Cities

Every city plays by its own rules.

36 cities covered so far. The same federal law, wildly different counters — search or browse A–Z to see how the paperwork actually works where you live, verified and dated.

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A

Aachen

North Rhine-Westphalia

Charlemagne's spa city at the three-border corner.

B

Berlin

The capital, forever reinventing itself.

Bonn

North Rhine-Westphalia

The Rhine's former capital, quietly grand.

Bremen

A Hanseatic city-state on the Weser.

C

Chemnitz

Saxony

Saxony's industrial heart, remade.

Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia

The Rhineland's easygoing cathedral city.

D

Darmstadt

Hesse

The Jugendstil city of science and engineers.

Dortmund

North Rhine-Westphalia

The Ruhr's reinvented industrial heart.

Dresden

Saxony

Baroque splendour on the Elbe.

Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia

The Rhine's stylish state capital.

E

Erlangen

Bavaria

The Franconian research city of Siemens and FAU.

Essen

North Rhine-Westphalia

Green heart of the changing Ruhr.

F

Frankfurt

Hesse

Germany's skyline and banking heart.

Freiburg

Baden-Württemberg

The sunny gateway to the Black Forest.

H

Hamburg

Germany's harbour gateway to the world.

Hanover

Lower Saxony

The trade-fair crossroads of the north.

Heidelberg

Baden-Württemberg

The romantic university town on the Neckar.

I

Ingolstadt

Bavaria

The Danube city of Audi and students.

J

Jena

Thuringia

The optics valley in Thuringia's hills.

K

Karlsruhe

Baden-Württemberg

The fan-shaped city of courts and computing.

Kassel

Hesse

The documenta city on the Fulda.

Kiel

Schleswig-Holstein

The Baltic sailing city at the fjord's end.

L

Leipzig

Saxony

Saxony's fast-rising creative hub.

M

Magdeburg

Saxony-Anhalt

The Ottonian city rebuilt on the Elbe.

Mainz

Rhineland-Palatinate

The Rhine's wine capital where printing began.

Mannheim

Baden-Württemberg

The grid-planned city where two rivers meet.

Munich

Bavaria

Bavaria's orderly heart on the Isar.

Münster

North Rhine-Westphalia

Westphalia's bicycle-friendly student town.

N

Nuremberg

Bavaria

Franconia's historic metropolis.

P

Potsdam

Brandenburg

Prussia's palace city at Berlin's edge.

R

Regensburg

Bavaria

A UNESCO medieval city on the Danube.

Rostock

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The Hanseatic port on the Baltic coast.

S

Saarbrücken

Saarland

The French-tinged capital on the Saar.

Stuttgart

Baden-Württemberg

Swabia's carmaking city in the vineyards.

U

Ulm

Baden-Württemberg

The Danube city under the world's tallest spire.

W

Wuppertal

North Rhine-Westphalia

The Bergisch city of the floating railway.