This is a list of municipalities in Germany which have standing links to local communities in other countries, or in other parts of Germany (mostly across the former inner German border), known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Arlington County, United States
Cape Town, South Africa
Halifax, England, United Kingdom
Kostroma, Russia
Montebourg, France
Naumburg, Germany
Ningbo, China Reims, France
Sarıyer, Turkey
Toledo, Spain Antakya, Turkey
Cervia, Italy Christchurch, England, United Kingdom Saint-Lô, France
Tatabánya, Hungary Argentré-du-Plessis, France
Haaksbergen, Netherlands
Differdange, Luxembourg Penzberg, Germany Teltow, Germany Tempelhof-Schöneberg (Berlin), Germany Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Feldkirchen in Kärnten, Austria Ludwigslust, Germany
Viljandi, Estonia Brixlegg, Austria Gödöllő, Hungary Schifferstadt, Germany Chambéry, France Brunssum, Netherlands Hennigsdorf, Germany Saint-Brieuc, France Bad Bergzabern, Germany
Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland Desenzano del Garda, Italy Périgueux, France
Trikala, Greece
Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
Dimona, Israel
Ekeren (Antwerp), Belgium Farnham, England, United Kingdom Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France Stockerau, Austria Zella-Mehlis, Germany Chomutov, Czech Republic Paide, Estonia Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany
Mark, Sweden Rapid City, United States San Miniato, Italy Seclin, France
Alba Iulia, Romania Bexley, England, United Kingdom Caltagirone, Italy Deventer, Netherlands Olesno, Poland Le Bouscat, France Dubí, Czech Republic Gurk, Austria Kassel, Germany Miskolc, Hungary
Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Kerava, Finland Peine, Germany
Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia Rawicz, Poland Appingedam, Netherlands Annonay, France Bácsalmás, Hungary Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom Bad Salzungen, Germany L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France Šumperk, Czech Republic Cabourg, France
Chur, Switzerland
Dubrovnik, Croatia Exeter, England, United Kingdom Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic Mayrhofen, Austria Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg Petergof, Russia Terracina, Italy Berck, France Cadenabbia (Griante), Italy Ludvika, Sweden Wittichenau, Germany Eisenstadt, Austria Massa, Italy Vernon, FranceBad Kötzting is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[31]
Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bellagio, Italy
Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France
Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary
Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Preveza, Greece
Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia
Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
Sigulda, Latvia Siret, Romania
Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic
Tryavna, Bulgaria Türi, Estonia Zvolen, Slovakia Bourg-en-Bresse, France Neuruppin, Germany Oostkamp, Belgium Bad Nauheim, Germany Bad Langensalza, Germany Buxton, England, United Kingdom Chaumont, France Oostkamp, Belgium Brasschaat, Belgium Fismes, France Inowrocław, Poland Be'er Ya'akov, Israel
Jifna, Palestine Kołobrzeg, Poland Olivet, France Contrexéville, France
Llandrindod Wells, Wales, United Kingdom Bridlington, England, United Kingdom Luckenwalde, Germany Millau, France Bad Hersfeld, Germany Ishøj, Denmark Mezőkövesd, Hungary Strakonice, Czech Republic Kiryat Motzkin, Israel Riihimäki, Finland Teterow, Germany Võru, Estonia Złocieniec, Poland Franklin, United States Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic Kitzbühel, Austria Rueil-Malmaison, France
Yōrō, Japan Brotterode-Trusetal, Germany Glossop, England, United Kingdom Moulins, France Centerville, United States Gołuchów, Poland Izegem, Belgium Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Menton, France Moncalieri, Italy Sochi, Russia
Yalta, Ukraine Montesson, France Royan, France Bedford, England, United Kingdom Esztergom, Hungary Feldkirchen in Kärnten, Austria Prague 1 (Prague), Czech Republic Rodez, France Villach, Austria Brzeg Dolny, Poland Kovel, Ukraine Mont-Saint-Aignan, France Wurzen, Germany San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain Sangerhausen, Germany Vire-Normandie, France Vrchlabí, Czech Republic Dreux, France Heidelberg, Germany Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic Jelenia Góra, Poland Worms, Germany Annecy, France Prague 6 (Prague), Czech Republic Rudolstadt, Germany La Spezia, Italy Tekirdağ, Turkey La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France Grodków, Poland Heringsdorf, Germany Beit Jala, Palestine Bourgoin-Jallieu, France Ganei Tikva, Israel Joinville-le-Pont, France Limassol, Cyprus Luton, England, United Kingdom Marijampolė, Lithuania Pszczyna, Poland Runnymede, England, United Kingdom Velsen, Netherlands Gennevilliers, France Hettstedt, Germany Silifke, Turkey Wieliczka, Poland Beijing, China Brussels, Belgium Budapest, Hungary
Buenos Aires, Argentina Istanbul, Turkey
Jakarta, Indonesia London, England, United Kingdom Los Angeles, United States Madrid, Spain
Mexico City, Mexico Moscow, Russia Prague, Czech Republic
Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tokyo, Japan Warsaw, Poland
Windhoek, NamibiaBerlin – Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf[59]
Apeldoorn, Netherlands Bad Iburg, Germany Belváros-Lipótváros (Budapest), Hungary Forchheim (district), Germany Gagny, France Gladsaxe, Denmark Karmiel, Israel Kulmbach (district), Germany Lewisham, England, United Kingdom Linz, Austria Mannheim, Germany Marburg-Biedenkopf (district), Germany Międzyrzecz, Poland Minden, Germany Or Yehuda, Israel Pechersk (Kyiv), Ukraine Rheingau-Taunus (district), Germany Split, Croatia Sutton, England, United Kingdom Trento, Italy Waldeck-Frankenberg (district), GermanyBerlin – Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg[60]
Al-Malikiyah, Syria Bergstraße (district), Germany Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany Kadıköy, Turkey Kiryat Yam, Israel Limburg-Weilburg (district), Germany Porta Westfalica, Germany
San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua Szczecin, Poland Wiesbaden, Germany Białołęka (Warsaw), Poland Hajnówka County, Poland
Hoàn Kiếm (Hanoi), Vietnam Jurbarkas, Lithuania Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
KaMubukwana (Maputo), Mozambique Margareten (Vienna), AustriaBerlin – Marzahn-Hellersdorf[62]
Budapest XV (Budapest), Hungary Halton, England, United Kingdom Hoàng Mai (Hanoi), Vietnam
Kastrychnitski (Minsk), Belarus Lauingen, Germany Tychy, Poland Beyoğlu, Turkey Bottrop, Germany Central AO (Moscow), Russia Chaoyang (Beijing), China
Frogn, Norway Higashiōsaka, Japan Holon, Israel Kassel, Germany Petrogradsky (Saint Petersburg), Russia Schwalm-Eder (district), Germany Shinjuku (Tokyo), Japan Tourcoing, France Tsuwano, Japan Anderlecht, Belgium Bat Yam, Israel Boulogne-Billancourt, France Çiğli, Turkey Cologne, Germany Hammersmith and Fulham, England, United Kingdom Leonberg, Germany Marino, Italy Pavlovsk, Russia Prague 5 (Prague), Czech Republic Pushkin, Russia Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic Wetzlar, Germany Zaanstad, Netherlands Antony, France Bad Steben, Germany Blomberg, Germany Greenwich, England, United Kingdom Kiryat Ata, Israel Melle, Germany Vogelsberg (district), Germany Ashdod, Israel Asnières-sur-Seine, France İznik, Turkey Luton, England, United Kingdom Nauen, Germany Siegen, Germany Siegen-Wittgenstein (district), GermanyBerlin – Steglitz-Zehlendorf[68]
Brøndby, Denmark Cassino, Italy Hagen, Germany Industrialnyi (Kharkiv), Ukraine Kazimierz Dolny, Poland Kiryat Bialik, Israel Königs Wusterhausen, Germany Lüchow-Dannenberg (district), Germany Nałęczów, Poland Nentershausen, Germany Poniatowa, Poland Rendsburg-Eckernförde (district), Germany Ronneby, Sweden Sderot, Israel Sochos, Greece
Songpa (Seoul), South Korea Szilvásvárad, Hungary Westerwald (district), Germany Zugló (Budapest), HungaryBerlin – Tempelhof-Schöneberg[69]
Ahlen, Germany Amstelveen, Netherlands Bad Kreuznach (district), Germany Barnet, England, United Kingdom Charenton-le-Pont, France Koszalin, Poland Levallois-Perret, France Mezitli, Turkey Nahariya, Israel Paderborn (district), Germany Penzberg, Germany Teltow-Fläming (district), Germany Werra-Meißner (district), Germany Wuppertal, Germany Albinea, Italy
Cajamarca, Peru Cologne, Germany East Norriton Township, United States Izola, Slovenia Mokotów (Warsaw), Poland Mürzzuschlag, Austria Odernheim, Germany Tepebaşı, Turkey Veszprém County, Hungary Champigny-sur-Marne, France Meckenheim, Germany Skwierzyna, Poland Anderson, United States Chomutov, Czech Republic Fourmies, France Rheine, Germany Tarnowskie Góry, Poland Concarneau, France Estelí, Nicaragua Nahariya, Israel Rochdale, England, United Kingdom Rzeszów, Poland Veliky Novgorod, Russia Kusatsu, Japan Overland Park, United States Sucy-en-Brie, France Surrey Heath, England, United Kingdom Szekszárd, Hungary Anamur, Turkey Hitchin, England, United Kingdom Kutná Hora, Czech Republic Nuits-Saint-Georges, France
Prizren, Kosovo Venarey-les-Laumes, France Dzerzhinsk, Russia Kamienna Góra, Poland Marl, Germany Vierzon, France Villefontaine, France Witten, Germany Castellabate, Italy Le Creusot, France Alba, Italy Bergama, Turkey Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom Krems an der Donau, Austria Pontoise, France Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands Sömmerda, Germany Aurillac, France Bocholt, Belgium Rossendale, England, United Kingdom Donetsk, Ukraine Nordhausen, Germany Oviedo, Spain Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Tsukuba, Japan Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Cape Coast, Ghana Chengdu, China Minsk, Belarus
La Paz, Bolivia Potsdam, Germany Tel Aviv, Israel
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Frascati, Italy Kortrijk, Belgium Saint-Cloud, France Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom Mirecourt, France Budafok-Tétény (Budapest), Hungary Oxford, England, United Kingdom Villemomble, France Albertslund, Denmark Bolków, Poland Grabow, Germany Mölndal, Sweden Říčany, Czech Republic Whitstable, England, United Kingdom Ballerup, Denmark Ivry-sur-Seine, France Kaiserslautern, Germany Magnitogorsk, Russia Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France Frederikshavn, Denmark Kaliningrad, Russia North East Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom Pori, Finland Szczecin, Poland Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal Hemer, Germany Hidas, Hungary Longjumeau, France Nemesnádudvar, Hungary Neuflize, France Pontypool, Wales, United Kingdom Valserhône, France Wittenberg, Germany Buckow, Germany Hesdin, France Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Thurso, Scotland, United Kingdom Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom Gornja Radgona, Slovenia Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France Sainte-Menehould, France Volterra, Italy Chalcis, Greece Kaş, Turkey Kunice, Poland Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom Sceaux, France Weißwasser, GermanyBuchholz in der Nordheide[101]
Călărași District, Moldova Mattsee, Austria Mommenheim, France Schkeuditz, Germany Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain Villefranche-sur-Saône, France Charenton-le-Pont, France Ignalina, Lithuania Kortemark, Belgium Mittersill, Austria Afantou, Greece Gummersbach, Germany La Roche-sur-Yon, France Tira, Israel Collecchio, Italy Eilenburg, Germany Saint-Cyr-l'École, France Blagnac, France Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany Celle Ligure, Italy Hämeenlinna, Finland Holbæk, Denmark Kwidzyn, Poland Meudon, France Mazkeret Batya, Israel Sumy, Ukraine Tavistock, England, United Kingdom Tulsa, United States Tyumen, Russia Akron, United States Arras, France Düsseldorf, Germany Ljubljana, Slovenia Łódź, Poland Manchester, England, United Kingdom Mulhouse, France Taiyuan, China Tampere, Finland
Timbuktu, Mali Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic Volgograd, Russia Bernay, France
Cobourg, Canada Gais, Italy Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom Niort, France Oudenaarde, Belgium Toledo, United States Barcelona, Spain Beijing, China Bethlehem, Palestine Cluj-Napoca, Romania Corinto, Nicaragua Cork, Ireland Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Indianapolis, United States Istanbul, Turkey Katowice, Poland Kyoto, Japan Liège, Belgium Lille, France Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Neukölln (Berlin), Germany El Realejo, Nicaragua
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel Aviv, Israel Thessaloniki, Greece Treptow-Köpenick (Berlin), Germany
Tunis, Tunisia Turin, Italy Turku, Finland Volgograd, Russia Lovosice, Czech Republic Ravensburg, Germany Gelsenkirchen, Germany Grosseto, Italy Košice, Slovakia Lipetsk, Russia Montreuil, France Nuneaton and Bedworth, England, United Kingdom Saarbrücken, Germany Targovishte, Bulgaria Zielona Góra, Poland Biłgoraj, Poland Jurbarkas, Lithuania Pamiers, France Worthington, United States Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Czech Republic Wiehl, Germany Binz, Germany
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Penzance, England, United Kingdom Sassnitz, Germany Vannes, France Fondi, Italy Klagenfurt, Austria Alkmaar, Netherlands Brescia, Italy Bursa, Turkey Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom Freiberg, Germany Graz, Austria Gstaad (Saanen), Switzerland Gyönk, Hungary Liepāja, Latvia Logroño, Spain Płock, Poland San Antonio, United States Szeged, Hungary Trondheim, Norway Troyes, France Uzhhorod, Ukraine Cannock Chase, England, United Kingdom Genthin, Germany Neusiedl am See, Austria Písek, Czech Republic Budakeszi, Hungary Quérénaing, France Zossen, Germany Friedrichshafen, Germany Monheim am Rhein, Germany Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland Allonnes, France Borisoglebsk, Russia Eberswalde, Germany Kolding, Denmark Lublin, Poland Argenteuil, France Gliwice, Poland Ibbenbüren, Germany Klagenfurt, Austria Ludwigshafen, Germany Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania Hasselt, Belgium Oraiokastro, Greece Saint-Omer, France Savonlinna, Finland Zeitz, Germany Aubergenville, France Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Reinsdorf, Germany Kastsyukovichy, Belarus Kunming, China Masaya, Nicaragua Neuhaus am Rennweg, Germany Oconomowoc, United States Rakovník, Czech Republic Vélizy-Villacoublay, France Gyula, Hungary Rillieux-la-Pape, France Givors, France Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany Unna, Germany Vyškov, Czech Republic Kaminoyama, Japan Saverne, France Vác, Hungary Kiryat Ono, Israel Saint-André-lez-Lille, France Toro, Spain
Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Crawley, England, United Kingdom Dormans, France Ernée, France Hainichen, Germany Hod HaSharon, Israel Rybnik, Poland Waslala, Nicaragua Joinville, France Lansingerland, Netherlands Oisterwijk, Netherlands La Porte-du-Der, France Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Brazzaville, Congo Columbus, United States Coventry, England, United Kingdom Florence, Italy Hamburg, Germany Hangzhou, China Ostrava, Czech Republic Rotterdam, Netherlands Saint Petersburg, Russia Salzburg, Austria
Skopje, North Macedonia Strasbourg, France Wrocław, Poland Calais, France Fort Lauderdale, United States Gaziantep, Turkey
Lomé, Togo Perm, Russia Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
San Pedro Sula, Honduras Vilnius, Lithuania Wuhan, China Charleville-Mézières, France Altmünster, Austria Cormeilles, France
Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jinhua, China Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey Stryi, Ukraine Valenciennes, France Delmenhorst, Germany Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland Herlev, Denmark Bützow, Germany Hässleholm, Sweden
Tanga, Tanzania Esztergom, Hungary Artern, Germany Keene, United States Paczków, Poland Thiais, France Wieselburg, Austria Marburg, Germany Mogilev, Belarus Sárospatak, Hungary Sedan, France Skanderborg, Denmark Waverly, United States Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Drancy, France Głogów, Poland Saarlouis, Germany Raisio, Finland Stargard, Poland Tarascon, France Wittenberge, Germany Arkhangelsk, Russia Haugesund, Norway Newark-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom Sandomierz, Poland Six-Fours-les-Plages, France King's Lynn, England, United Kingdom Šilutė, Lithuania Vilvoorde, Belgium Bastia, France Jelenia Góra, Poland Viry-Châtillon, France Wokingham, England, United Kingdom Bad Windsheim, Germany Saint-James, France West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Beşiktaş, Turkey Bolzano, Italy Eskilstuna, Sweden Jena, Germany Rennes, France Riverside, United States San Carlos, Nicaragua Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom Umhausen, Austria Vladimir, Russia Reigate and Banstead, England, United Kingdom Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany Wattrelos, France Angermünde, Germany Borås, Sweden Nagykőrös, Hungary Torgelow, Germany Changzhou, China Grenoble, France Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Sunderland, England, United Kingdom Tampere, Finland Tel Aviv, Israel Zabrze, Poland
Coimbatore, India Eger, Hungary Maladzyechna, Belarus Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom Norrköping, Sweden Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland Schiedam, Netherlands Sheboygan, United States Udine, Italy Velenje, Slovenia Vienne, France Basingstoke and Deane, England, United Kingdom Charleville-Mézières, France Guldborgsund, Denmark Lawrence, United States Putbus, Germany Erba, Italy Meissen, Germany Pécs, Hungary Tain-l'Hermitage, France Tournon-sur-Rhône, France Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France Oschatz, Germany Poltava, Ukraine Selby, England, United Kingdom La Souterraine, France Carlisle, England, United Kingdom Neubrandenburg, Germany Słupsk, Poland Colombes, France Rosolini, Italy Sopot, Poland Strausberg, Germany Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Budapest, Hungary Deuil-la-Barre, France
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Eskişehir, Turkey Granada, Nicaragua Guangzhou, China Kraków, Poland Leipzig, Germany Lyon, France Milan, Italy Philadelphia, United States Prague, Czech Republic Tel Aviv, Israel Toronto, Canada Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland Heilbronn, Germany Kadima-Zoran, Israel Nîmes, France Słubice, Poland Vantaa, Finland Vitebsk, Belarus Vratsa, Bulgaria Yuma, United States Kapfenberg, Austria Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany Darmstadt, Germany Delft, Netherlands Gentilly, France Ness Ziona, Israel Příbram, Czech Republic Wałbrzych, Poland Arpajon, France Innichen, Italy Maria Wörth, Austria Obervellach, Austria Škofja Loka, Slovenia Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria Courbevoie, France Männedorf, Switzerland Sandanski, Bulgaria Bressuire, France Chippenham, England, United Kingdom Friedberg, Austria La Crosse, United States Völs am Schlern, Italy Entroncamento, Portugal Magreglio, Italy Villiers-sur-Marne, France Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting, Austria Chesham, England, United Kingdom Houilles, France Arles, France Como, Italy Dokkum (Noardeast-Fryslân), Netherlands Litoměřice, Czech Republic Sergiyev Posad, Russia Wilmington, United States Almuñécar, Spain Cerveteri, Italy Livry-Gargan, France Wichita Falls, United States Zadar, Croatia Limoges, France Marmaris, Turkey Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom Xylokastro, Greece Montval-sur-Loir, France Pułtusk, Poland Bassetlaw, England, United Kingdom Farmers Branch, United States Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France Schönebeck, Germany Września, Poland Aspen, United States Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France Lahti, Finland Kuldīga, Latvia Midden-Groningen, Netherlands Plaisir, France Tozeur, Tunisia Bree, Belgium Fürstenberg, Germany Büyükçekmece, Turkey Cottbus, Germany Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom Olsztyn, Poland Shakhty, Russia Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Emmen, Netherlands Kłodzko (rural gmina), Poland Ramat HaSharon, Israel Arnhem, Netherlands Fort Wayne, United States Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina Kuopio Finland Pskov, Russia
