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German cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants in the German Empire (Kaiserreich) according to the census of December 1, 1905.
| Surname
|
Ew.
Dec. 1, 1905
|
Country / Province
|
Remarks
|
| Berlin |
2,035,815 |
Kingdom of Prussia |
|
| Hamburg |
802.670 |
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
|
| Dresden |
515,000 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Munich |
509.067 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Leipzig |
502,570 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Wroclaw |
470.751 |
Province of Silesia |
today Wrocław, Poland
|
| Cologne |
428.503 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Frankfurt a. M. |
334,951 |
Hesse-Nassau Province |
|
| Nuremberg |
294,344 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Dusseldorf |
252,630 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Hanover |
250.044 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Stuttgart |
249,443 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
|
| Chemnitz |
244,405 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Magdeburg |
240,661 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Charlottenburg |
237.231 |
Brandenburg Province |
1920 in Berlin
|
| eat |
231,396 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Szczecin |
224.078 |
Pomeranian Province |
today Szczecin, Poland
|
| Koenigsberg i. Pr. |
220.212 |
East Prussia Province |
today Kaliningrad , Russia
|
| Bremen |
214,953 |
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen |
|
| Duisburg |
192.229 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Dortmund |
175.292 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Hall a. S. |
169,000 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Altona |
168,301 |
Schleswig-Holstein Province |
1938 in Hamburg
|
| Strasbourg |
167,342 |
Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine |
today Strasbourg, France
|
| Kiel |
163,687 |
Schleswig-Holstein Province |
|
| Mannheim |
162,607 |
Grand Duchy of Baden |
|
| Elberfeld |
162,483 |
Rhineland Province |
1929 merging with four other cities to form today's Wuppertal
|
| Danzig |
159,685 |
West Prussia Province |
today Gdańsk, Poland
|
| Barmen |
156.148 |
Rhineland Province |
1929 merging with four other cities to form today's Wuppertal
|
| Rixdorf |
152.858 |
Brandenburg Province |
1912 renamed Neukölln, incorporated into Berlin in 1920
|
| Gelsenkirchen |
146,742 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Aachen |
144.110 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Schöneberg |
140.932 |
Brandenburg Province |
1912 renamed Berlin-Schöneberg, 1920 Berlin
|
| Poses |
137.067 |
Poznan Province |
today Poznań, Poland
|
| Braunschweig |
136.162 |
Duchy of Brunswick |
|
| kassel |
120,488 |
Hesse-Nassau Province |
|
| Bochum |
118,455 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Karlsruhe |
111,200 |
Grand Duchy of Baden |
|
| Krefeld |
110.410 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Plauen |
105.383 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Wiesbaden |
100,955 |
Hesse-Nassau Province |
|
| Erfurt |
98,702 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| augsburg |
93,882 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Mülheim an der Ruhr |
93,598 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Mulhouse |
91,916 |
Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine |
today Mulhouse, France
|
| Lübeck |
91.501 |
Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
|
| Mainz |
91.124 |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
|
| Goerlitz |
83,632 |
Province of Silesia |
|
| Darmstadt |
83,385 |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
|
| Bonn |
81.997 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Muenster |
81,438 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Wurzburg |
80,325 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Hagen i. W. |
77,498 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Freiburg i. Br. |
76,285 |
Grand Duchy of Baden |
|
| Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
72,287 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Bielefeld |
71,797 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Spandau |
70,301 |
Brandenburg Province |
1920 in Berlin
|
| Zwickau |
68,472 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Koenigshütte |
66,069 |
Province of Silesia |
today Chorzów, Poland
|
| Remscheid |
64,341 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Frankfurt (Oder) |
64.291 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Potsdam |
61,373 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Gliwice |
61,297 |
Province of Silesia |
today Gliwice, Poland
|
| Metz |
60,791 |
Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine |
today Metz, France
|
| Rostock |
60,790 |
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
|
| Munich-Gladbach |
60,714 |
Rhineland Province |
1888 Munich-Gladbach, or M. Gladbach, 1950 Mönchen Gladbach, since 1960 Mönchengladbach
|
| Fuerth |
60,638 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Beuthen OS |
60,059 |
Province of Silesia |
today Bytom, Poland
|
| Offenbach |
59,806 |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
|
| Liegnitz |
59,710 |
Province of Silesia |
today Legnica, Poland
|
| Osnabrück |
59,580 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Pforzheim |
59,307 |
Grand Duchy of Baden |
|
| Linden trees |
57,944 |
Hanover Province |
1920 in Hanover
|
| Harburg |
55,676 |
Hanover Province |
1938 in Hamburg
|
| Elblag |
55,657 |
West Prussia Province |
today Elbląg, Poland
|
| Dessau |
54,898 |
Duchy of Anhalt |
|
| Bromberg |
54,235 |
Poznan Province |
today Bydgoszcz, Poland
|
| Koblenz |
53.902 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Flensburg |
53,717 |
Schleswig-Holstein Province |
|
| Kaiserslautern |
52,302 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Oberhausen |
52.096 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Ulm |
51,680 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
|
| Brandenburg a. H. |
51,251 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Mülheim a. Rhine |
50,807 |
Rhineland Province |
1914 in Cologne
|
| Heidelberg |
49.151 |
Grand Duchy of Baden |
|
| regensburg |
48,412 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Hildesheim |
47,060 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Gera |
46,910 |
Principality of Reuss younger line |
|
| trier |
46,703 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| cottbus |
46,269 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Solingen |
45,554 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Halberstadt |
45,498 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Bamberg |
45,304 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Worms |
44,288 |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
|
| Recklinghausen |
44,276 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Schwerin |
41,638 |
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
|
| Colmar |
41,582 |
Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine |
today Colmar, France
|
| Rheydt |
40.151 |
Rhineland Province |
1975 to Mönchengladbach
|
| Heilbronn |
40.005 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
|
| Altenburg |
38,811 |
Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg |
|
| Malstatt-Burbach |
38,553 |
Rhineland Province |
1909 in Saarbrücken
|
| Hamm |
38,431 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Tilsit |
37.110 |
East Prussia Province |
today Sovetsk, Russia
|
| Landsberg on the Warta |
36,933 |
Brandenburg Province |
today Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
|
| Gotha |
36,906 |
Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
|
| Guben |
36,666 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| court |
36,348 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Graudenz |
35,998 |
West Prussia Province |
today Grudziądz, Poland
|
| Witten a. R. |
35,835 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Katowice |
35,725 |
Province of Silesia |
today Katowice, Poland
|
| Eisenach |
35,120 |
Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach |
|
| Bernburg |
34,922 |
Duchy of Anhalt |
|
| Zittau |
34,706 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Mühlhausen i. Th. |
34,359 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Goettingen |
34,085 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Pirmasens |
34.002 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Forest |
33,757 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Herne |
33,265 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Ratibor |
32,749 |
Province of Silesia |
today Racibórz, Poland
|
| Meissen |
32,289 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Thorn |
31,928 |
West Prussia Province |
today Toruń, Poland
|
| Bayreuth |
31,904 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Lehe |
31,829 |
Hanover Province |
1924 together with Geestemünde to the new city of Wesermünde, 1947 to Bremerhaven
|
| Stralsund |
31,810 |
Pomeranian Province |
|
| Hanau |
31,637 |
Hesse-Nassau Province |
|
| Wandsbek |
31,565 |
Schleswig-Holstein Province |
1937 in Hamburg
|
| Neumunster |
31,437 |
Schleswig-Holstein Province |
|
| Stumble |
31,160 |
Pomeranian Province |
today Slupsk, Poland
|
| Weimar |
31,121 |
Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach |
|
| Weissenfels |
30,884 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Freiberg |
30,869 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Opole |
30,769 |
Province of Silesia |
today Opole, Poland
|
| Time |
30,541 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Schweidnitz |
30,539 |
Province of Silesia |
today Świdnica, Poland
|
| Neuss |
30,494 |
Rhineland Province |
Official spelling until 1968 "Neuss", since then Neuss
|
| Nordhausen |
29,882 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Düren |
29,770 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Iserlohn |
29,594 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Bautzen |
29,412 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Ludenscheid |
29,324 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| to water |
29,149 |
Grand Duchy of Hesse |
|
| Esslingen |
29,145 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
Official spelling until 1964 "Eßlingen", since then Esslingen
|
| Insterburg |
28,902 |
East Prussia Province |
today Chernyakhovsk, Russia
|
| Herford |
28,831 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Oldenburg i. Size |
28,600 |
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg |
|
| Hear |
28,461 |
Province of Westphalia |
1928 in Dortmund
|
| Aschersleben |
27,876 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Cöpenick |
27,724 |
Brandenburg Province |
1920 in Berlin
|
| Viersen |
27,589 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Brieg |
27,486 |
Province of Silesia |
today Brzeg, Poland
|
| Allenstein |
27,394 |
East Prussia Province |
today Olsztyn, Poland
|
| Saarbrücken |
26,942 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Stargard in Pomerania |
26,908 |
Pomeranian Province |
today Stargard, Poland
|
| Luneburg |
26,568 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Paderborn |
26,545 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Jena |
26,349 |
Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach |
|
| Wilhelmshaven |
25,957 |
Hanover Province |
|
| lime |
25,477 |
Rhineland Province |
1910 in Cologne
|
| Minden |
25,429 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Neisse |
25,313 |
Province of Silesia |
today Nysa, Poland
|
| Aschaffenburg |
25,275 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Wins |
25.199 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Naumburg a. S. |
25,137 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Eisleben |
25,120 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Meerane |
24,994 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Reichenbach i. V. |
24,911 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Constancy |
24,818 |
Grand Duchy of Baden |
|
| Quedlinburg |
24,803 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Glauchau |
24,617 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Hohensalza |
24,551 |
Poznan Province |
today Inowrocław, Poland
|
| On the mountain |
24,292 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Ohligs |
24,264 |
Rhineland Province |
1929 in Solingen
|
| Bremerhaven |
24,166 |
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen |
|
| Landshut |
24,137 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| St. Johann on the Saar |
24,126 |
Rhineland Province |
1909 in Saarbrücken
|
| Bocholt i. W. |
23,918 |
Province of Westphalia |
|
| Reutlingen |
23,850 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
|
| Eberswalde |
23,841 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Wattenscheid |
23,779 |
Province of Westphalia |
1975 to Bochum
|
| Greifswald |
23,750 |
Pomeranian Province |
|
| gain |
23,737 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Gniezno |
23,727 |
Poznan Province |
today Gniezno, Poland
|
| Geestemünde |
23,625 |
Hanover Province |
1924 together with Lehe to the new city of Wesermünde, 1947 to Bremerhaven
|
| Eschweiler |
23,624 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Ingolstadt |
23,528 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Castle |
23,493 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Glogau |
23,461 |
Province of Silesia |
today Głogów, Poland
|
| Crimmitschau |
23,387 |
Kingdom of Saxony |
|
| Stendal |
23,273 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Wesel |
23,238 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Greiz |
23,114 |
Principality of Reuss older line |
|
| Rathenow |
23,088 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Forest (Rhineland) |
23,018 |
Rhineland Province |
1929 in Solingen
|
| Koethen |
22,978 |
Duchy of Anhalt |
|
| Kolberg |
22,864 |
Pomeranian Province |
today Kołobrzeg, Poland
|
| Kreuznach |
22,862 |
Rhineland Province |
|
| Ludwigsburg |
22,650 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
|
| Coburg |
22,489 |
Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
|
| Luckenwalde |
22,268 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Wismar |
22,028 |
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
|
| Speyer |
21,857 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Grünberg i. Schl. |
21,631 |
Province of Silesia |
today Zielona Góra, Poland
|
| Schneidemühl |
21,622 |
Poznan Province |
today Piła, Poland
|
| Koslin |
21,474 |
Pomeranian Province |
today Koszalin, Poland
|
| Celle |
21,400 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Apolda |
21,229 |
Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach |
|
| Prenzlau |
20,931 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Goeppingen |
20,810 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
|
| Hamelin |
20,738 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Emden |
20,728 |
Hanover Province |
|
| Straubing |
20,707 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Memel |
20,687 |
East Prussia Province |
Northernmost city in Germany until 1919; today Klaipėda, Lithuania
|
| Schwäbisch Gmünd |
20,522 |
Kingdom of Württemberg |
|
| Kempten |
20.503 |
Kingdom of Bavaria |
|
| Fürstenwalde / Spree |
20,498 |
Brandenburg Province |
|
| Fulda |
20,395 |
Hesse-Nassau Province |
|
| Wittenberg |
20,260 |
Province of Saxony |
|
| Neustadt i. O. Schl. |
20,187 |
Province of Silesia |
today Prudnik, Poland
|
| Marburg |
20,137 |
Hesse-Nassau Province |
|
| Delmenhorst |
20,136 |
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg |
|
| Merseburg |
20,023 |
Province of Saxony |
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