List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

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This is a list of places in Germany having standing links to local communities in other countries. 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 - B - C

• Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Halifax, West Yorkshire, England; Arlington, Virginia, USA; Reims, France
• Adenau, Rhineland-Palatinate - Mellieha, Malta
• 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 Cannstatt (district of Stuttgart): Újbuda (11th district of Budapest)
• Bad Dürrenberg, Saxony-Anhalt - Encs, Hungary
• Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate - Cosne-sur-Loire, France
• Bad Homburg, Hesse - Exeter, Devon, England (1965)
• Bad Koenigshofen, Bavaria - Arlington, USA (Texas)
• Bad Kötzting

Bad Kötzting is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.^[1][2]

• Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen - Ashford, England; Fougères, France
• 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
• Bad Wurzach, Baden-Württemberg - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England; Luxeuil-les-Bains, France; St Helier, Jersey
• 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
• Bayreuth, Bavaria - Annecy, France; Rudolstadt, Germany; La Spezia, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic
• Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia - Luton, Bedfordshire, England (1956)

• Berlin

• Bernkastel-Kues, Rhineland-Palatinate - Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; Stadt Wehlen - Germany; Otmuchów, Poland
• Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt - Vierzon, France
• Blankenese, Hamburg - Gladsaxe, Denmark (1962)
• Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia - Donetsk, Ukraine (1987); Nordhausen, 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
• Brilon, North Rhine-Westphalia - Thurso, Scotland
• Burgkirchen, Bavaria - Kazincbarcika, Hungary
• Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia - Wakefield, West Yorkshire England; Vincennes , France; Kuopio , Finland; Delft , Netherlands; Zehdenik , Germany

• Chemnitz, Saxony - Tampere, Finland (1961); Ljubljana, Slovenia (1966); Arras, France (1967); Timbuktu, Mali (1968); Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic (1970); Mulhouse, France (1981); Łódź, Poland (1981); Manchester, United Kingdom (1983); Volgograd, Russia (1988); Düsseldorf, Germany (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 (1977); Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England (1999)
• Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony - Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

D - E - F

• 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 ; Leeds, West Yorkshire England
• 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

Duisburg is twinned with:^[3][4]

• 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
• Eilenburg, Saxony - Jihlava, Czech Republic; Butzbach, Germany; Anjalankoski, Sweden; Tiraspol, Moldova; Rawicz, Poland
• Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg - Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany (1982; at the time in the GDR)
• Ellerhoop, Schleswig Holstein - Hurst Green, England (External Website)
• de:Eppingen, 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 (1989)
• 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); Innsbruck, Austria (1963); Isfahan, Iran (2000); Lviv, Ukraine (1989); : Madison, Wisconsin, United States (1994), USA (1987); Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan (1989); Padua, Italy (1967)
• Friedrichshafen - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1972)
• Fulda - Como, Italy (1960); Arles, France (1964); Sergijew Possad, Russia (1991); Wilmington, Delaware, USA, (1997)
• Fürstenfeldbruck - Wichita Falls, Texas, USA :
• Fürth - Paisley, Scotland, UK

G - H - I

• Gaggenau - Ludwigsfelde, Germany; Annemasse, France; Sieradz, Poland
• Garbsen, Lower Saxony - United States: Farmers Branch, Texas, United States
• Gießen - Winchester, England
• Göttingen - Cheltenham, England
• Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - United States: Bryan, Texas,
• Gronau - Epe, Netherlands
• Grünstadt - United States: Bonita Springs, Florida,
• Halle an der Saale - Grenoble, France (1976); Oulu, Finland; Karlsruhe, Germany; Linz, Austria; Coimbra, Portugal
• Hamburg

• Hanover, Lower Saxony -

• Heidelberg -

• Heidenheim - ; Newport, Wales, : Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Heilbronn - Stockport, England (1982)
• Hemmingen - Lesmahagow, Scotland (1975)
• Hemsbach - Wareham, England
• Herford -  : Quincy, Illinois, United States
• Hersbruck - Lossiemouth, Scotland (1972)
• Heusenstamm - Tonbridge, England
• Höhen-Neuendorf -  : Carmel, Indiana, United States
• 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

K - L - M

• Kandern - Soufflenheim, France since 1985
• Karlsruhe - Krasnodar, Russia; Nancy, France
• Kassel - Florence, Italy since 1952; Izmit, Turkey since 1999; Mulhouse, France since 1965; Ramat Gan, Israel since 1990; Rovaniemi, Finland since 1972; Västerås, Sweden since 1972; Yaroslavl, Russia since 1988; Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany since 1962; Arnstadt, Germany since 1989
• 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 ([997); Frankfurt, Germany (1990); Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany (1987); Houston, Texas, USA (1993); Kraków, Poland (1995); Kiev, 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 - Louisville, Kentucky, USA (1977); Baku,Azerbaijan
• Malchow - Quickborn, Germany
• Mannheim - Bydgoszcz, Poland (1991); Chişinău, Moldova (1989); Klaipėda, Lithuania, (2002); Zhenjiang, China (2004); Windsor, Canada
• Marbach am Neckar - Washington, Missouri, USA; L'Isle-Adam, France; Tongling, China
• Marburg - Northampton, England
• Merzig - Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
• Mönchengladbach - Bradford, England
• Mosbach - Lymington, England
• Mühlhausen - Tourcoing, France (1961); Eschwege, Germany (1989); Münster, Germany (1990); Kronstadt, Russia (1995); Saxonburg, USA (2008)
• Mülheim - Darlington, England; Tours, France; Kuusankoski, Finland; Opole, Poland; Kfar Sava, Israel
• Munich - Verona, Italy (1960); Bordeaux, France (1964); Sapporo, Japan (1972); Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (1989); Kiev, Ukraine (1989); Harare, Zimbabwe (1996); Hyderabad, India (2005)
• Münster - York, United Kingdom; Fresno, USA; Orléans, France; Kristiansand, Norway; Monastir, Tunisia; Rishon LeZion, Israel; Ryazan, Russia; Mühlhausen, Germany; Lublin, Poland; Braniewo, Poland

N - O - P

• 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, Atlanta, Georgia, United States:
• 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

Q - R - S

• 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 - United States: Brookfield, Wisconsin,
• 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 - United States: Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
• Stuttgart:

Brno, Czech Republic

Cairo, Egypt

Cardiff, Wales , United Kingdom

Lodz, Poland

Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia

Mumbai, India

Samara, Russia

St Helens, England , United Kingdom

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Strasbourg, France

T - V - W - Z

• Telgte, North Rhine-Westphalia - Tomball, USA (Texas):
• Trier - Pula, Croatia; 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands; Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1987):
• Trossingen - Beaverton, Oregon, USA:
• Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg:

Aigle, Switzerland

Aix-en-Provence, France

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Durham, England , United Kingdom

Monthey, Switzerland

Perugia, Italy

Petrozavodsk, Russia

Villa El Salvador, Peru

• 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; Písek, Czech Republic
• 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
• Worms - Auxerre, France (1968); Bautzen, Saxony (1990); Mobile, Alabama, USA (1998:) ; Parma, Italy (1984); St. Albans, UK (1957); Tiberias, Israel (1986)
• 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)

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