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General map of Germany This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany ) that has been given the right to use that title.
Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s /; French: ⓘ; Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
Konstanz (/ ˈ k ɒ n s t ə n t s / KON-stənts, US also / ˈ k ɔː n s t ɑː n t s / KAWN-stahnts, German: [ˈkɔnʃtants] ⓘ, also [ˈkɔnstants] ⓘ, Alemannic German: [ˈkoʃd̥əts, ˈxoʃd̥əts]), also known as Constance in English, is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany.
Lucerne ( / luːˈsɜːrn / loo-SURN; High Alemannic: Lozärn) or Luzern ( Swiss Standard German: [luˈtsɛrn] ⓘ) [note 1] is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name.
The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria .
It lies mostly between latitudes 47° and 55° N (the tip of Sylt is just north of 55°), and longitudes 5° and 16° E. The territory covers 357,021 km 2 (137,847 sq mi), consisting of 349,223 km 2 (134,836 sq mi) of land and 7,798 km 2 (3,011 sq mi) of water. It is the seventh largest country by area in Europe and the 63rd largest in the world.
Zurich. / 47.37444°N 8.54111°E / 47.37444; 8.54111. Zurich ( / ˈzjʊərɪk / ⓘ ZURE-ik; German: Zürich, pronounced [ˈtsyːrɪç] ⓘ; see below) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, [5] at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich.
The following table lists the 80 cities in Germany with a population of at least 100,000 each on 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. [2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state. The table below contains the following ...