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Cities in southern Germany

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Sinsheim

Sinsheim, also Sunnensheim, is a Große Kreisstadt of about 37,000 residents in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, first recorded 770/771, a town since 1192, home to the Technik Museum.

Starnberg

Starnberg is a Bavarian town at the northern end of Lake Starnberg, about 25 km southwest of Munich, first recorded in 1226, with about 23,940 residents (2023), a Wittelsbach summer palace history, and connections to Empress Sisi and King Ludwig II.

Stuttgart

Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg since 1952, is a German city of about 605,000 in the Neckar basin, a mobility-industry and financial center, home of Stuttgart 21 and Rosenstein, with a Climate Mobility Plan targeting 40% CO2 cuts by 2030.

Sulz

Sulz (Sulz am Neckar), Baden-Württemberg: Roman cohort fort built about 74 AD under Vespasian, garrisoned by about 500 auxiliaries, abandoned around 90 AD; its vicus, painted Römerkeller museum, and medieval salt town first documented in 790.

Tübingen

Tübingen, a university town on the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, south of Stuttgart; home of Eberhard Karls Universität (founded 1477), about 92,600 inhabitants, medieval old town, Hölderlinturm, and a 2030 climate-neutrality goal.

Tuttlingen

Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg district town on the Upper Danube; first recorded 797 as "tuttiliningas", Württemberg since 1376, site of the 1643 battle, Honberg fortress ruin, and a suspected Roman limes fort.

Ulm

Ulm, Baden-Württemberg city on the Danube opposite Neu-Ulm; 129,942 residents (2023), Ulmer Münster tower 161.53 m, Free Imperial City history, Science City with Universität Ulm, and ratiopharm, SETRA, Gardena.

Ulm Minster

Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster), Gothic Lutheran church in Ulm, Germany; begun 1377, finished 1890; 161.53 m tower was the world's tallest church tower until Sagrada Família surpassed it in 2025.

Unterkirchberg

Unterkirchberg: village in Illerkirchberg, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, first recorded 1148 as Chirchberg. Seat of the Counts of Kirchberg, St. Martin's church of Kloster Wiblingen, and site of the largest Roman auxiliary fort on the upper Danube Limes.

Waghäusel

Waghäusel, a Große Kreisstadt in Landkreis Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, formed 1975 from Kirrlach, Waghäusel, and Wiesental; known for the Eremitage palace, the Roman Wagbachkastell, and its 1837–1995 sugar factory.

Walldorf

Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg town in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis near Heidelberg; first mentioned 770, town rights 1901, birthplace of Johann Jakob Astor, and worldwide headquarters of SAP SE; distinct from Mörfelden-Walldorf and Walldürn.

Walldürn

Walldürn, a town in Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the UNESCO-listed Upper German-Raetian Limes; site of Kastell Walldürn (ORL 33), a mid-2nd-century Roman fort of about 160 men, a row-type Roman bath, and a 2.2 km Limes trail.

Welzheim

Welzheim, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, hosts a major Roman Limes site: the 4.3-hectare Westkastell (Ala I Scubulorum), the Ostkastell (Numerus Britonum), and Kleinkastell Rötelsee, founded around 160/165 AD, with a vicus lasting to about 254/260.

Westernbach

Westernbach is a village in Zweiflingen in the Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, home to a Roman fort on the Obergermanisch-Raetian Limes, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Würzburg

Würzburg, Bavarian district-free city on the river Main with 132,700 residents (2025), 13 districts, a bishopric since 742, the UNESCO-listed Baroque Würzburg Residence, and St. Kilian's Cathedral.

Zunsweier

Zunsweier, a district of Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg with about 3,000 residents, first recorded in 1136 under Kloster Schuttern; site of a Vespasianic Roman fort, bathhouse, and vicus on the Kinzigtal road.