Random city in Germany

1,486 towns across 16 states

Germany has a lot of mid-sized towns, and this list keeps all of them: 1,486 places of 10,000 residents or more according to GeoNames. 80 count as big cities with 100,000 people and up; four of those, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne, pass a million. More than half, 796, stay under 20,000, which is why a pick from the whole list is more likely to be Ainring or Werneck than Frankfurt.

North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ruhr and the Rhineland, provides 316 entries and 29 of the big cities. Baden-Württemberg follows with 238 and Bavaria with 225. The three city-states are tiny by comparison: Berlin and Hamburg are one entry each, Bremen two, counting Bremerhaven. With every town weighted the same, roughly one draw in five ends up in North Rhine-Westphalia, so use Region to give the east or the north a fair go.

Names come in their English form where one is common, like Munich or Nuremberg, and in German otherwise.

Drawing a German town

1. Click Draw a city to see the town, its state and how big it is.
2. Filters lets you keep one state, for instance Saxony, or one size. The count on the button falls as you narrow it down.
3. For a road trip or a geography game, set How many to five or ten. With No repeats on, a town that came up stays out until Start over.

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