Liste der größten Städte in der DDR
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Diese Liste enthält alle Städte in der DDR, die bei einer der Volkszählungen (1950, 1960, 1971, 1981) oder 1988 mehr als 30.000 Einwohner hatten.
| Stadt | Bezirk | Land (nach 1990) |
Einwohner | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1988 | 2007 | 2013 | |||
| Berlin1 | Hauptstadt | Berlin | 1.189.074 | 1.071.775 | 1.086.374 | 1.162.305 | 1.284.535 | 3.416.255 | 3.421.829 |
| Leipzig | Leipzig | Sachsen | 617.574 | 589.632 | 583.885 | 559.574 | 545.307 | 510.512 | 531.582 |
| Dresden | Dresden | Sachsen | 494.187 | 493.603 | 502.432 | 521.060 | 518.057 | 507.513 | 530.754 |
| Halle2 | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 289.119 | 277.855 | 292.551 | 324.431 | 329.490 | 234.295 | 231.565 |
| Chemnitz3 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 293.373 | 286.329 | 299.411 | 318.578 | 311.765 | 244.951 | 242.022 |
| Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Sachsen-Anhalt | 260.305 | 261.594 | 272.237 | 287.362 | 290.579 | 230.140 | 231.021 |
| Rostock | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 133.109 | 158.630 | 198.636 | 236.011 | 253.990 | 200.413 | 203.431 |
| Erfurt | Erfurt | Thüringen | 188.650 | 186.448 | 196.528 | 212.012 | 220.016 | 202.929 | 204.880 |
| Potsdam | Potsdam | Brandenburg | 118.180 | 115.004 | 111.336 | 132.543 | 142.862 | 150.833 | 161.468 |
| Gera | Gera | Thüringen | 98.576 | 101.373 | 111.535 | 126.792 | 134.834 | 101.618 | 94.977 |
| Schwerin | Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 93.576 | 92.508 | 97.389 | 122.264 | 130.685 | 95.855 | 91.583 |
| Cottbus | Cottbus | Brandenburg | 60.874 | 66.813 | 83.444 | 116.092 | 128.639 | 102.811 | 99.595 |
| Zwickau | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 138.844 | 129.138 | 126.988 | 121.283 | 121.749 | 95.841 | 91.564 |
| Jena | Gera | Thüringen | 80.309 | 81.190 | 88.130 | 104.946 | 108.010 | 102.752 | 107.679 |
| Dessau4 | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 91.973 | 93.459 | 98.402 | 103.194 | 103.867 | 89.934 | 83.616 |
| Brandenburg | Potsdam | Brandenburg | 82.215 | 86.722 | 93.983 | 94.680 | 94.872 | 72.954 | 71.032 |
| Neubrandenburg | Neubrandenburg | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 22.412 | 33.369 | 46.087 | 79.813 | 90.471 | 66.735 | 63.437 |
| Frankfurt (Oder) | Frankfurt | Brandenburg | 52.822 | 56.638 | 62.433 | 81.009 | 87.863 | 61.969 | 58.018 |
| Görlitz | Dresden | Sachsen | 100.147 | 89.909 | 87.492 | 80.831 | 77.609 | 56.724 | 54.042 |
| Plauen | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 84.438 | 79.056 | 82.026 | 78.800 | 77.593 | 67.613 | 63.967 |
| Stralsund | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 58.303 | 65.758 | 71.489 | 74.421 | 75.498 | 58.027 | 57.301 |
| Hoyerswerda | Cottbus | Sachsen | 7.365 | 24.549 | 59.144 | 71.124 | 69.361 | 40.294 | 34.317 |
| Greifswald | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 44.468 | 46.728 | 47.017 | 61.388 | 68.597 | 53.845 | 56.445 |
| Weimar | Erfurt | Thüringen | 64.452 | 63.943 | 63.634 | 63.725 | 63.412 | 64.720 | 63.315 |
| Wismar | Rostock | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 47.786 | 55.400 | 56.287 | 57.718 | 58.058 | 45.012 | 42.219 |
| Gotha | Erfurt | Thüringen | 57.414 | 56.278 | 57.010 | 57.573 | 57.365 | 46.247 | 44.325 |
| Suhl | Suhl | Thüringen | 24.020 | 25.497 | 31.661 | 49.849 | 56.345 | 41.015 | 35.665 |
| Eberswalde5 | Frankfurt | Brandenburg | 30.895 | 32.012 | 46.299 | 53.183 | 54.822 | 41.396 | 38.844 |
| Wittenberg | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 49.852 | 47.323 | 53.874 | 53.358 | 48.176 | 46.729 | |
| Altenburg | Leipzig | Thüringen | 49.413 | 46.791 | 46.799 | 55.827 | 53.288 | 36.703 | 32.992 |
| Eisenhüttenstadt6 | Frankfurt | Brandenburg | 31.121 | 45.410 | 47.842 | 53.048 | 33.091 | 27.205 | |
| Schwedt | Frankfurt | Brandenburg | 6.506 | 34.292 | 52.291 | 52.419 | 35.881 | 30.539 | |
| Bautzen | Dresden | Sachsen | 41.592 | 41.613 | 43.818 | 49.341 | 52.394 | 41.364 | 39.607 |
| Freiberg | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 44.491 | 47.065 | 50.362 | 51.377 | 51.341 | 42.364 | 40.268 |
| Stendal | Magdeburg | Sachsen-Anhalt | 40.618 | 36.786 | 45.013 | 49.906 | 36.306 | 40.028 | |
| Nordhausen | Erfurt | Thüringen | 39.452 | 39.768 | 44.547 | 47.121 | 48.734 | 44.057 | 41.839 |
| Riesa | Dresden | Sachsen | 36.150 | 36.769 | 49.960 | 51.857 | 48.366 | 35.508 | 31.423 |
| Eisenach | Erfurt | Thüringen | 51.777 | 48.109 | 50.918 | 50.674 | 48.361 | 43.308 | 41.567 |
| Halberstadt | Magdeburg | Sachsen-Anhalt | 45.326 | 44.973 | 46.724 | 47.266 | 47.492 | 38.964 | 40.323 |
| Wolfen7 | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 11.750 | 12.687 | 26.953 | 39.131 | 45.867 | 46.295 | 41.259 |
| Pirna | Dresden | Sachsen | 38.676 | 41.111 | 47.533 | 48.387 | 45.224 | 39.438 | 37.645 |
| Merseburg | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 38.441 | 47.199 | 55.857 | 50.932 | 45.050 | 35.045 | 33.432 |
| Schönebeck | Magdeburg | Sachsen-Anhalt | 46.426 | 46.234 | 44.779 | 44.930 | 35.238 | 31.582 | |
| Mühlhausen | Erfurt | Thüringen | 48.769 | 45.154 | 45.190 | 43.348 | 42.994 | 36.560 | 33.007 |
| Zeitz | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 46.762 | 45.142 | 46.864 | 44.031 | 42.520 | 27.444 | 29.557 |
| Freital | Dresden | Sachsen | 40.048 | 37.565 | 42.103 | 45.805 | 42.372 | 39.176 | 39.276 |
| Bernburg | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 49.000 | 44.464 | 45.367 | 41.232 | 41.356 | 30.923 | 33.879 |
| Weißenfels | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 47.967 | 45.856 | 46.223 | 39.125 | 38.881 | 29.140 | 39.909 |
| Güstrow | Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 35.237 | 37.428 | 38.153 | 38.854 | 30.799 | 28.540 | |
| Zittau | Dresden | Sachsen | 46.692 | 43.241 | 43.321 | 41.122 | 38.144 | 29.361 | 25.950 |
| Weißwasser | Cottbus | Sachsen | 13.844 | 14.028 | 19.292 | 32.799 | 37.343 | 20.298 | 17.288 |
| Wernigerode | Magdeburg | Sachsen-Anhalt | 33.890 | 32.730 | 35.572 | 36.909 | 33.700 | 33.479 | |
| Meißen | Dresden | Sachsen | 49.455 | 48.214 | 45.609 | 39.276 | 36.767 | 27.856 | 27.135 |
| Fürstenwalde | Frankfurt | Brandenburg | 30.388 | 30.841 | 35.132 | 35.973 | 33.104 | 30.967 | |
| Saalfeld | Gera | Thüringen | 27.673 | 26.876 | 33.643 | 34.256 | 34.684 | 27.488 | 25.098 |
| Guben | Cottbus | Brandenburg | 25.929 | 29.607 | 36.708 | 34.481 | 20.415 | 17.655 | |
| Köthen | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 39.365 | 36.624 | 34.748 | 34.289 | 29.213 | 26.889 | |
| Greiz | Gera | Thüringen | 42.520 | 39.097 | 39.247 | 36.684 | 34.260 | 22.936 | 21.284 |
| Aschersleben | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 39.012 | 37.163 | 34.730 | 34.167 | 31.717 | 27.995 | |
| Sangerhausen | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 16.753 | 23.778 | 32.303 | 33.822 | 34.025 | 31.153 | 27.830 |
| Radebeul | Dresden | Sachsen | 44.293 | 40.349 | 39.626 | 34.129 | 33.109 | 33.300 | 33.434 |
| Rudolstadt | Gera | Thüringen | 28.234 | 27.678 | 31.683 | 31.547 | 32.109 | 24.650 | 22.739 |
| Naumburg | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 40.595 | 37.377 | 37.900 | 33.585 | 31.554 | 29.025 | 32.804 |
| Rathenow | Potsdam | Brandenburg | 29.353 | 29.836 | 32.126 | 31.257 | 26.265 | 24.164 | |
| Arnstadt | Erfurt | Thüringen | 28.195 | 26.444 | 28.990 | 30.024 | 30.482 | 25.256 | 23.539 |
| Wittenberge | Schwerin | Brandenburg | 31.343 | 33.160 | 31.765 | 30.240 | 19.297 | 17.297 | |
| Quedlinburg | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 35.555 | 30.965 | 30.758 | 28.453 | 28.790 | 21.909 | 25.055 |
| Apolda | Erfurt | Thüringen | 32.736 | 29.292 | 29.003 | 28.949 | 28.244 | 23.774 | 21.738 |
| Burg | Magdeburg | Sachsen-Anhalt | 30.314 | 29.990 | 28.229 | 28.056 | 24.107 | 22.828 | |
| Döbeln | Leipzig | Sachsen | 31.037 | 28.904 | 27.855 | 26.812 | 28.000 | 20.726 | 20.699 |
| Sonneberg | Suhl | Thüringen | 30.182 | 29.936 | 29.794 | 28.733 | 27.649 | 23.252 | 23.796 |
| Glauchau | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 35.387 | 33.653 | 32.168 | 30.029 | 27.648 | 25.357 | 23.131 |
| Luckenwalde | Potsdam | Brandenburg | 30.725 | 28.610 | 29.000 | 27.348 | 27.067 | 20.902 | 20.185 |
| Eisleben | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 28.477 | 30.482 | 27.623 | 26.852 | 25.500 | 24.284 | |
| Forst | Cottbus | Brandenburg | 30.475 | 28.695 | 29.134 | 27.013 | 26.676 | 21.674 | 19.053 |
| Aue | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 35.785 | 31.182 | 30.960 | 28.914 | 26.660 | 17.895 | 16.614 |
| Reichenbach | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 32.320 | 29.598 | 28.870 | 25.458 | 26.211 | 21.210 | 18.879 |
| Annaberg-Buchholz | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 36.660 | 29.012 | 27.846 | 26.664 | 25.953 | 22.514 | 20.510 |
| Crimmitschau | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 34.541 | 31.279 | 29.949 | 26.229 | 21.684 | 19.396 | |
| Schneeberg | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 32.992 | 21.595 | 21.228 | 21.174 | 21.966 | 16.042 | 14.353 |
| Bitterfeld7 | Halle | Sachsen-Anhalt | 32.814 | 31.687 | 29.232 | 22.199 | 20.513 | 46.295 | 41.259 |
| Johanngeorgenstadt | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Sachsen | 32.870 | 10.646 | 10.797 | 5.073 | 4.257 | ||
1 Berlin: 2007: inklusive der westlichen Stadtteile; nur Gebiet von Ost-Berlin: 1.300.941
2 Halle: 1971, 1981 und 1988: inklusive der kreisfreien Stadt Halle-Neustadt
3 Chemnitz: 1950 und 2007: Chemnitz, sonst: Karl-Marx-Stadt
4 Dessau: 2007: Dessau-Roßlau
5 Eberswalde: 1971, 1981 und 1988: Eberswalde-Finow
6 Eisenhüttenstadt: 1961 aus Stalinstadt und Fürstenberg (Oder) (mit Schönfließ) gebildet; 1960: Stalinstadt 24.372 Ew., Fürstenberg (Oder) 6.749 Ew.
7 Bitterfeld und Wolfen: 2007: Bitterfeld-Wolfen
