The following is a list of cities and towns that have historically had official or local names in the German language. Commonly, these cities have at times been under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Germany or German nation-states. This is the main reason for German city exonyms. Some of these names remain in use today, particularly in regions where German is still spoken alongside other languages, or in border areas where the German names have retained relevance due to centuries of cross-border interaction and continued local usage. Other names are primarily historical, archaic, or rarely used in modern contexts, largely as a result of political changes following the end of German administration in these cities.
CityCountryGerman name Aabenraa Apenrade Aalborg AalburgNeuestes Gemälde von Schweden, Norwegen und Dänemark, Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur, Pg 405 (Google Books) Aarhus Aarhaus,https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/d%C3%A4nemark-aarhaus/494663.html Arenhusen Karlsburg, Weissenburg Alitten Antorff Arel ArnheimAthensGreeceAthen Bakau or Barchau Bagrationovsk Preußisch Eylau Baltiysk Pillau Banja Luka Weina Luka Neusohl Baranavichy Baronenwald Tschabe Belfort Beffert Belgrad Wälsch-Bergen Zülz Bihać Wihitz Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Weißenburg Bistrița Bistritz BellowarHandbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin Mueller, 1961 Bolzano Bozen, Botzen Brașov Kronstadt Pressburg Wälsch-Brixen Brünn Brügge Brüssel Bucharest Bukarest Ofenpesth Bromberg BeuthenCairoEgyptKairo KalenCape TownSouth AfricaKapstadt Cilli BudweisČeský KrumlovKrumau an der MoldauČeské VeleniceGmünd-Bahnhof, (formerly: Unterwielands) Karolingen Kulm Czernowitz Chernyakhovsk Insterburg Chișinău Kischinau Teschen Cluj-Napoca Klausenburg Colmar Kolmar Konstanz, Küstendje Copenhagen Kopenhagen Dünaburg Debrezin Herzogenbusch Douala Duala DünkirchenEdinburghScotlandEdinburg Elbing Lyck Fribourg Freiburg Gastellovo Groß Friedrichsdorf Fellin Danzig Gdingen, Gotenhafen Genf Gent Giurgiu Zurz Gleiwitz Glogau Oberglogau Goygol Helenendorf Garten Graudenz Guryevsk Neuhausen Gusev Gumbinnen Gvardeysk Tapiau Győr Raab Königgrätz Iași Jassy Stanislau Üxkull Jakobstadt Mitau Jonava Janau Königsberg Kalisch Karlstadt Karlsbad Kattowitz Kauen Kėdainiai Kedahnen Khust Chust Memel Komárno KomornKörmendKirment Kokopo Herbertshöhe Koper Gafers Kaschau Krakau Krasnoznamensk Lasdehnen, Haselberg Arensburg Ladushkin Ludwigsort Liegnitz Löwen Łęczyca Lentschütz Liberec Reichenberg Liège Lüttich Libau Lille Ryssel Lissabon Laibach Lodsch Longwy Langich Luzern Lauis Luxemburg LembergMadang historicly: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen Mamonovo Heiligenbeil Maribor Marburg Mariampol Mažeikiai Moscheiken Mecheln Szeklerburg Mailand Miskolc Mischkolz Bergen Monza Montsch Mülhausen Namur Namen Nancy Nanzig Neapel Narwa Neman Ragnit Nesterov Stallupönen, EbenrodeNiceNizza NimwegenNitraNeutra Neusatz Neu-Sandez Ogre Oger Olmütz Allenstein Troppau Oppeln Grosswardein Esseg Ostende Ostrau Auschwitz Ozyorsk Darkehmen Wittenstein Ponewiesch Pernau Beijing Peking Fünfkirchen Schneidermühl Pionersky Neukuhren Ploiești Plorescht Pilsen Polessk Labiau Posen Prag Pravdinsk Friedland Preschau, Eperies Primorsk Fischhausen Neustadt in Oberschlesien Premissel Pleskau Pulei Pullno Qingdao Tsingtau Rabaul Simpsonhafen Wesenberg Ratibor Rauna Rönneburg Reșița Reschitz Rēzekne Rositten Pflaum Roman Romesmark, RomanvaraschRomeRom Schabatz, Sabatsch Sandomir Sarajewo Shamkir Annenfeld Schaulen Sibiu Hermannstadt Schieratz Slavsk Heinrichswalde Stolp Ödenburg Sosnowitz Sovetsk Tilsit Straßburg Maria-Theresiopel Suceava Sutschen, Suczawa Syracuse Syrakus Svetlogorsk Rauschen Svetly Zimmerbude Stettin Szeged Segedin Székesfehérvár Stuhlweissenburg Sollnock, Zolnock Szombathely Steinamanger Reval Taranto Tarent Tarnów Tarnau Dorpat Tauragė Tauroggen Telšiai Telsche, Telschi Timișoara Temeswar Thorn Dornick Trakai Traken TrientTřeboňWittingau TriestTrenčínTrentschin, Trenczin Trnava Tyrnau Turnu Severin Turm Severin Weiden Ukmergė Wilkomir Utena Utenen Ungwar Ústí nad Labem Aussig Wolmar Venice Venedig Ventspils Windau Verdun Wirten Bern Vicenza Wiesenthein Wilna Waldenburg Warschau Windhoek Windhuk Breslau Yantarny Palmnicken Yaoundé Jaunde Ypern Hindenburg Agram Saragossa Zelenogradsk Cranz Zheleznodorozhny Gerdauen Grünberg Sillein, Silein Zlin Znaim
See also German exonyms
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