Augsburg

Augsburg traces its origins to the military base of Augusta Vindelicum established in the year 15 BCE by the Roman generals Drusus and Tiberius.

Berlin

Berlin arose from the mercantile settlements of Coelln (on what is now Museum Island) and Berlin (on the north bank of the Spree).

Bielefeld

Bielefeld is first mentioned in a deed of covenant between Count Hermann of Ravensberg and the Marienfeld monastery in 1214.

Bochum

The city of Bochum is officially 687 years old, but its origins as a settlement date back to the early stone age.

Dresden

Founded on the site of a Slavic fishing village, Dresden first appears in official records in 1206.

Frankfurt

The first recorded mention of Frankfurt dates from an imperial assembly and church synod presided over by Charlemagne in 794.

Leverkusen

Technically, Leverkusen is only 78 years old, but records show that nine of today's 13 administrative districts existed in the 12th and 13th ...

Magdeburg

Magdeburg is first mentioned in the Emperor Charlemagne's Diedenhof Capitulary of 805.

Monchengladbach

Monchengladbach, located west of the Rhine between Dusseldorf and the Dutch town of Roermond, only assumed its current boundaries in 1975.

Sinsheim

Sinsheim lies at the heart of the Kraichgau region between Heidelberg and Heilbronn. The Kraichgau has been settled since ancient times.

Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg is one of the few new towns founded in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, and will be 70 this year.