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Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia
Minden is a town of about 84,000 in northeastern North Rhine-Westphalia, seat of Kreis Minden-Lübbecke. First recorded as Minda in 798, a former Hanseatic episcopal town known for the Mittelland Canal's Wasserstraßenkreuz over the Weser and the 1759 Battle of Minden.
Moers
Moers, city in Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, west of Duisburg on the Lower Rhine; chartered 1300, seat of the Counts of Moers, Prussian from 1702, coal-mining city from 1904, about 101,000-106,000 inhabitants, landmark Moers Castle and Das Geleucht.
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach, formerly München-Gladbach and Gladbach-Rheydt, is a kreisfreie city in North Rhine-Westphalia near Düsseldorf, founded around the 974 abbey of St. Vitus, with about 277,000 residents, 44 Stadtteile, and a textile-industry heritage.
Mülheim-Kärlich
Mülheim-Kärlich, a town in Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, on the Rhine's Neuwied Basin, known for its restored Roman villa rustica (found 1983 in Depot), a 10-kiln Roman pottery center at Am Guten Mann, and prehistoric finds from the Kärlich clay pit.
Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
Mülheim an der Ruhr, kreisfreie Stadt in NRW's Ruhr region, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf; 91.28 km², about 173,700 residents, 19% foreign nationals; former Ruhr shipping and coal center, mine-free since 1966.
Münster
Münster, Westphalia, Germany: cathedral city founded 793 by Liudger, site of the Anabaptist kingdom (1534/35) and the 1648 Peace of Westphalia; today a university and cycling city of about 320,700 residents.
Neuss
Neuss, Germany: Rhine-side city in North Rhine-Westphalia opposite Düsseldorf, Roman Novaesium (from 16 BC), 161,224 residents (2026), county seat of Rhein-Kreis Neuss, third-largest inland port.
Newel-Butzweiler
Butzweiler is a village in the municipality of Newel, Trier-Saarburg, Germany, known for the Roman Pützlöcher quarry and copper mine, a reconstructed Langmauer section, and the Römerpfad hiking trail.
Offenbach (city)
Offenbach am Main is an independent city in Hesse, Germany, first documented in 977. It developed from a major leather goods center to a modern design-oriented city.
Paderborn
Paderborn, a city of 157,317 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, first recorded in 777. Known for its 1,200-year cathedral history, Germany's densest IT cluster in NRW, and the Pader springs feeding Germany's shortest river.
Pelm
Pelm is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Kyll river near Gerolstein, known for the Gallo-Roman Juddekirchhof temple sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Caiva in AD 124, plus the Kasselburg castle and a Roman villa rustica.
Ratingen
Ratingen, town in Kreis Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia, northeast of Düsseldorf; chartered 1276 by Count Adolf von Berg, site of the 1783/84 Cromford mill, first mechanical cotton spinning factory on the European continent; about 89,000 residents.
Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen, a city of about 120,000 in North Rhine-Westphalia at the Münsterland-Ruhr border, seat of Kreis Recklinghausen; first mentioned 1017, town since 1236, home of the Ruhrfestspiele since 1947.
Remscheid
Remscheid, German city in North Rhine-Westphalia's Bergisches Land, about 40 km from Düsseldorf; smallest independent city in NRW with ~110,000 residents. Industrial toolmaking center, birthplace of Röntgen and the Mannesmann brothers, first mentioned 1132, city since 1808.
Rheinberg
Rheinberg, a town in Kreis Wesel on the left Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; former Electorate of Cologne toll and fortress town, first documented 1003, town rights 1232, Altes Rathaus 1449, Fossa Eugeniana endpoint.
Rüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim am Main, a Hessian town between Frankfurt and Mainz, site of the 1399 Katzenelnbogen fortress, the 1435 first Riesling record, and Adam Opel's 1862 factory that made it a carmaking center.
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (French Sarrebruck) is the capital of the German state of Saarland, the only German large city on the French border. About 187,000 residents, founded as a city in 1909 by merger; documented castle sarabruca in 999.
Siegen
Siegen is a university city of about 102,000 people in southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, shaped by 2,500 years of iron mining and now the University of Siegen's home.
Siesbach
Siesbach is a Hunsrück village in Birkenfeld county, Rhineland-Palatinate, first recorded in 1284. It is known for the Gallo-Roman burial mound "Kipp" (167–175 AD) and the early Celtic princely grave "Ameis".
Solingen
Solingen, the Klingenstadt (City of Blades), is a kreisfreie city in North Rhine-Westphalia near Wuppertal and Remscheid, with about 164,600 residents, town rights from 1374, and Germany's historic center of cutlery and blade manufacturing.
Speyer
Speyer (Spira), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: kreisfreie city of ~51,000 on the Rhine with Speyer Cathedral, the imperial Salian mausoleum, the ShUM Judenhof Jewish heritage site (UNESCO 2021), and the Technik Museum.
Trier
Trier (Augusta Treverorum) is a Moselle city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany's oldest city, founded 16/17 BC, a late Roman imperial capital, and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986 with the Porta Nigra, Cathedral, and Church of Our Lady.
Velbert
Velbert, the "City of Locks" in the Mettmann district, North Rhine-Westphalia, lies between Düsseldorf, Essen, and Wuppertal. First recorded 875; lock and fittings industry since about 1700; three districts, Velbert-Mitte, Langenberg, and Neviges, merged in 1975; about 82,000-85,000 residents.
Wachtberg-Berkum
Wachtberg-Berkum (Berkum), district and administrative seat of Wachtberg in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Germany; documented by 856, with Roman quarries on the 263 m Hohenberg whose trachyte built Cologne Cathedral.
Wesel-Büderich
Wesel-Büderich is a district of Wesel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the left bank of the Rhine, rebuilt after Napoleon ordered the old town of Büderich demolished in 1813.
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden, the Hessian state capital on the Rhine opposite Mainz, grew from the Roman thermal spa Aquae Mattiacorum into a 19th-century world spa city; today around 284,600 inhabitants, ICE rail link, KLIMA_PLAN climate-neutrality program, and World Design Capital 2026.
Wiesbaden-Biebrich
Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Biebrich am Rhein) is Wiesbaden's most populous district, about 37,000 residents. First recorded 874 as villa Biburg; Nassau residence from 1744; industrial town from 1882; incorporated into Wiesbaden 1926.
Wiesbaden-Rentmauer
Wiesbaden-Rentmauer: a Wiesbaden forest district and locality where Roman building remains were found in 1899 and published by Emil Ritterling (1905); also the name of a disputed Celtic or early medieval rampart near Rod an der Weil.
Witten
Witten is a city in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the southern Ruhr Metropolis. First recorded in 1214, it became a metal-industry center and hosts Germany's first private university, Witten/Herdecke.
Wittlich
Wittlich (villa witelira) is a town in Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Lieser. It is distinguished by a 140 m Roman villa built 150-200 AD, destroyed around 350, and by its 1300 town charter from the Trier archbishops.