The metropolitan regions in Germany are eleven[1] densely populated areas in the Federal Republic of Germany. They comprise the major German cities and their surrounding catchment areas and form the political, commercial and cultural centres of the country. The eleven metropolitan regions in Germany were organised into political units for planning purposes.
Using a narrower definition of metropolises, only four cities surpass the threshold of at least one million inhabitants, namely: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne.
Metropolitan regions [edit]
Sorted alphabetically:
- Berlin Metropolitan Region
- Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region
- Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region
- Hamburg Metropolitan Region
- Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
- Munich Metropolitan Region
- Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
- Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
- Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region (also covers the Cologne/Bonn Region)
- Central German Metropolitan Region
- Stuttgart Metropolitan Region
Big five [edit]
The five most important regions, collectively often called the "big five",[2][3] are frequently compared with other European metropolitan areas for investments and market development.[4] They are (from north to south): Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf/Cologne, Frankfurt am Main and Munich. Globalization and World Cities Study Group (GaWC) considers Frankfurt and Munich "α" (Alpha) Global Cities, while the others are considered "β" (Beta) global cities.[5]
Each of them forms types of clusters and achieves varying levels of performance in areas such as business activity, human capital, information and technology exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement.[6]
rank
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metropolitan region (EMR)
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core cities
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states
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population as by EMR[7] (2006) |
population as by ESPON[8] (2007) |
GDP per capita in €[9] (2006) |
GMP in Billion €[10] (2006) |
HQs of MNC (FG500[11]) |
annual passenger traffic  (2008) |
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Rhine-Ruhr EMR |
K, DO, D, E |
NW |
11.47 million |
12.19 million |
29,486 |
338.21 |
13 |
30.80 million |
| Ruhr |
DO, E, BO |
5.26 million |
5.38 million |
25,266 |
132.90 |
4 |
2.30 million (DTM) |
| Düsseldorf |
D, DU, W, MG |
3.12 million |
3.07 million |
34,658 |
108.13 |
5 |
18.15 million (DUS) |
| Cologne/Bonn |
K, BN |
3.09 million |
3.07 million |
31,448 |
97.18 |
4 |
10.35 million (CGN) |
| 2 |
Berlin/Brandenburg EMR |
B, P |
BE, BR |
5.95 million |
4.02 million |
21,981 |
130.78 |
1 |
21.40 million (TXL, SXF) |
| 3 |
Frankfurt/Rhine-Main EMR |
F, WI, MZ, DA, OF, HU |
HE, RP, BY |
5.52 million |
4.15 million |
35,000 |
193.20 |
4 |
57.44 million (FRA, HHN) |
| 4 |
Stuttgart EMR |
S, RT, ES, HN |
BW |
5.29 million |
N/A |
31,909 |
168.80 |
3 |
9.93 million |
| Stuttgart |
S, ES |
2.67 million |
2.67 million |
35,492 |
94.76 |
3 |
9.93 million[12] (STR) |
| 5 |
Munich EMR |
M, A, (IN) |
BY |
5.20 million |
3.27 million |
39,155 |
203.61 |
7 |
34.73 million |
| Munich[13] |
M, FS |
2.59 million[14] |
2.67 million |
47,943 |
124.35[15] |
7 |
34.73 million (MUC) |
| 6 |
Central German EMR |
L, DD, C, HAL, MD, EF |
SN, ST, TH |
4.36 million |
N/A |
21,482 |
93.66 |
0 |
4.88 million |
| Leipzig/Halle |
L, HAL |
1.50 million |
1.21 million |
no data |
no data |
0 |
2.46 million (LEJ) |
| Dresden |
DD |
0.70 million[16] |
0.88 million |
no data |
no data |
0 |
1.86 million (DRS) |
| 7 |
Hamburg EMR |
HH |
HH, SH, NI |
4.27 million |
2.98 million |
33,210 |
141.81 |
2 |
12.84 million (HAM) |
| 8 |
Hannover-Braunschweig-
Göttingen-Wolfsburg EMR |
H, BS, GÖ, WOB, SZ, HI |
NI |
3.91 million |
N/A |
27,251 |
106.55 |
3 |
5.74 million |
| Braunschweig/Wolfsburg |
BS, WOB, SZ |
1.00 million[17] |
1.00 million |
no data |
no data |
1 |
0.10 million (BWE) |
| Hannover |
H |
1.12 million* |
1.00 million |
no data |
no data |
2 |
5.64 million[18] (HAJ) |
| 9 |
Nuremberg EMR |
N, WÜ, FÜ, ER, BT, BA |
BY |
3.51 million |
1.58 million |
29,955 |
105.14 |
0 |
4.27 million[19] (NUE) |
| 10 |
Bremen/Oldenburg EMR |
HB, OL, HBx, DEL, WHV |
HB, NI |
2.37 million |
1.08 million |
27,046 |
64.10 |
0 |
2.49 million (BRE) |
| 11 |
Rhine-Neckar EMR |
MA, LU, HD, WO |
BW, RP, HE |
2.36 million |
2.93 million |
29,891 |
70.54 |
1 |
0 |
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metropolitan regions in Germany |
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57.74 million |
|
29,412 |
1,698.23 |
34 |
168.75 million |
|
Germany |
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82.06 million |
|
28,212 |
2,322.20 |
37 |
191.02 million[20] |
highest score of all metropolitan regions
highest score of all metropolitan areas
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder.html
- ^ http://cdl.niedersachsen.de/blob/images/C18102984_L20.pdf
- ^ http://business.metropoleruhr.de/uploads/media/Investmentmarktreport_2006_Dr._Radetzki_Consult_GmbH_03.pdf
- ^ C&W European Cities Monitor 2008: London, Paris and Frankfurt the best business locations in Europe
- ^ The World According to GaWC 2010
- ^ Positionierung Europäischer Metropolregionen in Deutschland, Metropolfunktionen in Metropolregionen, page 3, Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung, 2009
- ^ Regionales Monitoring 2008 - Daten und Karten zu den Europäischen Metropolregionen (EMR) in Deutschland
- ^ ESPON project 1.4.3: Study on Urban Functions: Final Report
- ^ Regionales Monitoring 2008 - Daten und Karten zu den Europäischen Metropolregionen (EMR) in Deutschland
- ^ Regionales Monitoring 2008 - Daten und Karten zu den Europäischen Metropolregionen (EMR) in Deutschland
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.flughafen-stuttgart.de/sys/index.php?section_id=7&id=3
- ^ http://www.region-muenchen.com/
- ^ http://www.pv-muenchen.de/leistung/veroeff/daten/REG_2007.pdf Region München 2006 Regionaler Planungsverband München
- ^ Region München 2006 Regionaler Planungsverband München
- ^ http://www.dresden.de/de/02/06/09/Stadt-Umland-Region.php
- ^ http://www.zgb.de/barrierefrei/content/ueberuns/verbandsgebiet.shtml
- ^ http://www.hannover-airport.de/189.html
- ^ http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/company/companyinformation/factsfigures/
- ^ http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2008/Statistik_Dezember_2008.pdf
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