A quick look at the 235 cities you can be asked to find on the map, before you play.
GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.
Regional cities: big enough to matter locally, small enough that most players outside the country have never heard of them. This is where guessing shifts from "I recognize the name" to "I recognize the region".
In Germany this set is spread across 15 different states, with Nordrhein-Westfalen home to the most of them (58).
Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.
Sorted by population, biggest first.
| Place | Population | state |
|---|---|---|
| Wandsbek | 411,422 | Hamburg |
| Bezirk Hamburg-Nord | 315,514 | Hamburg |
| Bezirk Hamburg-Mitte | 301,231 | Hamburg |
| Hamburg-Marienthal | 287,101 | Hamburg |
| Eimsbüttel | 269,118 | Hamburg |
| Altona | 250,192 | Hamburg |
| Mülheim (Ruhr) | 173,050 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Herne | 172,108 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Hamburg-Harburg | 169,221 | Hamburg |
| Neukölln | 164,636 | Berlin |
| Leverkusen | 162,738 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Kreuzberg | 153,135 | Berlin |
| Neuss | 152,457 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Prenzlauer Berg | 148,878 | Berlin |
| Fürth | 132,036 | Bayern |
| Charlottenburg | 129,359 | Berlin |
| Schöneberg | 122,658 | Berlin |
| Recklinghausen | 122,438 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Bottrop | 119,909 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Bergedorf | 119,665 | Hamburg |
| Offenbach am Main | 119,192 | Hessen |
| Friedrichshain | 117,829 | Berlin |
| Remscheid | 117,118 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Nippes | 113,487 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Köln-Porz | 113,415 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Marzahn | 111,508 | Berlin |
| Rodenkirchen | 110,158 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Bergisch Gladbach | 106,184 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Moers | 103,487 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Erlangen | 102,675 | Bayern |
| Berlin-Mitte | 102,338 | Berlin |
| Wilmersdorf | 101,877 | Berlin |
| Trier | 100,129 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Zwickau | 98,796 | Sachsen |
| Kaiserslautern | 98,732 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Schwerin | 96,641 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Düren | 93,440 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Tübingen | 92,322 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Iserlohn | 91,811 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Marl | 91,398 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Gießen | 89,179 | Hessen |
| Flensburg | 85,838 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Cottbus | 84,754 | Brandenburg |
| Wilhelmshaven | 84,393 | Niedersachsen |
| Minden | 82,879 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Villingen-Schwenningen | 81,770 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Konstanz | 81,275 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Neumünster | 80,196 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Lüdenscheid | 79,386 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Marburg | 78,895 | Hessen |
| Rheine | 76,491 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Arnsberg | 74,879 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Bocholt | 73,943 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Detmold | 73,680 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Bayreuth | 72,940 | Bayern |
| Landshut | 71,863 | Bayern |
| Lüneburg | 71,260 | Niedersachsen |
| Celle | 71,010 | Niedersachsen |
| Bamberg | 70,047 | Bayern |
| Aschaffenburg | 68,551 | Bayern |
| Neubrandenburg | 68,082 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Dessau | 67,747 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Lippstadt | 67,219 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Aalen | 67,085 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Neuwied | 66,805 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Plauen | 66,412 | Sachsen |
| Weimar | 64,727 | Thüringen |
| Fulda | 63,760 | Hessen |
| Bergheim | 63,558 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Wesel | 61,685 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Kempten | 61,399 | Bayern |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | 61,216 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Rosenheim | 60,167 | Bayern |
| Brandenburg an der Havel | 59,826 | Brandenburg |
| Offenburg | 59,238 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Stralsund | 58,976 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Hameln | 58,666 | Niedersachsen |
| Friedrichshafen | 58,403 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Göppingen | 58,040 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Görlitz | 57,751 | Sachsen |
| Frankfurt (Oder) | 57,107 | Brandenburg |
| Baden-Baden | 56,881 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Euskirchen | 54,889 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Schweinfurt | 54,012 | Bayern |
| Neustadt an der Weinstraße | 53,984 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Gummersbach | 53,131 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Nordhorn | 52,803 | Niedersachsen |
| Greifswald | 52,731 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Cuxhaven | 52,677 | Niedersachsen |
| Wetzlar | 52,656 | Hessen |
| Menden | 52,452 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Emden | 51,526 | Niedersachsen |
| Neu-Ulm | 51,389 | Bayern |
| Lingen | 51,310 | Niedersachsen |
| Lahr/Schwarzwald | 50,775 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Ibbenbüren | 50,577 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Passau | 50,560 | Bayern |
| Gronau | 50,547 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Heidenheim an der Brenz | 50,067 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Peine | 49,953 | Niedersachsen |
| Bad Oeynhausen | 49,513 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Hof | 49,239 | Bayern |
| Kleve | 49,072 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Ravensburg | 48,825 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Elmshorn | 48,703 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Soest | 48,037 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Rastatt | 47,906 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Singen | 47,621 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Dülmen | 47,495 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Lörrach | 47,002 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Albstadt | 46,950 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Gotha | 46,615 | Thüringen |
| Melle | 46,436 | Niedersachsen |
| Rheda-Wiedenbrück | 46,123 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Stade | 45,634 | Niedersachsen |
| Wismar | 45,255 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Amberg | 44,737 | Bayern |
| Neustadt am Rübenberge | 44,668 | Niedersachsen |
| Homburg | 44,607 | Saarland |
| Straubing | 44,580 | Bayern |
| Memmingen | 44,192 | Bayern |
| Nordhausen | 43,912 | Thüringen |
| Freiberg | 43,670 | Sachsen |
| Pirmasens | 43,582 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Goslar | 43,560 | Niedersachsen |
| Suhl | 43,509 | Thüringen |
| Bad Kreuznach | 43,213 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Gifhorn | 43,000 | Niedersachsen |
| Rottenburg | 42,721 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Freising | 42,570 | Bayern |
| Weiden | 42,550 | Bayern |
| Kaufbeuren | 42,505 | Bayern |
| Eberswalde | 41,980 | Brandenburg |
| Bautzen | 41,972 | Sachsen |
| Lemgo | 41,943 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Coburg | 41,901 | Bayern |
| Schorndorf | 41,647 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Landau in der Pfalz | 41,612 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Heinsberg | 41,505 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Wunstorf | 41,211 | Niedersachsen |
| Bensheim | 41,124 | Hessen |
| Borken | 40,876 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Oranienburg | 40,793 | Brandenburg |
| Eisenach | 40,747 | Thüringen |
| Aurich | 40,319 | Niedersachsen |
| Nürtingen | 40,210 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Kirchheim unter Teck | 40,206 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Hückelhoven | 39,828 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Halberstadt | 39,729 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Kehl | 39,584 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz | 39,557 | Bayern |
| Löhne | 39,521 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Ilmenau | 38,834 | Thüringen |
| Backnang | 38,818 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Warendorf | 38,707 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Altenburg | 38,568 | Thüringen |
| Saarlouis | 38,333 | Saarland |
| Ahaus | 38,165 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Mühlhausen/Thüringen | 38,108 | Thüringen |
| Weißenfels | 37,929 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Stendal | 37,722 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Hemer | 37,502 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Sinsheim | 37,036 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Coesfeld | 36,631 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Bitterfeld-Wolfen | 36,592 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Schwäbisch Hall | 36,543 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Porta Westfalica | 36,364 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Crailsheim | 35,755 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Emsdetten | 35,582 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Zweibrücken | 35,221 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Uelzen | 34,996 | Niedersachsen |
| Tuttlingen | 34,847 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Rheinfelden | 34,674 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Steinfurt | 34,601 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Balingen | 34,414 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Meppen | 34,198 | Niedersachsen |
| Herrenberg | 34,192 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Papenburg | 34,117 | Niedersachsen |
| Geldern | 34,013 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Jülich | 33,911 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Leer | 33,886 | Niedersachsen |
| Limburg an der Lahn | 33,820 | Hessen |
| Stadt Schwedt/Oder | 33,730 | Brandenburg |
| Goch | 33,706 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Fürstenwalde/Spree | 33,539 | Brandenburg |
| Fürstenfeldbruck | 33,533 | Bayern |
| Erding | 33,519 | Bayern |
| Itzehoe | 33,047 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Höxter | 32,713 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Nienburg/Weser | 32,629 | Niedersachsen |
| Königs Wusterhausen | 32,513 | Brandenburg |
| Biberach an der Riß | 32,333 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Weil am Rhein | 32,236 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Meschede | 32,224 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Wernigerode | 32,167 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Bernburg | 32,113 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Eisenhüttenstadt | 32,052 | Brandenburg |
| Neuruppin | 31,901 | Brandenburg |
| Ansbach | 31,839 | Bayern |
| Emmerich | 31,829 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Radolfzell am Bodensee | 31,734 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Güstrow | 31,217 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Cloppenburg | 31,177 | Niedersachsen |
| Merzig | 31,118 | Saarland |
| Deggendorf | 31,081 | Bayern |
| Burgdorf (Region Hannover) | 31,051 | Niedersachsen |
| Hoyerswerda | 30,759 | Sachsen |
| Bad Hersfeld | 30,725 | Hessen |
| Bad Nauheim | 30,291 | Hessen |
| Lutherstadt Wittenberg | 30,000 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Springe | 29,828 | Niedersachsen |
| Einbeck | 29,751 | Niedersachsen |
| Vechta | 29,729 | Niedersachsen |
| Naumburg | 29,722 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Gaggenau | 29,529 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Riesa | 29,373 | Sachsen |
| Idar-Oberstein | 29,158 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Senftenberg | 28,988 | Brandenburg |
| Köthen | 28,710 | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Geislingen an der Steige | 28,655 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Bühl | 28,608 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Warstein | 28,532 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Meißen | 28,492 | Sachsen |
| Geilenkirchen | 28,334 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Rendsburg | 28,323 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Schwandorf in Bayern | 28,235 | Bayern |
| Plettenberg | 28,206 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Lennestadt | 28,102 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Lohne (Oldenburg) | 28,089 | Niedersachsen |
| Kevelaer | 28,064 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Saalfeld/Saale | 28,023 | Thüringen |
| Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler | 27,823 | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Ehingen an der Donau | 27,764 | Baden-Württemberg |
| Sundern | 27,654 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Kulmbach | 27,565 | Bayern |
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