Discover university cities

The imperial cathedral with the Carolingian octagon (Palatine Chapel) in the centre is the coronation church of the German kings and the burial place of Charlemagne. © Thomas Ebert DAAD

Aachen+2

Aachen

#RomanCity #Carnival #Tri-boarderRegion

Aalen+9

Aalen

#RomanCity #Limes #ThermelBaths

Augsburg+12

Augsburg

#FuggerCity #CathedralCity #CityofMozart

Bamberg+10

Bamberg

#WorldHeritage #BambergCathedral #SmokedBeer

Bayreuth+12

Bayreuth

#GreenCity #Wagner #FestivalHall

Berlin+15

Berlin

#Capital #Metropolis #Multicultural

Bielefeld+7

Bielefeld

#Oldtown #MythosBielefeldoesnotexist #ManufactureOfLinen

Bingen+10

Bingen

#Rhine #Vineyards #HildegardvonBingen

Bochum+8

Bochum

#RuhrRegion #IndustrialRegion #CapitalOfCulture

Bonn+15

Bonn

#Beethoven #Politics #Carnival

Brandenburg+11

Brandenburg

#Havel #Lakes #Nature

Braunschweig+13

Braunschweig

#TechnicalUniversity #Innovation #Tradition

Bremen+12

Bremen

#CityMusicians #Weser #SVWerder

Bremerhaven+9

Bremerhaven

#Sea #NorthSea #MaritimeMuseum

Cheap living+11

Chemnitz

#CityOfModernity #BigCityInSaxony #Erzgebirge

Cheap living+12

Clausthal-Zellerfeld

#HistoricMiningCity #CityInHarz #InnovationCity

Central Germany+14

Coburg

#CastleComplexVeste #BavarianCulture #FranconianSmallTown

Cologne Cathedral and Hohenzollern Bridge © Klein/DAAD

Cologne+4

Köln

#CologneCathedral #Carnival #ArtMetropolis

Cheap living+12

Cottbus

#ParkCity #UniversityCity #BarsAndCafés

Central Germany+13

Darmstadt

#InTheHeartOfGermany #CityOfScience #ArtistsColonyMathildenhöhe

Cheap living+14

Deggendorf

#DanubeCity #GateToTheBavarianForest #CulinaryAndCultural

Cities of culture+11

Dessau

#Bauhaus #RiversElbeAndMulde #WalterGropius

Cities of culture+14

Detmold

#OldResidenceTown #TimberedHouses #Castle

Cities of culture+6

Dortmund

#ModernCityOfCulture #BVBDortmund #Germany'sMostVisitedShoppingMile

Skyline with the Frauenkirche © Horschig/DAAD

Cheap living+14

Dresden

#FlorenceOfTheElbe #LandCapitalSaxony #Frauenkirche

Cheap living+8

Duisburg

#OldIndustrialAreas #LandscapeParkNorth #RiversRhineAndRuhr

Cities of culture+9

Düsseldorf

#PearlOnTheRhine #InternationalAndColorful #GermanFashionCity

Cheap living+8

Emden

#SmallHarborTown #MaritimeAtmosphere #NorthSea

Cities of culture+12

Erfurt

#GreenCenterGermany #HistoricCityCenter #ErfurtDome

Zollverein Coal Mine © Zairon/wikicommons

Cities of culture+7

Essen

#RuhrArea #Theater #CultureAndShoppingCenter

The Volksbad is not for swimmers, but a cultural center with concerts and parties © Sophie Nagel

Cities of culture+7

Flensburg

#SmallTown #BrickHouses #Beach

Frankfurt am Main+4

Frankfurt am Main

#Mainhattan #Multicultural #GreenMetropolis

Eastern Germany+2

Frankfurt (Oder)

#AffordableStudentCity #NearPolishBorder #HeinrichVonKleist

Eastern Germany+2

Freiberg

#MiningCity #CenterOfSaxony #CultureNature

City+3

Freiburg

#LittleStudentTown #BlackForest #SouthOfGermany

Half-timbered houses in the Nonnengasse © Nagel/DAAD

Central Germany+3

Fulda

#TimberedHouses #MediaHessischerRundfunk #CafésAndRestaurants

Furtwangen+3

Furtwangen

#SmallTown #LargestForestInGermany #HistoricCityCenter

Geislingen an der Steige+3

Geislingen an der Steige

#ParadiseforNatureLovers #SeatOfWMF #SwabianAlb

Main building of the Justus Liebig University © Nagel/DAAD

Gießen+2

Gießen

#CozyUniversityCity #BotanicalGarden #MathematicsMuseum

fountain "Gänseliesel" © Friedrichs/DAAD

Central Germany+3

Göttingen

#CarlFriedrichGauss #ExcellentTeaching #YoungAndHip

Eastern Germany+4

Greifswald

#LittleHanseTown #FamilyAtmosphere #BalticSea

City+2

Halle

#Saale #LongNightOfMuseums #LongNightOfScience

City geography+6

Hamburg

#StPauli #Multicultural #PortCityGateToTheWorld

Hannover+2

Hannover

#FairCity #LeibnizButterBiscuit #CenterForScienceAndBusiness

City+2

Heidelberg

#CityByTheNeckar #PhilosophersPath #RuinsOfTheHeidelbergCastle

City+2

Heilbronn

#CityOfWine #ShowTheKäthchenVonHeilbronn #SculpturesAndArtisticFountains

City+3

Hildesheim

#Half-timberedHouses #MariaCathedralAndStMichael'sChurch #UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

Central Germany+3

Ilmenau

#AffordableStudyLocation #CozySmallTown #ThuringianForest

City+3

Ingolstadt

#BavarianTradition #InnovationAndModernity #Audi

City+3

Iserlohn

#GreenCitiy #Sauerland #SeilerLake

City+2

Jena

#SchillerAndGoethe #CulturalStronghold #ParadisePark

City+2

Kaiserslautern

#InternationalFlair #PalatinateForest #SoccerMadCity

In the middle of the city center is the poplar lake, which many residents use to relax. © Sebastian Rothe

Kamp-Lintford+2

Kamp-Lintfort

#SmallTown #Mining #MeadowsFieldsAndForest

In the middle of the city center is the Pappel lake, which many residents use to relax © Sebastian Rothe

City+2

Karlsruhe

#WarmClimate #HistoryMeetsModernity #FederalConstitutionalCourt

City+2

Kassel

#Art #Documenta #InTheHeartOfGermany

Historical towns+7

Kempten

#PopularVacationTown #Allgäu #YoungCultureAndGastronomyScene

City+3

Kiel

#SailingRegattaKielerWoche #BalticSea #SeagullsWindSea

Coblenz Ehrenbreitstein Castle © Johannes Naumann

City+3

Koblenz

#RhineAndMoselle #WineAndCarnival #Loreley

Konstanz+3

Konstanz

#LakeConstance #WaterSports #ConstanceMinster

City+2

Krefeld

#Concerts #Jazz #VelvetAndSilkCity

Eastern Germany+2

Leipzig

#JohannSebastianBach #AuerbachsCeller #ArtistCity

City+3

Lübeck

#Marzipan #HolstenGate #BuddenbrookHouse

Ludwigsburg+2

Ludwigsburg

#SwabianCulture #BaroqueCity #CastlesAndParks

The Ilmenau with the old harbor © Florian Schubert

City+3

Lüneburg

#OldBuildings #RiverIlmenau #TheWhiteCityHall

City+2

Magdeburg

#GreenCapitalSaxonyAnhalt #GreenCitadel #Hundertwasser #MagdeburgDome

Central Germany+3

Mainz

#Rhine #MainzerFastnacht #BookprintingJohannesGutenberg

City+2

Mannheim

#MannheimCastle #CityMapInSquares #Luisenpark

Central Germany+3

Marburg

#UniversityCity#GrimmBrothers #MedievalCity

Eastern Germany+2

Mittweida

#SmallTownInSaxony #FamilyAtmosphere #TechnologyMediaCentre

Munich skyline and the Alps © Rudolf Sterflinger

München

#CapitalBavaria #GermanMuseum #Oktoberfest

City+2

Münster

#BicycleCity #Münsterland #PeaceHallHistoricTownHall

Panorama of Nuremberg © Tilman2007/wikicommons

Metropolis+3

Nürnberg und Erlangen

#FranconiaRegion #ChristmasMarket #FranconianCosiness

Oestrich-Winkel+2

Oestrich-Winkel

#Rheingau #RomanticLandscape #Vineyards

Medium town+2

Offenburg

#Black Forest #MountainsAndWine #BorderToFrance

City+2

Oldenburg

#NorthSea #BicycleCity #CityWaterCanals

City+2

Osnabrück

#SouthOfLowersaxony #DiverseCulturalOffer #TownHallOfTheWestfälischerFrieden

City+2

Paderborn

#HistoricalCityCenter #GreenAndCultural #PioneerInComputerScienceHeinzNixdorf

Medium town+4

Passau

#VeniceOfBavaria #FortressOberhaus #CityWithThreeRivers

City+2

Pforzheim

#Leisure #Culture #SunnySouthGermany

City+3

Potsdam

#LandscapeFederalStateOfBrandenburg #SanssouciCastle #UniversityofFilmAndTelevisionBabelsberg

City+3

Regensburg

#RomanCityOnTheDanube #MedievalOldTown #UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

City+3

Reutlingen

#SwabianAlb #CultureAndLandscape #CozyAtmosphere

Medium town+2

Rosenheim

#RosenheimAutumnFest #MountainsInTheEnvirons #CultureInLokschuppen

City+3

Rostock

#BalticSeaBeach #SmallFamilyUniversity #OldTownAndFerryHarbour

City+2

Saarbrücken

#BorderToFrance #CapitalOfTheStateOfSaarland #SaarländerSchwenkbraten

The Old Market Square in the city centre was built in the 12th century. © Sophie Nagel

Central Germany+2

Schmalkalden

#Thuringia #Fachwerk-undHochschulstadt #ThüringerWald

City+2

Siegen

#Nature #TimberedHouses #BiggeLake

The wide world is so close when standing at the harbour and watching the boats © Sophie Nagel

Medium town+2

Stralsund

#HanseaticCity #Sailing #HarbourPub

Metropolis+3

Stuttgart

#Schwaben-Metropole #GrüneGroßstadtImTal #MuseenUndGalerien

City+3

Trier

#AncientRomanCity #Germany'sOldestCity #PortaNigra

Small town+3

Trossingen

#MusicCityInTheBlackForest #BlackForestAndSwabianAlb #HarmonicaIndustry

half-timbered houses © Vonderweiden/DAAD

Medium town+3

Tübingen

#RiverNeckar #BeautifulOldTown #HölderlinTower

Ulm City Panorama © Jean-Claude Baron Dardenne

City+3

Ulm

#HistoricOldTown #DanubeBank #UlmerMünster

Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal © Brüggemann/DAAD

Eastern Germany+2

Weimar

#JohannWolfgangVonGoethe #FriedrichSchiller #Bauhaus

Small town+3

Weingarten

#SouthEastBaden-Württemberg #LakeConstanceRegion #Sightseeings

City+2

Wiesbaden

#CapitalStateofHesse #FountainWithHealingWater #RhinePromenade

Eastern Germany+3

Wismar

#MedievalBuildings #CityAtTheSea #HanseaticCity

Central Germany+4

Worms

#LutherCity #NibelungenSaga #DomSt.Peter

Holstein Stairs © Frank Vincentz/wikicommons

City+2

Wuppertal

#CityOfStairs #LiftCars #MountainsAndHills

City+2

Würzburg

#WineRegion #BaroquePomp #HistoricalCity

Eastern Germany+2

Zittau

#TriBorderCorner #ZittauMountains #EuropeanCityofSports

City+3

Zwickau

#EconomicRegionCentralGermany #HistoricSights #CityForCarLovers