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Metropolitan regions in Germany

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There are eleven metropolitan regions in Germany[http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder.html Mitglieder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201339/http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder.html |date=2016-03-04 }} Retrieved 12 June 2009. 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,{{Cite web|title=The European Metropolises and Their Regions: From Economic Landscapes to Metropolitan Networks|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236233305|website=2020|access-date=June 19, 2020}} 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.Prof. Dr. Iris Reuther (FG Stadt- und Regionalplanung, Universität Kassel): Presentation "Regiopole Rostock". 11 December 2008, retrieved 13 June 2009 (PDF).

Metropolitan regions

File:Ballonfahrt_über_Köln_-_Deutzer_Hafen,_Rhein,_Rheinauhafen,_Altstadt-RS-4106.jpg, Germany's most populous metropolitan region: Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, and Cologne]]

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Sorted alphabetically:

  1. Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region
  2. Central German Metropolitan Region
  3. Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region
  4. Hamburg Metropolitan Region
  5. Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
  6. Munich Metropolitan Region
  7. Northwest 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,{{cite web| title="Metropolräume und ländliche Räume – eine Solidargemeinschaft?"| url=http://cdl.niedersachsen.de/blob/images/C18102984_L20.pdf |author=Hans Heinrich Blotevogel |language=de |access-date=14 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602092219/http://cdl.niedersachsen.de/blob/images/C18102984_L20.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}[http://business.metropoleruhr.de/uploads/media/Investmentmarktreport_2006_Dr._Radetzki_Consult_GmbH_03.pdf Dr. Radetzki Consult GmbH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719061229/http://business.metropoleruhr.de/uploads/media/Investmentmarktreport_2006_Dr._Radetzki_Consult_GmbH_03.pdf |date=2011-07-19 }} (PDF) Retrieved 14 February 2011. are frequently compared with other European metropolitan regions (EMR) in terms of investment and market development.{{cite news|url=http://www.cushwake.com/cwglobal/jsp/newsDetail.jsp?Country=DE&Language=EN&repId=c19400008p&output=null&id=null&empty=null&size=null&index=null&count=null&headlineText=null&extraParams=null&pageType=null&lhsImgAltKey=null&lhsImg=null |title=C&W European Cities Monitor 2008: London, Paris and Frankfurt the best business locations in Europe |access-date=14 February 2011 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213634/http://www.cushwake.com/cwglobal/jsp/newsDetail.jsp?Country=DE&Language=EN&repId=c19400008p&output=null&id=null&empty=null&size=null&index=null&count=null&headlineText=null&extraParams=null&pageType=null&lhsImgAltKey=null&lhsImg=null |url-status=dead }} 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 and Munich as "α" (alpha) global cities, whereas the others are classified as "β" (beta) global cities.[https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020.html The World According to GaWC 2020] Retrieved 11 April 2020.

Each of them forms types of clusters and achieves varying levels of performance in areas, including business activity, human capital, information and technology exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatermunicharea.de/media.pdf?command=getMedia&id=1056|title=Positionierung Europäischer Metropolregionen in Deutschland, Metropolfunktionen in Metropolregionen|publisher=Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung|year=2009|page=3|access-date=14 February 2011|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406175657/http://www.greatermunicharea.de/media.pdf?command=getMedia&id=1056|url-status=dead}}

List

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! rank
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 !! data-sort-type="number" | population as by EMR[http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/fileadmin/ikm/IKM-Veroeffentlichungen/IKM-Monitoring2008_lite.pdf Regionales Monitoring 2008 - Daten und Karten zu den Europäischen Metropolregionen (EMR) in Deutschland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016173443/http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/fileadmin/ikm/IKM-Veroeffentlichungen/IKM-Monitoring2008_lite.pdf |date=2011-10-16 }} (PDF) Retrieved 22 June 2009. (2006) !! data-sort-type="number" | population as by ESPON{{cite web|url=http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/projects/261/420/file_2420/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf|title=ESPON project 1.4.3: Study on Urban Functions: Final Report|access-date=22 June 2009}} {{Dead link|date=March 2015}} (2007) !! data-sort-type="number" | GDP per capita in €{{Cite web |url=http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/fileadmin/ikm/IKM-Veroeffentlichungen/IKM-Monitoring2008_lite.pdf |title=Regionales Monitoring 2008 - Daten und Karten zu den Europäischen Metropolregionen (EMR) in Deutschland |access-date=2009-06-22 |archive-date=2011-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016173443/http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/fileadmin/ikm/IKM-Veroeffentlichungen/IKM-Monitoring2008_lite.pdf |url-status=dead }} (2006) !! data-sort-type="number" | GMP in billion € (2006) !! data-sort-type="number" | HQs of MNC (FG500[https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/countries/Germany.html Global 500] CNNMoney Retrieved 22 June 2009.) !! data-sort-type="number" | annual passenger traffic 15px (2008)

align="center" rowspan="4" | 1style="text-align:left"| Rhine-Ruhr EMRstyle="text-align:left" width="160px" | K, DO, D, E, DUstyle="text-align:left" rowspan="4" | NW{{Good|11.47 million}}{{Good|12.19 million}}29,486{{Good|338.21}}{{Good|13}}30.80 million
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Ruhrstyle="text-align:left"| DO, E, DU, BO{{yes|5.26 million}}{{yes|5.38 million}}25,266132.9042.30 million (DTM)
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Düsseldorfstyle="text-align:left"| D, W, MG3.12 million3.07 million34,658108.13518.15 million (DUS)
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Cologne/Bonnstyle="text-align:left"| K, BN3.09 million3.07 million31,44897.18410.35 million (CGN)
2style="text-align:left"| Frankfurt/Rhine-Main EMRstyle="text-align:left"| F, WI, MZ, DA, OF, HUstyle="text-align:left"| HE, RP, BY6.0million4.15 million35,000{{yes|193.20}}4{{yes|57.44 million (FRA, HHN)}}
3style="text-align:left"| Berlin/Brandenburg EMRstyle="text-align:left"| B, P, CBstyle="text-align:left"| BE, BR5.95 million4.02 million21,981130.78121.40 million (TXL, SXF)
align="center" rowspan="2" | 4style="text-align:left"| Stuttgart EMRstyle="text-align:left"| S, RT, ES, HNstyle="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | BW5.29 million{{n/a}}31,909168.803[http://fortune.com/global500] Retrieved 03 November 2015: Daimler, Bosch, LBBW9.93 million
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Stuttgartstyle="text-align:left"| S, ES2.67 million2.67 million35,492align=center style="text-indent:20px" | 94.76{{yes|3}}9.93 million[http://www.flughafen-stuttgart.de/sys/index.php?section_id=7&id=3 Wichtige Kennziffern der Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714144136/http://www.flughafen-stuttgart.de/sys/index.php?section_id=7&id=3 |date=2009-07-14 }} Retrieved 22 June 2009. (STR)
align="center" rowspan="2" | 5style="text-align:left"| Munich EMRstyle="text-align:left"| M, A, IN, LA, ROstyle="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | BY5.20 million3.27 million{{Good|39,155}}203.61734.73 million
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Munich{{cite web |url=http://www.region-muenchen.com/ |title= |website=www.region-muenchen.com |access-date=25 June 2009}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}style="text-align:left"| M, FS2.59 million{{cite web|url=http://www.pv-muenchen.de/leistung/veroeff/daten/REG_2007.pdf |title=Region München 2006 Regionaler Planungsverband München |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719073611/http://www.pv-muenchen.de/leistung/veroeff/daten/REG_2007.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}2.67 million{{yes|47,943}}124.35734.73 million (MUC)
align="center" rowspan="3" | 6style="text-align:left"| Central German EMRstyle="text-align:left"| L, DD, C, HAL, EFstyle="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | SN, ST, TH4.36 million{{n/a}}21,48293.6604.88 million
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Leipzig/Hallestyle="text-align:left"| L, HAL1.50 million1.21 millionno datano data02.46 million (LEJ)
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Dresdenstyle="text-align:left"| DD, PIR0.70 million{{cite web|url=http://www.dresden.de/de/02/06/09/Stadt-Umland-Region.php |title=Bevölkerungsbilanz in der Stadt-Umland-Region |access-date=22 June 2009 |archive-date=9 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209001205/http://www.dresden.de/de/02/06/09/Stadt-Umland-Region.php |url-status=dead }}align=center style="text-indent:20px" | 0.88 millionno datano data01.86 million (DRS)
7style="text-align:left"| Hamburg EMRstyle="text-align:left"| HH, HLstyle="text-align:left"| HH, SH, NI4.27 million2.98 million33,210141.81212.84 million (HAM)
align="center" rowspan="3" | 8style="text-align:left"| Hanover-Braunschweig-
Göttingen-Wolfsburg EMR		style="text-align:left"| H, BS, GÖ, WOB, SZ, HIstyle="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | NI3.91 million{{n/a}}27,251106.5535.74 million
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Braunschweig/Wolfsburgstyle="text-align:left"| BS, WOB, SZ1.00 million{{cite web|url=http://www.zgb.de/barrierefrei/content/ueberuns/verbandsgebiet.shtml |title=Das Tätigkeitsgebiet: Die Region Braunschweig |access-date=22 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602172508/http://www.zgb.de/barrierefrei/content/ueberuns/verbandsgebiet.shtml |archive-date=2 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}align=center style="text-indent:20px" | 1.00 millionno datano data10.10 million (BWE)
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Hanoverstyle="text-align:left"| H1.12 million*1.00 millionno datano data25.64 millionhttp://www.hannover-airport.de/189.html Retrieved 22 June 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030064837/http://www.hannover-airport.de/189.html |date=October 30, 2007 }} (HAJ)
align="center" rowspan="2" | 9style="text-align:left" | Nuremberg EMRstyle="text-align:left"| N, FÜ, ER, BT, BAstyle="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | BY3.51 million{{n/a}}29,955105.1404.27 million
align=left style="text-indent:20px" | Nuremberg/Furth/Erlangenstyle="text-align:left"| N, FÜ, ER1.29 millionalign=center style="text-indent:20px" | 1.58 millionno datano data04.27 million{{cite web|url=http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/company/companyinformation/factsfigures/index.html |title=Airport Nurnberg |access-date=22 June 2009 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612210759/http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/company/companyinformation/factsfigures/index.html |url-status=dead }} (NUE)
10style="text-align:left"| Bremen/Oldenburg EMRstyle="text-align:left"| HB, OL, HBx, DEL, WHVstyle="text-align:left"| HB, NI2.37 million1.08 million27,04664.1002.49 million (BRE)
11style="text-align:left"| Rhine-Neckar EMRstyle="text-align:left"| MA, LU, HD, WOstyle="text-align:left"| BW, RP, HE2.36 million2.93 million29,89170.5410
style="text-align:left"| metropolitan regions in Germany57.74 million29,4121,698.2334168.75 million
style="text-align:left"| Germany80.22 million28,2122,322.2037191.02 million[http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2008/Statistik_Dezember_2008.pdf ADV Monatsstatistik / ADV Monthly Traffic Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306085644/http://adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2008/Statistik_Dezember_2008.pdf |date=2009-03-06 }} (PDF) Retrieved 22 June 2009.

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See also

References

External links

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