List of the smallest cities in Germany
The list of cities with the smallest area in Germany provides an overview of the 101 cities that have the smallest area in Germany . Another overview shows the smallest cities in the federal states . All municipalities with municipal law that are independent under administrative law are taken into account .
Smallest cities in Germany
The distribution across the federal states is as follows: Rhineland-Palatinate (28), Schleswig-Holstein (17), Bavaria (15), Baden-Württemberg (14), Thuringia (9), Hesse (6), Saxony (6), Brandenburg (2), Saxony-Anhalt (2), Lower Saxony (1), Saarland (1), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and North Rhine-Westphalia none.
All information in the following table is from the Federal Statistical Office (territorial status: January 1, 2019).
Smallest cities in the federal states
All cities with the smallest area in the respective federal state are listed.
state | City with the smallest area |
district | Area in km² |
---|---|---|---|
Baden-Württemberg | Eppelheim | Rhein-Neckar district | 5.70 |
Bavaria | Eibelstadt | Wurzburg | 7.07 |
Brandenburg | Outskirts | Oberspreewald-Lausitz | 7.36 |
Bremen | Bremerhaven | District-free city | 101.53 |
Hesse | Steinbach (Taunus) | Hochtaunuskreis | 4.40 |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Franzburg | Western Pomerania-Ruegen | 15.20 |
Lower Saxony | Hoya | Nienburg / Weser | 8.42 |
North Rhine-Westphalia | Schwelm | Ennepe-Ruhr district | 20.49 |
Rhineland-Palatinate | Weißenthurm | Mayen-Koblenz | 3.99 |
Saarland | Friedrichsthal | Regional association Saarbrücken | 8.99 |
Saxony | Scheibenberg | Erzgebirgskreis | 9.00 |
Saxony-Anhalt | Shrapnel | Saalekreis | 7.06 |
Schleswig-Holstein | Arnis | Schleswig-Flensburg | 0.45 |
Thuringia | Orlamünde | Saale-Holzland district | 7.47 |
See also
- List of the smallest municipalities in Germany
- List of the smallest municipalities in Germany by population
- List of the smallest cities in Germany by population
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Germany
- List of the 100 largest municipalities in Hesse
Web links
- Statistical offices of the federal and state governments - directory of local authorities
- Federal Statistical Office - Municipal directory information system
- State statistical offices
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Statistical Office: Register of municipalities