List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

This is a list of twin towns and sister cities in Germany.
*Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Halifax, West Yorkshire, England; Arlington, Virginia, USA; Reims, France
*Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein - Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
*Alsfeld, Hesse, - New Mills , England .
*Aschaffenburg, Bavaria - Perth, Scotland
*Backnang, Baden-Württemberg - Chelmsford, Essex, England
*Bad Aibling, Bavaria – Cavaion Veronese, Italy (1986)
*Bad Dürrenberg, Saxony-Anhalt - Encs, Hungary
*Bad Ems, - Cosne-sur-Loire, France
*Bad Homburg, Hesse - Exeter, Devon, England (1965)
*Bad Koenigshofen, Bavaria - Arlington, USA (Texas)
*Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Wear Valley District, Co Durham, England (1977)
*Bad Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate - Edelény, Hungary
*Bad Soden am Taunus, Hesse - Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic (1992), Kitzbühel, Austria (1984), Rueil-Malmaison, France (1975)
*Bad Vilbel, Hesse - Glossop, Derbyshire, England
*Bad Wildungen, Hesse - Saffron Walden, Essex, England
*Baden Baden, Baden-Württemberg - Moncalieri, Italy
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Wurzach Bad Wurzach] , Baden-Württemberg - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
*Baesweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia - Easington, County Durham, England (1975)
*Battenberg, Hesse - Romsey, Hampshire, England
*Bautzen, Saxony - Dreux, France - Heidelberg, Germany - Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic - Jelenia Góra, Poland - Worms, Germany
*Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia - Luton, Bedfordshire, England (1956)

*Berlin:flagicon|ALG Algiers, Algeria:flagicon|HUN Budapest, Hungary:flagicon|TUR Istanbul, Turkey (1988):flagicon|ENG London, England:flagicon|USA Los Angeles, United States (1967):flagicon|ESP Madrid, Spain (1988):flagicon|RUS Moscow, Russia (1990):flagicon|FRA Paris, France (1987):flagicon|POL Warsaw, Poland (1991)

*Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt - Vierzon, France
*Blankenese, Hamburg - Gladsaxe, Denmark (1962)
*Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia - Donetsk, Ukraine (1987); Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany (1990); Oviedo, Spain (1980); Sheffield, England (1950); Xuzhou, China (1994)
*Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia - Oxford, England (1947)
*Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia - Blackpool, Lancashire, England, (2000)
*Bramsche, Lower Saxony - Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
*Braunfels, Hesse - New Braunfels, USA (Texas)
*Braunschweig, Lower Saxony - Bandung, Indonesia; Bath, Somerset, England; Kazan, Russia; Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel; Magdeburg, Germany; Nîmes, France; Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Sousse, Tunisia
*Bremen - Gdańsk, Poland (1976); Pune, India
*Burgkirchen, Bavaria - Kazincbarcika, Hungary
*Chemnitz, Saxony - Tampere, Finland (1961); Ljubljana, Slovenia (1966); Arras, France (1967); Timbuktu, Mali (1968); Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic (1970); Mulhouse, France 1981; Łódź, Polen (1981); Manchester, United Kingdom (1983); Volgograd, Russia (1988); Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia (1988); Akron, Ohio, USA (1997); Taiyuan, China (1999)
*Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia - Barcelona, Spain 1984; Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine (1996); Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (1958); Turin, Italy; Istanbul, Turkey (1997); Katowice, Poland (1991); Liège, Belgium (1958); Lille, France (1958); Liverpool, Merseyside, England (1952); Cork, Ireland (1988); Thessaloniki, Greece (1988)
*Cottbus, Brandenburg - Grosseto, Italy (1967); Košice, Slovakia (1978); Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England (1999)
*Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony - Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
*Darmstadt, Hesse - Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England; Graz, Austria (1968); Liepaja, Latvia (1993); Płock, Poland (1988); Saanen, Switzerland (1993); Szeged, Hungary (1990); Trondheim, Norway (1968); Uzhhorod, Ukraine (1992)
*Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony - Toledo, Ohio, USA (2002)
*Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt - Argenteuil, France (1959)
*Dillenburg, Hesse - Diest, Belgium (1963)
*Dormagen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Abilene, USA (Texas)
*Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia - Crawley, West Sussex England
*Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia - Buffalo, New York, USA (1975); Novi Sad, Serbia
*Dresden, Saxony - Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (1975); Columbus, Ohio, USA (1992); Coventry, West Midlands, England (1959); Florence, Italy (1971); Rotterdam, Netherlands (1988}; Salzburg, Austria (1991); Strasbourg, France (1990); Wrocław, Poland (1963), Saint Petersburg, Russia (1961), Skopje, Macedonia (1967), Ostrava, Czech Republic (1971), Hamburg, Germany (1987)
*Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; Wuhan, China (April 25, 1986)
*Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia - Reading, Berkshire, England (First link: 1947; Official twinning: 1975); Chemnitz, Saxony (1988); Warsaw, Poland
* Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein - Macclesfield, England; Hässleholm, Sweden; Tanga, Tanzania; Nakskov, Denmark; Bützow, Germany; Brzeg, Poland
*Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg - Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany (1982; at the time in the GDR)
*Ellerhoop, Schleswig Holstein - Hurst Green, England ( [http://twinning.rjnet.co.uk External Website] )
*, Baden-Württemberg - Epping, Essex, England
*Erlangen, Bavaria - Eskilstuna, Sweden (1961); Rennes, France (1964)
*Esslingen am Neckar - Eger, Hungary
*Essen - Sunderland, England
*Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England
*Fellbach - Pécs, Hungary (1986)
*Flensburg - Carlisle, England (1961), Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
*Frankfurt, Hesse - Birmingham, England (1966); Budapest, Hungary (1990); Granada, Nicaragua (1991); Guangzhou, China (1988); Kraków, Poland (1991); Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (1990); Lyon, France (1960); Milan, Italy (1971); Prague, Czech Republic (1990); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*Frankfurt-Nieder-Eschbach, Hesse - Deuil-la-Barre, France (1967)
*Freiberg, Saxony - Delft, Netherlands (1986)
*Freiburg im Breisgau - Besançon, France (1959); Granada, Spain (1991); Guildford, England (1979); Isfahan, Iran (2000); Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan (1989)
*Friedrichshafen - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1972)
*Fürstenfeldbruck - Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
*Fürth - Paisley, Scotland, UK
*Gaggenau - Ludwigsfelde, Germany; Annemasse, France; Sieradz, Poland
*Garbsen, Lower Saxony - Farmers Branch, USA (Texas)
*Gießen - Winchester, England
*Göttingen - Cheltenham, England
*Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Bryan, USA (Texas)
*Gronau - Epe, Netherlands
*Grünstadt - Bonita Springs, Florida, USA
*Halle an der Saale - Grenoble, France (1976); Oulu, Finland; Karlsruhe, Germany; Linz, Austria; Coimbra, Portugal
*Hamburg :flagicon|USA Chicago, United States (1994):flagicon|Germany Dresden, Germany (1987):flagicon|Nicaragua León, Nicaragua (1989):flagicon|FRA Marseille, France (1958):flagicon|Japan Osaka, Japan (1989):flagicon|Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic (1990):flagicon|RUS Saint Petersburg, Russia (1957):flagicon|China Shanghai, China (1986):
*Hanover, Lower Saxony - Bristol, England (1947); Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (1987)
*Heidelberg - Cambridge, England
*Heidenheim - Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Newport, Wales
*Heilbronn - Stockport, England (1982)
*Hemmingen - Lesmahagow, Scotland (1975)
*Hemsbach - Wareham, England
*Herford - Quincy, Illinois, USA
*Heusenstamm - Tonbridge, England
*Höhen-Neuendorf - Carmel, Indiana, USA
*Holzminden - Leven, Fife, Scotland
*Holzwickede - Weymouth, England
*Illertissen - Loket, Czech republic
*Ingolstadt - Kragujevac, Serbia; Moscow, Russia; Carrara, Italy; Kirkcaldy, Scotland; Grasse, France; Murska Sobota, Slovenia; Manisa, Turkey; Opole, Poland; Bendigo, Australia
*Iserlohn - Nyíregyháza, Hungary
*Karlsruhe - Krasnodar, Russia; Nancy, France
*Kempten - Sopron, Hungary; Quiberon, France; Sligo, Ireland;Trento, Italy; Bad Dürkheim, Germany
*Kiel - Brest, France (1964); Coventry, England; Gdynia, Poland; Kaliningrad, Russia; Sovetsk, Russia; Stralsund, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; Vaasa, Finland
*Kitzingen - Montevarchi, Italy; Prades, France
*Koblenz, Rhineland-Pfalz - Austin, USA (Texas)
*Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg - Richmond, England; Colwyn, Wales; Fontainebleau, France
*Kötzting - Sherborne, England
*Krefeld- Dunkirk, France (1974); Leicester, England; Leiden, Netherlands; Charlotte, USA (North Carolina)
*Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate - Haguenau, France
*Landshut, Lower-Bavaria - Elgin, Scotland (1956); Compiègne, France (1962); Ried im Innkreis, Austria 1974; Schio, Italy (1981); Sibiu, Romania (2002)
*Langenhagen - Southwark, England
*Leuterhausen - Szendrö, Hungary
*Leipzig, Saxony - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2004); Birmingham, England (1992); Brno, Czech Republic (1999); Bologna, Italy (1997); Frankfurt, Germany (1990); Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany (1987); Houston, Texas, USA (1993); Kraków, Poland (1995); Kyiv, Ukraine (1992); Lyon, France (1981); Nanjing, China (PRC) (1988); Thessaloniki, Greece (1984); Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003)
*Liederbach am Taunus - Verwood, England
*Lindlar - Shaftesbury, England
*Linz am Rhein - Linz, Austria (1987)
*Lubbecke - Dorchester, England
*Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia - Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England 1950
*Ludwigsburg - Montbeliard, France (1951)
*Ludwigsfelde - Rheinfelden, Germany; Zdzieszowice, Poland; Gaggenau, Germany; Paderborn, Germany
*Ludwigshafen - Lorient, France (1963)
*Lünen - Salford, England
*Mainz :flagicon|USA Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1977):flagicon|AZE Baku,Azerbaijan
*Malchow - Quickborn, Germany
*Mannheim - Bydgoszcz, Poland (1991); Chişinău, Moldova (1989); Klaipėda, Lithuania, (2002); Zhenjiang, China (2004); Windsor, Canada
*Marburg - Northampton, England
*Merzig - Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
*Mönchengladbach - Bradford, England
*Mosbach - Lymington, England
*Mülheim - Darlington, England; Tours, France; Kuusankoski, Finland; Opole, Poland; Kfar Saba, Israel
*Nauen - Spandau, Berlin, Germany (1988)
*Naurod - Fondettes, France (1975)
*Neu Wulmstorf - Nyergesújfalu, Hungary
*Neustrelitz - Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1988)
*Norderstedt - Oadby and Wigston, England
*Nordhausen, Thuringia - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1990)
*Nördlingen, Bavaria - Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia (1967)
*Nuremberg - Glasgow, Scotland; Nice, France; Kraków, Poland; Skopje, Macedonia; Antalya, Turkey
*Nürtingen - Oullins, France; Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales; Soroskár, Hungary; Zerbst, Germany
*Oberursel - Rushmoor, England
*Ochsenfurt - Wimborne, England
*The Odenwald region - Falkirk, Scotland
*Oestrich-Winkel - Tokaj, Hungary
*Olfen, North Rhine-Westphalia - La Grange, USA (Texas)
*Paderborn - Bolton, England; Ludwigsfelde, Germany
*Passau - Hackensack, New Jersey, USA (1952), Málaga, Spain
*Pinneberg - Rockville, Maryland, USA
*Potsdam - Jyväskylä, Finland (1985), Bobigny, France (1974), Bonn, Germany (1988), Luzern, Switzerland (2002), Opole, Poland (1973), Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA (1990), Perugia, Italy (1990)
*Preetz - Blandford, England
*Pulheim - Fareham, England
*Quickborn - Uckfield, England (1990), Boxholm, Sweden, Malchow, Germany
*Regensburg, Bavaria - Aberdeen, Scotland; Brixen, Italy; Clermont-Ferrand, France; Pilsen, Czech Republic; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Odessa, Ukraine
*Rendsburg - Aalborg, Denmark (1967); Haapsalu, Estonia (1989); Hereford, England (1950)
*Reutlingen - Aarau, Switzerland (1986); Szolnok, Hungary (1990)
*Rheinfelden - Rheinfelden, Switzerland; Fécamp, France; Vale of Glamorgan, Wales; Neumarkt, Italy; Mouscron, Belgium; Ludwigsfelde, Germany
*Rinteln - Kendal, England
*Rostock - Antwerp, Belgium (1963); Århus, Denmark (1964); Bergen, Norway; Dunkirk, France (1960)
*Rosenheim - Briançon, France; Lazise, Italy
*Rüdersdorf bei Berlin - Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, France (1965)
*Rüdesheim - Swanage, England
*Salzgitter - Swindon, England
*Saarlouis, Saarland - Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany (1982; at the time in the GDR)
*Schmallenberg - Burgess Hill, England
*Schopfheim - Poligny, France
*Schrobenhausen - Bridgnorth, England
*Schweinfurt - Seinäjoki, Finland
*Schwäbisch Hall - Epinal, France (1964); Lappeenranta, Finland (1985); Loughborough, England (1966); Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (1988); Zamość, Poland (1989)
*Seligenstadt - Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA
*Sindelfingen - Dronfield, England
*Soest - Soest, Netherlands
*Spandau, Berlin - Luton, Bedfordshire, England (1959); Nauen, Germany 1988 (at the time in the DDR)
*Steinfurt - Ealing, England
*Stendal - Grenoble, France (1992)
*Stralsund - Kiel, Germany
*Straubing - Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
*Stuttgart - Cardiff, Wales
*Telgte, North Rhine-Westphalia - Tomball, USA (Texas)
*Trier - Pula, Croatia; 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands; Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1987)
*Trossingen - Beaverton, Oregon, USA
*Vechta, Lower Saxony - Seguin, USA (Texas)
*Verden - Bagrationovsk, Russia (1966); Górowo Iławeckie, Poland (1996); Saumur, France (1967); Warwick, England (1990); Zielona Góra, Poland (1993)
*Viersen - Kaniv, Ukraine (1996
*Waldorf - Astoria, Oregon, USA
*Warendorf - Petersfield, England
*Warstein - Hebden Bridge, England
*Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein - Caudry, France; Vejen, Denmark; District of Makete, Tansania; Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany;
*Weimar, Thuringia - Weimer, USA (Texas)
*Wegberg, North Rhine-Westfalia - Echt-Susteren, Netherlands; Maaseik, Belgium
*Westerburg - Daventry, England
*Wetzlar - Colchester, England; Avignon, France; Siena, Italy; Schladming, Austria
*Wiesbaden - Ghent, Belgium (1969); Montreux, Switzerland (1953); San Sebastián, Spain (1981); Tunbridge Wells, England (1989); Wrocław, Poland (1987)
*Wilhelmsfeld, Baden Wuertemberg - Calamba, Philippines (2008)
*Winterlingen, Baden Wuertemberg - Shiner, Texas, United States
*Wismar - Aalborg, Denmark (1961); Moss, Norway
*Wolfsburg - Luton, Bedfordshire, England (1950); Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1985)
*Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein
*Wuppertal - Beersheba, Israel (September 29, 1977)
*Würzburg - Caen, France (1962); Dundee, Scotland (1962); Rochester, New York, USA (1964); Mwanza, Tansania (1966); Otsu, Japan (1979); Salamanca, Spain, (1980); Suhl, Thuringia (1988); Umea, Sweden (1992); Bray & County Wicklow, Ireland, (May 19, 2000)
*Zehlendorf, Berlin - Sderot, Israel; Szilvásvárad, Hungary
*Zweibrücken - Barrie, Ontario, Canada (1997)