(absolutely incomplete - needs to be expanded)
| Town | Population | District | Bundesland |
|---|
| Anklam | 16,500 | Ostvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Aurich | 39,900 | Aurich | Lower Saxony |
| Bad Doberan | 12,300 | Bad Doberan | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Bad Oldesloe | 22,700 | Stormarn | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Bad Segeberg | 16,000 | Segeberg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Barth | 9,700 | Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Bergen | 17,000 | Rügen | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Berlin | 3,450,000 | -- | Berlin |
| Brake | 16,700 | Wesermarsch | Lower Saxony |
| Bremen | 547,000 | -- | Bremen |
| Bremerhaven | 126,900 | -- | Bremen |
| Brunswick (Braunschweig) | 239,900 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Bückeburg | 20,800 | Schaumburg | Lower Saxony |
| Celle | 73,600 | Celle | Lower Saxony |
| Cloppenburg | 28,000 | Cloppenburg | Lower Saxony |
| Delmenhorst | 78,000 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Demmin | 14,400 | Demmin | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Diepholz | 16,300 | Diepholz | Lower Saxony |
| Emden | 51,500 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Eutin | 16,900 | Ostholstein | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Fallingbostel | 11,800 | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Lower Saxony |
| Flensburg | 90,000 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Freiburg | 200,000 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Gifhorn | 42,500 | Gifhorn | Lower Saxony |
| Greifswald | 57,700 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Grevesmühlen | 11,300 | Nordwestmecklenburg | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Grimmen | 12,500 | Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Güstrow | 34,000 | Güstrow | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Hamburg | 1,700,000 | -- | Hamburg |
| Hamelin (Hameln) | 58,800 | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Lower Saxony |
| Hanover (Hannover) | 523,100 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Heide | 21,000 | Dithmarschen | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Husum | 21,000 | Nordfriesland | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Idar-Oberstein | 42,100 | Birkenfeld | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Itzehoe | 34,100 | Steinburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Jever | 13,600 | Friesland | Lower Saxony |
| Karlsruhe | ca. 300,000 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Kiel | 250,000 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Lauenburg | 11,900 | Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Leer | 32,900 | Leer | Lower Saxony |
| Lübeck | 216,100 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Lüchow | 18,700 | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lower Saxony |
| Ludwigslust | 12,700 | Ludwigslust | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Lüneburg | 65,100 | Lüneburg | Lower Saxony |
| Mannheim | 310,500 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Meppen | 32,700 | Emsland | Lower Saxony |
| Mölln | 18,300 | Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Neubrandenburg | 77,300 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Neumünster | 82,000 | -- | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Neustrelitz | 24,500 | Mecklenburg-Strelitz (district) | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Nienburg | 32,900 | Nienburg | Lower Saxony |
| Nordhorn | 51,300 | Bentheim | Lower Saxony |
| Oldenburg | 153,500 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Osnabrück | 259,800 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Osterholz-Scharmbeck | 31,200 | Osterholz | Lower Saxony |
| Parchim | 20,900 | Parchim | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Pasewalk | 13,000 | Uecker-Randow | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Pinneberg | 38,800 | Pinneberg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Plön | 13,000 | Plön | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Ratzeburg | 12,300 | Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Rendsburg | 29,400 | Rendsburg-Eckernförde | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Ribnitz-Damgarten | 17,600 | Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Rinteln | 28,500 | Schaumburg | Lower Saxony |
| Rostock | 212,700 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Rotenburg | 21,500 | Rotenburg | Lower Saxony |
| Schleswig | 25,000 | Schleswig-Flensburg | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Schwerin | 99,900 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Stade | 45,200 | Stade | Lower Saxony |
| Stadthagen | 23,800 | Schaumburg | Lower Saxony |
| Stralsund | 63,000 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Stuttgart | 585,300 | -- | Baden-Württemberg |
| Uelzen | 35,400 | Uelzen | Lower Saxony |
| Vechta | 25,900 | Vechta | Lower Saxony |
| Verden | 28,000 | Verden | Lower Saxony |
| Waren | 22,000 | Müritz | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Westerstede | 20,900 | Ammerland | Lower Saxony |
| Wildeshausen | 16,300 | Oldenburg | Lower Saxony |
| Wilhelmshaven | 89,000 | -- | Lower Saxony |
| Winsen | 32,100 | Harburg | Lower Saxony |
| Wismar | 48,800 | -- | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| Wittmund | 21,200 | Wittmund | Lower Saxony |
| Wolfsburg | 122,800 | -- | Lower Saxony |
A "--" in the district column means, that the town is a district-free town, i.e. it is by itself a district.
