Metropolitan regions in Germany

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The Metropolitan regions in Germany are the eleven^[1] largest and most densely populated areas in the Federal Republic of Germany. They comprise the major German cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas and form the political, commercial and cultural centers of the country. The eleven Metropolitan Regions in Germany were organized into political units for planning purposes.

Contents 1 Metropolitan Regions 2 Big five 3 List 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Metropolitan Regions

1. Berlin Metropolitan Region
2. Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region
3. Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region
4. Hamburg Metropolitan Region
5. Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
6. Munich Metropolitan Region
7. Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
8. Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
9. Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region (also covers the Ruhr and Cologne/Bonn Region)
10. Saxon triangle Metropolitan Region
11. Stuttgart Metropolitan Region

[edit] Big five

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, Frankfurt and Munich. The selection of these five cities is also recognized internaltionally, as Frankfurt is ranked as Germany's only "α" (Alpha) global city, while Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf are ranked as "β" global cities.

Frankfurt   Berlin   Hamburg   Munich   Düsseldorf

On a global scale, each of them presume farious national tasks and form clusters in areas such as business activity, human capital, information and technology exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement^[5].

• Frankfurt/Rhine-Main, for its financial economy and human transport
• Berlin, for its political and cultural importance
• Hamburg, for its importance in international commodity transport
• Munich, for its business, science and technology
• Düsseldorf/Rhine-Ruhr (excl. Cologne), for its logistics, technology and industry

[edit] List

rank	metropolitan region (EMR)	core cities	states	population as by EMR[6] (2006)	population as by ESPON[7] (2007)	GDP per capita in €[8] (2006)	GMP in Billion €[9] (2006)	HQs of MNC (FG500[10])	annual passenger traffic (2008)
1	Rhine-Ruhr EMR	K, DO, D, E	NW	11,47 Mio.	12,19 Mio.	29,486	338,21	13	30,80 Mio.
	Ruhr	DO, E, BO		5,26 Mio.	5,38 Mio.	25,266	132,90	4	2,30 Mio. (DTM)
	Düsseldorf	D, DU, W, MG		3,12 Mio.	3,07 Mio.	34,658	108,13	5	18,15 Mio. (DUS)
	Cologne/Bonn	K, BN		3,09 Mio.	3,07 Mio.	31,448	97,18	4	10,35 Mio. (CGN)
2	Berlin EMR	B, P	BE, BR	5,95 Mio.	4,02 Mio.	21,981	130,78	1	21,40 Mio. (TXL, SXF)
3	Frankfurt/Rhine-Main EMR	F, WI, MZ, DA, OF	HE, RP, BY	5,52 Mio.	4,15 Mio.	35,000	193,20	4	57,44 Mio. (FRA, HHN)
4	Stuttgart EMR	S, RT, ES, HN	BW	5,29 Mio.	N/A	31,909	168,80	3	9,93 Mio.
	Stuttgart	S, ES		2,67 Mio.	2,67 Mio.	35,492	94,76	3	9,93 Mio.[11] (STR)
5	Munich EMR	M, A, (IN)	BY	5,20 Mio.	3,27 Mio.	39,155	203,61	7	34,73 Mio.
	Munich[12]	M, FS		2,59 Mio.[13]	2,67 Mio.	47,943	124,35[14]	7	34,73 Mio. (MUC)
6	Saxon triangle EMR	L, DD, C, HAL	SN, ST, TH	4,36 Mio.	N/A	21,482	93,66	0	4,88 Mio.
	Leipzig/Halle	L, HAL		1,50 Mio.	1,21 Mio.	no data	no data	0	2,46 Mio. (LEJ)
	Dresden	DD		0,70 Mio.[15]	0,88 Mio.	no data	no data	0	1,86 Mio. (DRS)
7	Hamburg EMR	HH	HH, SH, NI	4,27 Mio.	2,98 Mio.	33,210	141,81	2	12,84 Mio. (HAM)
8	Hannover-Braunschweig- Göttingen-Wolfsburg EMR	H, BS, GÖ, WOB, SZ, HI	NI	3,91 Mio.	N/A	27,251	106,55	3	5,74 Mio.
	Braunschweig/Wolfsburg	BS, WOB, SZ		1,00 Mio.[16]	1,00 Mio.	no data	no data	1	0,10 Mio. (BWE)
	Hannover	H		1,12 Mio.*	1,00 Mio.	no data	no data	2	5,64 Mio.[17] (HAJ)
9	Nuremberg EMR	N, WÜ, FÜ, ER, BT, BA	BY	3,51 Mio.	1,58 Mio.	29,955	105,14	0	4,27 Mio.[18] (NUE)
10	Bremen/Oldenburg EMR	HB, OL, HBx	HB, NI	2,37 Mio.	1,08 Mio.	27,046	64,10	0	2,49 Mio. (BRE)
11	Rhine-Neckar EMR	MA, LU, HD, WO	BW, RP, HE	2,36 Mio.	2,93 Mio.	29,891	70,54	1	0
	metropolitan regions in Germany			57,74 Mio.		29,412	1.698,23	34	168,75 Mio.
	Germany			82,06 Mio.		28,212	2.322,20	37	191,02 Mio.[19]

[edit] See also

• Largest European metropolitan areas
• Largest urban areas of the European Union
• Demographics of Germany

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder.html
2. ^ http://cdl.niedersachsen.de/blob/images/C18102984_L20.pdf
3. ^ http://business.metropoleruhr.de/uploads/media/Investmentmarktreport_2006_Dr._Radetzki_Consult_GmbH_03.pdf
4. ^ 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
5. ^ http://www.greatermunicharea.de/media.pdf?command=getMedia&id=1056 Positionierung Europäischer Metropolregionen in Deutschland, Metropolfunktionen in Metropolregionen, page 3, Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung, 2009
6. ^ 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
7. ^ http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/projects/261/420/file_2420/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf ESPON project 1.4.3: Study on Urban Functions: Final Report
8. ^ 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
9. ^ 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
10. ^ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/countries/Germany.html
11. ^ http://www.flughafen-stuttgart.de/sys/index.php?section_id=7&id=3
12. ^ http://www.region-muenchen.com/
13. ^ http://www.pv-muenchen.de/leistung/veroeff/daten/REG_2007.pdf Region München 2006 Regionaler Planungsverband München
14. ^ http://www.pv-muenchen.de/leistung/veroeff/daten/REG_2007.pdf Region München 2006 Regionaler Planungsverband München
15. ^ http://www.dresden.de/de/02/06/09/Stadt-Umland-Region.php
16. ^ http://www.zgb.de/barrierefrei/content/ueberuns/verbandsgebiet.shtml
17. ^ http://www.hannover-airport.de/189.html
18. ^ http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/company/companyinformation/factsfigures/
19. ^ http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2008/Statistik_Dezember_2008.pdf

[edit] External links

• http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/

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