32.	Buckow (Märkische Schweiz)	1486	Märkisch-Oderland	Brandenburg
33.	Arneburg	1500	Stendal	Saxony-Anhalt
34.	Lassan	1510	Vorpommern-Greifswald	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
35.	Neuerburg	1516	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm	Rhineland-Palatinate
36.	Stadtprozelten	1541	Miltenberg	Bavaria
37.	City of Wehlen	1579	Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains	Saxony
38.	Rhinow	1587	Havelland	Brandenburg
39.	Oberhof	1608	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	Thuringia
40.	Ornbau	1626	Ansbach	Bavaria
41.	Röttingen	1673	Wurzburg	Bavaria
42.	Lehesten	1691	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	Thuringia
43.	Ranis	1708	Saale-Orla district	Thuringia
44.	Bad aspic	1710	Western Pomerania-Ruegen	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
45.	Recalculation	1736	Mecklenburg Lake District	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
46.	Usedom	1747	Vorpommern-Greifswald	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
47.	Sayda	1777	Central Saxony	Saxony
48.	Hettingen	1783	Sigmaringen	Baden-Württemberg
49.	Penkun	1785	Vorpommern-Greifswald	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
50.	Rams	1809	Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg
51.	Velden	1813	Nuremberg country	Bavaria
52.	Langenburg	1831	Schwäbisch Hall	Baden-Württemberg
52.	Bruessow	1831	Uckermark	Brandenburg
54.	Bacharach	1868	Mainz-Bingen	Rhineland-Palatinate
55.	Teupitz	1917	Dahme-Spreewald	Brandenburg
56.	Wolfstein	1919	Kusel	Rhineland-Palatinate
57.	Schauenstein	1922	court	Bavaria
58.	Rieneck	1959	Main-Spessart	Bavaria
59.	Graefenthal	1963	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	Thuringia
60.	Marktsteft	1969	Kitzingen	Bavaria
61.	Sachsenhagen	1972	Schaumburg	Lower Saxony
62.	Plaue	1981	Ilm district	Thuringia
63.	Teuschnitz	2000	Kronach	Bavaria
64.	Magdala	2005	Weimar Country	Thuringia
65.	Niemegk	2037	Potsdam-Mittelmark	Brandenburg
66.	Wiesensteig	2065	Goeppingen	Baden-Württemberg
67.	Outskirts	2067	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	Brandenburg
68.	Lauterecken	2071	Kusel	Rhineland-Palatinate
69.	Oberwiesenthal	2075	Erzgebirgskreis	Saxony
70.	Meyenburg	2083	Prignitz	Brandenburg
71.	People Mountain	2084	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	Thuringia
72.	Lenzen (Elbe)	2086	Prignitz	Brandenburg
72.	Scheibenberg	2086	Erzgebirgskreis	Saxony
72.	Königstein / Saxon Switzerland	2086	Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains	Saxony
75.	Hirschberg	2123	Saale-Orla district	Thuringia
76.	Gebesee	2141	Sömmerda	Thuringia
77.	Rerik	2142	Rostock	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
78.	Oderberg	2166	Barnim	Brandenburg
79.	Veringenstadt	2168	Sigmaringen	Baden-Württemberg
80.	Rosenthal	2177	Waldeck-Frankenberg	Hesse
81.	Mainbernheim	2182	Kitzingen	Bavaria
82.	Garz / Rügen	2194	Western Pomerania-Ruegen	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
83.	Hayingen	2203	Reutlingen	Baden-Württemberg
84.	Katzenelnbogen	2230	Rhein-Lahn district	Rhineland-Palatinate
85.	Fladungen	2248	Rhön-Grabfeld	Bavaria
86.	Ostritz	2257	Goerlitz	Saxony
87.	Ah	2296	Constancy	Baden-Württemberg
88	Great, really	2325	Kyffhäuserkreis	Thuringia
89.	Rethem (Aller)	2337	Heidekreis	Lower Saxony
90.	brim	2362	Stone castle	Schleswig-Holstein
91.	Pleystein	2367	Neustadt an der Waldnaab	Bavaria
92.	Schlettau	2392	Erzgebirgskreis	Saxony
93.	Eckartsberga	2399	Burgenland district	Saxony-Anhalt
94.	Schönau in the Black Forest	2420	Loerrach	Baden-Württemberg
95.	Close	2422	Elbe Elster	Brandenburg
96.	Osterfeld (Saxony-Anhalt)	2427	Burgenland district	Saxony-Anhalt
97.	Grebenau	2431	Vogelsbergkreis	Hesse
98	Ziesar	2443	Potsdam-Mittelmark	Brandenburg
99	Schönsee	2447	Schwandorf	Bavaria
100.	Schwanebeck	2454	resin	Saxony-Anhalt

Smallest cities in the countries

All cities are listed that had the lowest number of inhabitants in the respective federal state on December 31, 2018.

state	Smallest city	district	Population (December 31, 2018)
Baden-Württemberg	Hettingen	Sigmaringen	1,783
Bavaria	Rothenfels	Main-Spessart	1,013
Brandenburg	Märkisch Buchholz	Dahme-Spreewald	834
Bremen	Bremerhaven	District-free city	113,634
Hesse	Schwarzenborn	Schwalm-Eder district	1,203
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Richtenberg	Western Pomerania-Ruegen	1,288
Lower Saxony	Schnackenburg	Lüchow-Dannenberg	564
North Rhine-Westphalia	Heimbach	Düren	4,333
Rhineland-Palatinate	Chew	Rhein-Lahn district	839
Saarland	Friedrichsthal	Regional association Saarbrücken	10.133
Saxony	Liebstadt	Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains	1,291
Saxony-Anhalt	Sandau (Elbe)	Stendal	849
Schleswig-Holstein	Arnis	Schleswig-Flensburg	284
Thuringia	Ummerstadt	Hildburghausen	461

See also

• List of the smallest municipalities in Germany by population
• List of the smallest municipalities in Germany
• List of the smallest cities in Germany
• List of the largest German cities

Web links

• Statistical offices of the federal and state governments - directory of local authorities

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office: Register of municipalities