Metropolitan regions in Germany

There are eleven metropolitan regions in Germany[1] consisting of the country's most densely populated cities and their catchment areas. They represent Germany's political, commercial and cultural centres. The eleven metropolitan regions in Germany were organised into political units for planning purposes.

Based on a narrower definition of metropolises commonly used to determine the metropolitan status of a given city,[2] only four cities in Germany surpass the threshold of at least one million inhabitants within their administrative borders: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne.

For urban centres outside metropolitan areas that are a similar focal point for their region, but on a smaller scale, the concept of the Regiopolis and the related concepts of regiopolitan area or regio were introduced by urban and regional planning professors in 2006.[3]

Metropolitan regions

Sorted alphabetically:

  1. Berlin Metropolitan Region
  2. Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region
  3. Central German Metropolitan Region
  4. Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region
  5. Hamburg Metropolitan Region
  6. Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
  7. Munich Metropolitan Region
  8. Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
  9. Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
  10. Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region (also covers the Cologne Bonn Region)
  11. Stuttgart Metropolitan Region

Big five

The five most important regions, collectively often called the "Big Five",[4][5] are frequently compared with other European metropolitan regions (EMR) in terms of investment and market development.[6] They are (from north to south): Hamburg, Berlin, the polycentric Ruhr-Düsseldorf-Cologne region (collectively referred to as Rhine-Ruhr), Frankfurt and Munich. The Globalization and World Cities Study Group (GaWC) considers Frankfurt an "α" (alpha) global city, whereas the others are classified as "β" (beta) global cities.[7]

Each of them forms types of clusters and achieves varying levels of performance in areas such as business activity, human capital, information and technology exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement.[8]

  • Hamburg, for its importance in global logistics
  • Berlin, for its political and cultural importance
  • Rhine-Ruhr, for its logistics, technology and industry
  • Frankfurt/Rhine-Main, for its financial economy and human transport
  • Munich, for its business, science and technology community

List
rank
metropolitan region (EMR)
core cities
states
population as by EMR[9] (2006)population as by ESPON[10] (2007)GDP per capita in €[11] (2006)GMP in billion €[9] (2006)HQs of MNC (FG500[12])annual passenger traffic (2008)
1Rhine-Ruhr EMRK, DO, D, E, DUNW11.47 million12.19 million29,486338.211330.80 million
RuhrDO, E, DU, BO5.26 million5.38 million25,266132.9042.30 million (DTM)
DüsseldorfD, W, MG3.12 million3.07 million34,658108.13518.15 million (DUS)
Cologne/BonnK, BN3.09 million3.07 million31,44897.18410.35 million (CGN)
2Frankfurt/Rhine-Main EMRF, WI, MZ, DA, OF, HUHE, RP, BY6.0million4.15 million35,000193.20457.44 million (FRA, HHN)
3Berlin/Brandenburg EMRB, P, CBBE, BR5.95 million4.02 million21,981130.78121.40 million (TXL, SXF)
4Stuttgart EMRS, RT, ES, HNBW5.29 millionN/A31,909168.803[13]9.93 million
StuttgartS, ES2.67 million2.67 million35,49294.763[13]9.93 million[14] (STR)
5Munich EMRM, A, IN, LA, ROBY5.20 million3.27 million39,155203.61734.73 million
Munich[15]M, FS2.59 million[16]2.67 million47,943124.35[16]734.73 million (MUC)
6Central German EMRL, DD, C, HAL, EFSN, ST, TH4.36 millionN/A21,48293.6604.88 million
Leipzig/HalleL, HAL1.50 million1.21 millionno datano data02.46 million (LEJ)
DresdenDD, PIR0.70 million[17]0.88 millionno datano data01.86 million (DRS)
7Hamburg EMRHH, HLHH, SH, NI4.27 million2.98 million33,210141.81212.84 million (HAM)
8Hanover-Braunschweig-
Göttingen-Wolfsburg EMR		H, BS, GÖ, WOB, SZ, HINI3.91 millionN/A27,251106.5535.74 million
Braunschweig/WolfsburgBS, WOB, SZ1.00 million[18]1.00 millionno datano data10.10 million (BWE)
HanoverH1.12 million*1.00 millionno datano data25.64 million[19] (HAJ)
9Nuremberg EMRN, FÜ, ER, BT, BABY3.51 millionN/A29,955105.1404.27 million
Nuremberg/Furth/ErlangenN, FÜ, ER1.29 million1.58 millionno datano data04.27 million[20] (NUE)
10Bremen/Oldenburg EMRHB, OL, HBx, DEL, WHVHB, NI2.37 million1.08 million27,04664.1002.49 million (BRE)
11Rhine-Neckar EMRMA, LU, HD, WOBW, RP, HE2.36 million2.93 million29,89170.5410
metropolitan regions in Germany57.74 million29,4121,698.2334168.75 million
Germany80.22 million28,2122,322.2037191.02 million[21]

  highest score of all metropolitan regions
  highest score of all metropolitan areas

See also

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