List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

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This is a list of places in Germany which have standing links to local communities in other countries, or in other parts of Germany (mostly across the former inner German border). In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

A few twin places have a historical German name, especially in bordering countries or areas with mixed languages.

For German-German twins there are abbreviated state names: Baden-Württemberg (BW), Bavaria (BA), Berlin (BE), Brandenburg (BB), Bremen (BN), Hamburg (HB), Hesse (HE), Lower Saxony (LS), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV), North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Rhineland-Palatinate (RP), Saarland (SL), Saxony-Anhalt (SA), Saxony (SX), Schleswig-Holstein (SH) and Thuringia (TH).

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Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia

Aalen, Baden-Württemberg:

Abensberg, Bavaria:

Achern, Baden-Württemberg:

Achim, Lower Saxony:

Adelsheim, Baden-Württemberg

Adenau, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Ahaus, North Rine-Westphalia:

Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein:

Aichach, Bavaria:

Aichtal, Baden-Württemberg

Aken (Elbe), Saxony-Anhalt

Albstadt, Baden-Württemberg

Alfeld (Leine), Lower Saxony

Allendorf (Lumda), Hesse

Allstedt, Saxony-Anhalt

Alpirsbach, Baden-Württemberg

Alsbach-Hähnlein, Hesse:

Alsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia

Alsfeld, Hesse:

Alsleben, Saxony-Anhalt:

Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Bavaria:

Altena, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Altenberg, Saxony:

Altenburg, Thuringia:

Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg:

Altentreptow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

Altlandsberg, Brandenburg:

Altötting, Bavaria:

Alzenau, Bavaria:

Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Amberg, Bavaria:

Amöneburg, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Angermünde, Brandenburg:

Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony:

Annaburg, Saxony-Anhalt:

Annweiler am Trifels, Saxony:

Ansbach, Bavaria:

Apolda, Thuringia:

Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Arnstadt, Thuringia:

Arnstein, Bavaria:

Artern, Thuringia:

Arzberg, Bavaria:

Aschaffenburg, Bavaria:

Aschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt:

Asperg, Baden-Württemberg:

Aßlar, Hesse:

Aub, Bavaria:

Aue, Saxony:

Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria

Auerbach (Vogtland), Saxony:

Augsburg, Bavaria:

Augustusburg, Saxony:

Aulendorf, Baden-Württemberg:

Aurich, Lower Saxony:

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Babenhausen, Hesse

Bacharach, Rhineland-Palatinia

Backnang, Baden-Württemberg:

Bad Aibling, Bavaria:

Bad Arolsen, Hesse

Bad Belzig, Brandenburg

Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony

Bad Bergzabern

Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria

Bad Bevensen, Lower Saxony

Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

Bad Dürrenberg, Saxony-Anhalt:

Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Bad Füssing, Bavaria:

Bad Gandersheim, Lower Saxony:

Bad Godesberg, North Rhine- Westphalia

Bad Griesbach im Rottal, Bavaria:

Bad Homburg, Hesse:

Bad Kissingen, Bavaria:

Bad Königshofen, Bavaria:

Bad Kötzting, Bavaria. Bad Kötzting is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union:

Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Bad Lippspringe, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg:

Bad Münstereifel, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Bad Nauheim, Hesse:

Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Bad Pyrmont, Lower Saxony:

Bad Rappenau, Baden-Württemberg:

Bad Segeberg:

Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Bad Soden am Taunus, Hesse:

Bad Vilbel, Hesse:

Bad Wildungen, Hesse:

Bad Wurzach, Baden-Württemberg:

Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg:

Baesweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Balingen, Baden-Württemberg:

Royan, France (1980)

Bamberg, Bavaria:

Bassum, Lower Saxony:

Battenberg, Hesse:

Bautzen, Saxony:

Bayreuth, Bavaria:

Belm, Lower Saxony:

Bensheim, Hesse:

Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Berlin, Berlin:

Berlin-Zehlendorf, Berlin - 2001 amalgamated into the Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt:

Bernkastel-Kues, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg:

Bickenbach (Bergstraße), Hesse:

Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg:

Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt:

Blankenese, Hamburg:

Gladsaxe, Denmark (1962)

Blieskastel, Saarland:

Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg:

Boppard, Rheinland-Pfalz:

:Truro, England, UK (1991)

Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia:

:Blackpool, England, UK (2000)

Bramsche, Lower Saxony:

Braunfels, Hesse:

Braunschweig, Lower Saxony:

Bremen, Bremen:

Bremerhaven, Bremen:

Brilon, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Bückeburg, Lower Saxony:

Burghausen, Bavaria:

Burgkirchen, Bavaria:

Butzbach, Hesse:

Buxtehude, Lower Saxony:

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Calw, Baden-Württemberg:

Latsch, Italy (1957)

Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Celle, Lower Saxony:

Cham, Bavaria:

Chemnitz, Saxony:

Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony:

Bernay, France (1989)

Coburg, Bavaria:

Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia:

De Bilt, Netherlands (1977)

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Coswig, Saxony:

Coswig an der Elbe, Saxony-Anhalt:

Stadtallendorf (HE), Germany (1993)

Cottbus, Brandenburg:

Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg:

Crimmitschau, Saxony:

Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony:

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Dachau, Bavaria:

Damme (Dümmer), Lower Saxony:

Darmstadt, Hesse:

Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Deggendorf, Bavaria:

Neusiedl am See, Austria (1978)

Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony:

Toledo, Ohio, USA (2002)

Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt:

Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Dillenburg, Hesse:

Diest, Belgium (1963)

Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria:

Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Döbeln, Saxony:

Dormagen, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Dötlingen Lower Saxony

Leens (De Marne)

Dresden, Saxony:

Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia:

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Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein:

Eggenfelden, Bavaria:

Eilenburg, Saxony:

Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg:

Saarlouis (SL), Germany (1982)

Ellerhoop, Schleswig-Holstein:

Hurst Green, United Kingdom [1] (1984)

Eltville am Rhein, Hesse:

Elzach, Baden-Württemberg:

Emden, Lower Saxony:

Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg:

Eppingen, Baden-Württemberg:

Erfurt, Thuringia:

Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Saint-James, France (1974)

Erlangen, Bavaria:

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg:

Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein:

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Fellbach, Baden-Württemberg:

Feuchtwangen, Bavaria:

Filderstadt, Baden Wuertemburg:

Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein:

Forchheim, Bavaria:

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse:

Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg:

Freiberg, Saxony:

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg:

Freising, Bavaria:

Friedberg, Hesse:

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg:

Fulda, Hesse:

Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria:

Furth im Wald, Bavaria:

Fürth, Bavaria:

Füssen, Bavaria:

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Gaggenau, Baden-Württemberg:

Garbsen, Lower Saxony:

Gau-Algesheim, Rheinland-Pfalz

Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein:

Gefell, Thuringia

Geislingen an der Steige, Baden-Württemberg:

Georgsmarienhütte, Lower Saxony:

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (2005)

Gera, Thuringia:

Gießen, Hesse:

Wenzhou, China (Friendship city)

Gifhorn, Lower Saxony:

:Dumfries, Scotland, UK

Goslar, Lower Saxony:

Göttingen, Lower Saxony:

Grafenau, Bavaria:

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Groß-Gerau, Hesse:

Großostheim, Bavaria:

Grünberg, Hesse:

Grünstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia:

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Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt:

Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt:

Hameln, Lower Saxony:

Hamburg, Hamburg:

Hanover, Lower Saxony:

Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg:

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg:

Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg:

Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg:

Helmstedt, Lower Saxony:

Hemmingen, Germany

:Lesmahagow, Scotland, UK (1975)

Hemsbach, Baden-Württemberg:

Hennef (Sieg), North Rhine-Westphalia:

Banbury, United Kingdom (1981)

Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Herrborn, Hesse:

Post Falls, Idaho, USA

Hersbruck, Bavaria:

:Lossiemouth, Scotland, UK (1972)

Heusenstamm, Hesse:

Hildesheim, Lower Saxony:

Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany

:Livingston, Scotland, UK (1972)

Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg:

Hohen Neuendorf, Brandenburg:

Holzminden, Lower Saxony:

:Leven, Fife, Scotland, UK (1986)

Holzwickede, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Hückelhoven, North Rhine-Westphalia:

:Hartlepool, England, UK (1973)

Husum, Schleswig-Holstein:

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Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Illertissen, Baden-Württemberg:

Ingolstadt, Bavaria:

Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Isny, Baden-Württemberg:

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Jade, Lower Saxony:

Bakonynána, Hungary (2001)

Jena, Thuringia:

Jever, Lower Saxony:

Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia:

Haubourdin, France (1964)

Jüterbog, Brandenburg:

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Kahl am Main, Bavaria:

Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate:

Kamenz, Saxony:

Kandern, Baden-Württemberg:

Soufflenheim, France (1985)

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg:

Kassel, Hesse:

Kaufbeuren, Bavaria:

Kehl, Baden-Württemberg:

Kelheim, Bavaria:

Kempten, Bavaria:

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein:

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