| American city
|
German city
|
country
|
Partnership since
|
Akron (Ohio)
|
Chemnitz
|
Saxony Saxony
|
1997
|
Albuquerque (New Mexico)
|
Helmstedt
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1983
|
Anderson (Indiana)
|
Bernburg
|
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
|
1998
|
Ann Arbor (Michigan)
|
Tübingen
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1965
|
Arlington, Texas
|
Bad Koenigshofen
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1952
|
Arlington, Virginia
|
Aachen
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1993
|
Aspen (Colorado)
|
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1966
|
Astoria (Oregon)
|
Walldorf
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1963
|
Atlanta (Georgia)
|
Nuremberg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1998
|
Austin (Texas)
|
Koblenz
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1992
|
Baltimore, Maryland
|
Bremerhaven
|
Bremen Bremen
|
2007 (not active, see - but historically plausible:)
|
Bay City (Michigan)
|
Ansbach
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1961
|
Beaverton (Oregon)
|
Trossingen
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1993
|
Belleville, Illinois
|
Paderborn
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1990
|
Berkeley, California
|
Jena
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1989
|
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
|
Schwäbisch Gmünd
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1991
|
Blue Ash (Ohio)
|
Ilmenau
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
2000
|
Boca Raton (Florida)
|
Spandau
|
Berlin Berlin
|
1979 to 2003
|
Bonita Springs (Florida)
|
Grünstadt
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1991
|
Brookfield, Wisconsin
|
Seligenstadt
|
Hesse Hesse
|
2008
|
Buffalo (New York)
|
Dortmund
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1977
|
Butte (montana)
|
Altensteig
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1998
|
Centerville, Ohio
|
Bad Zwischenahn
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1981
|
Charlotte, North Carolina
|
Krefeld
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1986
|
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
Hamm
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1977
|
Chicago (Illinois)
|
Hamburg
|
Hamburg Hamburg
|
1994
|
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Munich
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1989
|
Coldwater (Michigan)
|
Soltau
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1971
|
Columbia, South Carolina
|
Kaiserslautern |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
2000
|
Columbus (Ohio)
|
Dresden
|
Saxony Saxony
|
1992
|
Conway (Arkansas)
|
Quakenbrück
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1992
|
Crivitz, Wisconsin
|
Crivitz
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
2001
|
Cullman, Alabama
|
Frankweiler
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1987
|
Davenport, Iowa
|
Kaiserslautern |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1960
|
Dayton (Ohio)
|
augsburg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1964
|
Decatur (Illinois)
|
Seevetal
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1975
|
Delphos (Ohio)
|
Loss
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1998, see article City partnership Verl – Delphos
|
El Cajon (California)
|
Sulzfeld
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1976
|
Eldridge, Iowa
|
Schoenberg (Holstein)
|
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
2000
|
Englewood (Colorado)
|
Belm
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
2007
|
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
|
Eberbach
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1976
|
Evansville, Indiana
|
Osnabrück
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1991 friendship between cities
|
Faribault (Minnesota)
|
Wurzburg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1949 "sponsorship"
|
Farmers Branch (Texas)
|
Garbsen
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1990
|
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
|
Kleve
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1992
|
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
Gera
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1992
|
Fort Worth (Texas)
|
trier
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1987
|
Fountain Hills (Arizona)
|
Dierdorf
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
2005
|
Frankenmuth (Michigan)
|
Gunzenhausen
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1962
|
Frederick (Maryland)
|
Schifferstadt , Mörzheim
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1982
|
Fredericksburg (Texas)
|
Verbandsgemeinde Montabaur
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1996
|
Fresno (California)
|
Muenster
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1986
|
Gastonia (North Carolina)
|
Gotha
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1993
|
Glandorf (Ohio)
|
Glandorf
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1976
|
Grove City (Ohio)
|
Lübheen
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1993
|
Hackensack (New Jersey)
|
Passau
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1952
|
Hagerstown, Maryland
|
Wesel
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1952
|
Hermann (Missouri)
|
Bad Arolsen
|
Hesse Hesse
|
1987
|
Houston (Texas)
|
Leipzig
|
Saxony Saxony
|
1993
|
Huber Heights (Ohio)
|
Rheinsberg
|
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
1995
|
Hudson (Ohio)
|
Landsberg am Lech
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1962
|
Indianapolis (Indiana)
|
Cologne
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1988
|
Jackson (Michigan)
|
Varel
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
2002 (ad acta :)
|
Jefferson City, Missouri
|
Münchberg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
2004
|
Johnson City, Tennessee
|
Teterow
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
1999
|
Keene, New Hampshire
|
Einbeck
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
2002
|
Kenosha (Wisconsin)
|
Wolfenbüttel
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1970
|
Kirkland (Washington)
|
Emmerich
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1995
|
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
Friedberg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
2001
|
La Grange (Texas)
|
Olfen
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1993
|
Lakewood (Colorado)
|
Stade
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1993 (friendship between cities)
|
Lake Zurich (Illinois)
|
Nittenau
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1999
|
Las Cruces (New Mexico)
|
Nienburg / Weser
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1991
|
Lawrence (Kansas)
|
Eutin
|
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
1989
|
Los Angeles (California)
|
Berlin
|
Berlin Berlin
|
1967
|
Louisville (Kentucky)
|
Mainz
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1993
|
Madison (Wisconsin)
|
Freiburg in Breisgau
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1987
|
Manchester (New Hampshire)
|
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1992
|
Marietta (Georgia)
|
Linz
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1965
|
Missoula (Montana)
|
Neckargemünd
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1993
|
Mobile, Alabama
|
Worms
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1998
|
Mooresville, North Carolina
|
Hockenheim
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
2002
|
Muscatine, Iowa
|
Ludwigslust
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
2004
|
Nashville (Tennessee)
|
Magdeburg
|
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
|
2003
|
New Braunfels, Texas
|
Braunfels
|
Hesse Hesse
|
1962
|
New Melle (Missouri)
|
Melle
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1988 (friendship treaty)
|
New Britain (Connecticut)
|
Rastatt
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1984
|
New Knoxville, Ohio
|
Ladbergen
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1993
|
New Ulm, Minnesota
|
New Ulm
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1954
|
Newport News (Virginia)
|
Greifswald
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
2007
|
Norfolk (Virginia)
|
Wilhelmshaven
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1976
|
Ogden, Utah
|
Hof (Saale)
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1954
|
Omaha (Nebraska)
|
Braunschweig
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1992 (friendship between cities)
|
Pasadena, California
|
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1948
|
Portsmouth (Ohio)
|
Zittau
|
Saxony Saxony
|
1992
|
Port Washington, Wisconsin
|
Sassnitz
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
2017
|
Quincy (Illinois)
|
Herford
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1987
|
Radcliff, Kentucky
|
Muenster
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
1984
|
Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Rostock
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
2001
|
Redford (Michigan)
|
Gau-Algesheim
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1990 (friendship between cities)
|
Richfield (Ohio)
|
Wolfach
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1971
|
Riverside (California)
|
gain
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
2011
|
Rochester (New York)
|
Wurzburg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1964
|
Rockville, Maryland
|
Pinneberg
|
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
1957
|
Running Springs (California)
|
Sehmatal (Cranzahl in the Ore Mountains)
|
Saxony Saxony
|
?
|
St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
gap
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
2006
|
St. Louis, Missouri
|
Stuttgart
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1960
|
St. Marys (Ohio)
|
Lienen
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1995
|
Saint Paul, Minnesota
|
Neuss
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1998
|
Saline (Michigan)
|
Lindenberg in the Allgäu
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
2003
|
San Francisco (California)
|
Kiel
|
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
2017
|
Santa Monica (California)
|
Hamm
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1969
|
Saxonburg, Pennsylvania
|
Mulhouse
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
2008
|
Seguin (Texas)
|
Vechta
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
?
|
Shawnee, Oklahoma
|
Erfurt
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1993
|
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
Esslingen
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1967
|
Shelbyville, Kentucky
|
Bitburg
|
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
|
1961
|
Shoreview, Minnesota
|
Einhausen
|
Hesse Hesse
|
2003
|
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
Potsdam
|
Brandenburg Brandenburg
|
1990
|
South Bend, Indiana
|
Arzberg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
2005
|
Springfield (Ohio)
|
Wittenberg
|
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
|
1995
|
Sturgis (Michigan)
|
Wiesloch
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1966
|
Tempe (Arizona)
|
regensburg
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1976
|
Toledo (Ohio)
|
Delmenhorst
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
2002
|
Tomball (Texas)
|
Telgte
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
2000
|
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Celle
|
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
|
2000
|
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
Schorndorf
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1996
|
Vandalia (Ohio)
|
Lichtenfels
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1975
|
Vermillion (South Dakota)
|
Ratingen
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1983
|
Vincennes (Indiana)
|
Wasserburg am Inn
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1999
|
Walcott, Iowa
|
Bredenbek
|
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
|
1997
|
Waldorf, Maryland
|
Walldorf
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
2002
|
Wapakoneta (Ohio)
|
Lengerich
|
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
|
1994
|
Washington (Missouri)
|
Marbach am Neckar
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1990
|
Waverly, Iowa
|
Eisenach
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1992
|
Waterloo, Iowa
|
to water
|
Hesse Hesse
|
1981
|
Weimar (Texas)
|
Weimar
|
Thuringia Thuringia
|
1992 (ended, see
|
West Bend, Wisconsin
|
Heppenheim
|
Hesse Hesse
|
2004
|
West Chicago (Illinois)
|
Taufkirchen (Vils)
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1999
|
Wichita Falls, Texas
|
Fürstenfeldbruck
|
Bavaria Bavaria
|
1985
|
Wilmington, Delaware
|
Fulda
|
Hesse Hesse
|
1997
|
Worthington, Minnesota
|
Crailsheim
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1947 (the first German-American city partnership)
|
York, Pennsylvania
|
Leinfelden-Echterdingen
|
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
|
1989
|