German cities (Civ5)

German cities are cities that can be founded by the German civilization in Civilization V and its expansions. The first city founded is the capital, and the names of future cities are chosen in the order they appear on the list below.

The names listed are default names; players can change their cities' names if they choose.

Founding Order	City Name	Notes
1	Berlin	Capital, home to the Brandenburg Gate
2	Hamburg	Second largest city in Germany, forms a Bundesland (state) by itself
3	Munich	Capital of Bavaria and third largest city in Germany
4	Cologne	Largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia
5	Frankfurt	Largest city in Hesse, important financial hub
6	Essen	Formerly the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia (1946-1988), on the Ruhr
7	Dortmund	City in the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
8	Stuttgart	Capital and largest city of Baden-Württemberg, home of carmakers Porsche and Daimler (Mercedes-Benz)
9	Düsseldorf	City at the heart of the Rhine-Ruhr urban region and the Capital of North Rhine-Westphalia
10	Bremen	City and Bundesland in northwestern Germany
11	Hannover	Capital of Lower Saxony
12	Duisburg	City in the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
13	Leipzig	City in Saxony
14	Dresden	Capital of Saxony
15	Bonn	Former capital of West Germany, hometown of Ludwig van Beethoven
16	Bochum	City in the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
17	Bielefeld	Largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia outside the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
18	Karlsruhe	City in Baden-Württemberg, near the French border
19	Gelsenkirchen	City in the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
20	Wiesbaden	Capital of Hesse
21	Münster	City in North Rhine-Westphalia
22	Rostock	Largest city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, formerly the largest port city in East Germany
23	Chemnitz	Formerly known as Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953-1990), in Saxony
24	Braunschweig	Known in English as Brunswick, in Lower Saxony
25	Halle	Full name Halle an der Saale, former Celtic settlement in Saxony-Anhalt
26	Mönchengladbach	City in North Rhine-Westphalia, near the Dutch border
27	Kiel	Capital and largest city of Schleswig-Holstein
28	Wuppertal	In North Rhine-Westphalia, away from the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
29	Freiburg	In Baden-Württemberg, along the French border; full name Freiburg im Breisgau (Fribourg-en-Brisgau in French)
30	Hagen	Easternmost city of the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
31	Erfurt	Capital and largest city of Thuringia
32	Kaiserslautern	City in Rheinland-Palatinate, received its name as a hunting retreat of Frederick Barbarossa
33	Kassel	Metropolitan center of Northern Hesse
34	Oberhausen	City in the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
35	Hamm	City in the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
36	Saarbrücken	Capital and largest city in Saarland, on the French border
37	Krefeld	In North Rhine-Westphalia, west of the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
38	Pirmasens	Town in Rheinland-Palatinate, near the French border
39	Potsdam	Capital of Brandenburg; home to Friedrich II of Prussia
40	Solingen	In North Rhine-Westphalia, south of the Rhine-Ruhr urban region
41	Osnabrück	City in Lower Saxony
42	Ludwigshafen	City in Rhineland-Palatinate
43	Leverkusen	City in the Rhine-Ruhr urban region, bordering on Cologne
44	Oldenburg	Coastal city in Lower Saxony, known in French as Le-Vieux-Bourg
45	Neuss	City in North Rhine-Westphalia
46	Mülheim	One of the smallest official cities in Germany
47	Darmstadt	City in Southern Hesse
48	Herne	City in the Ruhr Metropolitan area
49	Würzburg	City in Franconia, today part of the state of Bavaria
50	Recklinghausen	Site of more than 100 Witchcraft trials
51	Göttingen	Capital of the Göttingen district
52	Wolfsburg	City in Lower Saxony
53	Koblenz	City in Rhineland-Palatinate, on both Rhine and Mosel
54	Hildesheim	City in Lower Saxony
55	Erlangen	City in Franconia, close to Nuremberg