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List of cities with historical German exonyms

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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. Also, many of these are obsolete, archaic or very rare in modern usage, mainly due to their association with the policies of the German Empire and the Nazis.

City Country German name
Aabenraa  Denmark Apenrade[1]
Aalborg  Denmark Aalburg[2]
Aarhus  Denmark Aarhaus,[3] Arenhusen
 Alba Iulia  Romania Karlsburg, Weissenburg
 Alytus  Lithuania Alitten
 Antwerp  Belgium Antorff
 Arlon  Belgium Arel
 Arnhem  Netherlands Arnheim
 Bacău  Romania Bakau
Bagrationovsk  Russia Preußisch Eylau
Baltiysk  Russia Pillau
Banja Luka  Bosnia and Herzegovina Weina Luka
 Banská Bystrica  Slovakia Neusohl
Baranavichy  Belarus Baronenwald
 Békéscsaba  Hungary Tschabe
Belfort  France Beffert
 Belgrade  Serbia Belgrad
Liège  Belgium Lüttich
 Bergamo  Italy Wälsch-Bergen
 Biała  Poland Zülz
Bihać  Bosnia and Herzegovina Wihitz
 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi  Ukraine Weißenburg
Bistrița  Romania Bistritz[4]
 Bjelovar  Croatia Bellowar[5]
Bolzano  Italy Bozen, Botzen
Brașov  Romania Kronstadt
 Bratislava  Slovakia Pressburg
 Brescia  Italy Wälsch-Brixen
 Brno  Czech Republic Brünn
 Bruges  Belgium Brügge
 Brussels  Belgium Brüssel
Bucharest  Romania Bukarest
 Budapest  Hungary Ofenpesth
 Bydgoszcz  Poland Bromberg
 Bytom  Poland Beuthen
 Calais  France Kalen
 Celje  Slovenia Cilli
 České Budějovice  Czech Republic Budweis
 Charleroi  Belgium Karolingen
 Chełm  Poland Kulm
 Chernivtsi  Ukraine Czernowitz
Chernyakhovsk  Russia Insterburg
Chișinău  Moldova Kischinau
 Cieszyn  Poland Teschen
Cluj-Napoca  Romania Klausenburg
Colmar  France Kolmar
 Constanța  Romania Konstanz, Küstendje
Copenhagen  Denmark Kopenhagen[6]
 Daugavpils  Latvia Dünaburg
 Debrecen  Hungary Debrezin
 Den Bosch  Netherlands Herzogenbusch
Douala  Cameroon Duala
 Dunkirk  France Dünkirchen
 Elbląg  Poland Elbing
 Ełk  Poland Lyck
Fribourg  Switzerland Freiburg
 Gdańsk  Poland Danzig
 Gdynia  Poland Gdingen, Gotenhafen
 Geneva  Switzerland Genf
 Ghent  Belgium Gent
Giurgiu  Romania Zurz
 Gliwice  Poland Gleiwitz
 Głogów  Poland Glogau
 Głogówek  Poland Oberglogau
Goygol  Azerbaijan Helenendorf
 Grodno  Belarus Garten
 Grudziądz  Poland Graudenz
Guryevsk  Russia Neuhausen
Gusev  Russia Gumbinnen
Gvardeysk  Russia Tapiau
Győr  Hungary Raab
 Hradec Králové  Czech Republic Königgrätz
Iași  Romania Jassy
 Ivano-Frankivsk  Ukraine Stanislau
 Jēkabpils  Latvia Jakobstadt
 Jelgava  Latvia Mitau
Jonava  Lithuania Janau
 Kaliningrad  Russia Königsberg
 Kalisz  Poland Kalisch
 Karlovac  Croatia Karlstadt
 Karlovy Vary  Czech Republic Karlsbad
 Katowice  Poland Kattowitz
 Kaunas  Lithuania Kauen
Kėdainiai  Lithuania Kedahnen
Khust  Ukraine Chust
 Klaipėda  Lithuania Memel
Komárno  Slovakia Komorn
Kokopo  Papua New Guinea Herbertshöhe
Koper  Slovenia Gafers
 Košice  Slovakia Kaschau
 Kraków  Poland Krakau
 Krasnoznamensk  Russia Lasdehnen, Haselberg
 Kuressaare  Estonia Arensburg
Ladushkin  Russia Ludwigsort
 Legnica  Poland Liegnitz
 Leuven  Belgium Löwen
Łęczyca  Poland Lentschütz
Liberec  Czech Republic Reichenberg
 Liège  Belgium Lüttich
 Liepāja  Latvia Libau
Lille  France Ryssel
 Lisbon  Portugal Lissabon
 Ljubljana  Slovenia Laibach
 Łódź  Poland Lodsch
Longwy  France Langich
 Lucerne  Switzerland Luzern
 Lugano  Switzerland Lauis
 Luxembourg  Luxembourg Luxemburg
 Lviv  Ukraine Lemberg
Mamonovo  Russia Heiligenbeil
Maribor  Slovenia Marburg
 Marijampolė  Lithuania Mariampol
Mažeikiai  Lithuania Moscheiken
 Mechelen  Belgium Mecheln
 Miercurea Ciuc  Romania Szeklerburg
 Milan  Italy Mailand
Miskolc  Hungary Mischkolz
 Mons  Belgium Bergen
Monza  Italy Montsch
 Mulhouse  France Mülhausen
Namur  Belgium Namen
Nancy  France Nanzig
 Naples  Italy Neapel
 Narva  Estonia Narwa
Neman  Russia Ragnit
Nesterov  Russia Stallupönen, Ebenrode
 Nijmegen  Netherlands Nimwegen
 Novi Sad  Serbia Neusatz
 Nowy Sącz  Poland Neu-Sandez
Ogre  Latvia Oger
 Olomouc  Czech Republic Olmütz
 Olsztyn  Poland Allenstein
 Opava  Czech Republic Troppau
 Opole  Poland Oppeln
 Oradea  Romania Grosswardein
 Osijek  Croatia Esseg
 Ostend  Belgium Ostende
 Ostrava  Czech Republic Ostrau
 Oświęcim  Poland Auschwitz
Ozyorsk  Russia Darkehmen
 Panevėžys  Lithuania Ponewiesch
 Pärnu  Estonia Pernau
 Pécs  Hungary Fünfkirchen
 Piła  Poland Schneidermühl
Pionersky  Russia Neukuhren
Ploiești  Romania Plorescht
 Plzeň  Czech Republic Pilsen
Polessk  Russia Labiau
 Poznań  Poland Posen
 Prague  Czech Republic Prag
Pravdinsk  Russia Friedland
 Prešov  Slovakia Preschau, Eperies
Primorsk  Russia Fischhausen
 Prudnik  Poland Neustadt in Oberschlesien
 Przemyśl  Poland Premissel
 Pskov  Russia Pleskau
 Pula  Croatia Pulei
 Puławy  Poland Pullno
Qingdao  China Tsingtau
Rabaul  Papua New Guinea Simpsonhafen
 Racibórz  Poland Ratibor
Reșița  Romania Reschitz
Rēzekne  Latvia Rositten
 Rijeka  Croatia Pflaum
Roman  Romania Romesmark, Romanvarasch
 Šabac  Serbia Schabatz, Sabatsch
 Sandomierz  Poland Sandomir
 Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajewo
Shamkir  Azerbaijan Annenfeld
 Šiauliai  Lithuania Schaulen
Sibiu  Romania Hermannstadt
 Sieradz  Poland Schieratz
Slavsk  Russia Heinrichswalde
 Słupsk  Poland Stolp
 Sopron  Hungary Ödenburg
 Sosnowiec  Poland Sosnowitz
Sovetsk  Russia Tilsit
 Strasbourg  France Straßburg
 Subotica  Serbia Maria-Theresiopel
Suceava  Romania Sutschen, Suczawa
Syracuse  Italy Syrakus
Svetlogorsk  Russia Rauschen
Svetly  Russia Zimmerbude
 Szczecin  Poland Stettin
Szeged  Hungary Segedin
Székesfehérvár  Hungary Stuhlweissenburg
 Szolnok  Hungary Sollnock, Zolnock
Szombathely  Hungary Steinamanger
 Tallinn  Estonia Reval
Taranto  Italy Tarent
Tarnów  Poland Tarnau
 Tartu  Estonia Dorpat
Tauragė  Lithuania Tauroggen
Telšiai  Lithuania Telsche, Telschi
Timișoara  Romania Temeswar
 Toruń  Poland Thorn
 Tournai  Belgium Dornick
Trakai  Lithuania Traken
 Trento  Italy Trient
 Trieste  Italy Triest
Trnava  Slovakia Tyrnau
Turnu Severin  Romania Turm Severin
 Udine  Italy Weiden
Ukmergė  Lithuania Wilkomir
Utena  Lithuania Utenen
 Uzhhorod  Ukraine Ungwar
Ústí nad Labem  Czech Republic Aussig
 Valmiera  Latvia Wolmar
Venice  Italy Venedig
Ventspils  Latvia Windau
Verdun  France Wirten
 Verona  Italy Bern
Vicenza  Italy Wiesenthein
 Vilnius  Lithuania Wilna
 Wałbrzych  Poland Waldenburg
 Warsaw  Poland Warschau
Windhoek  Namibia Windhuk
 Wrocław  Poland Breslau
Yantarny  Russia Palmnicken
Yaoundé  Cameroon Jaunde
 Ypres  Belgium Ypern
 Zabrze  Poland Hindenburg
 Zagreb  Croatia Agram
 Zaragoza  Spain Saragossa
Zelenogradsk  Russia Cranz
 Zheleznodorozhny  Russia Gerdauen
 Zielona Góra  Poland Grünberg
 Žilina  Slovakia Sillein
 Zlín  Czech Republic Zlin
 Znojmo  Czech Republic Znaim

References

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  1. ^ "Der Nordschleswiger – Lokales aus Apenrade". www.nordschleswiger.dk. Archived from the original on 2014-06-10.
  2. ^ Neuestes Gemälde von Schweden, Norwegen und Dänemark, Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur, Pg 405 (Google Books)
  3. ^ https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/d%C3%A4nemark-aarhaus/494663.html [dead link]
  4. ^ "Bistritz".
  5. ^ Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin Mueller, 1961
  6. ^ "Dänemarks Hauptstadt Kopenhagen".