Bavaria
Painters found their inspiration in Bavaria, as did writers, and to this day the state in Germany's southeast is a place where culture and creativity are just as much at home as handed-down traditions and old values. As a visitor you have the choice between mighty mountains or gentle hills, between beautiful lakes and vast forests. Bavaria knows how to impress with its landscapes as well as with its lively cities, which often enough nestle romantically on the banks of a picturesque body of water. After all, there was once a regent in Bavaria who was called a fairy-tale king and so you can still make one or the other fairy-tale discovery here today.
Popular destinations in Bavaria
We show you the most beautiful cities in Bavaria.
Popular regions in Bavaria
Die 10 größten Städte in Bavaria
01
Munich
1.5 million inhabitants
If there were an award for a “cozy metropolis”, Munich would probably be the first metropolis to receive this seal. Bavarian cordiality, local and Mediterranean gastronomy, art treasures from several centuries and unique architecture come together here. This can also be enjoyed acoustically: The carillon of the neo-Gothic New City ...
02
Nuremberg
0.5 million inhabitants
Nuremberg, that is for many visitors the Christkindelmarkt. One of the most beautiful Christmas markets attracts crowds of visitors every year. But Nuremberg is also worth a visit outside the cold season. The city offers an exciting journey through architectural history. In addition to medieval architecture, buildings in the Renaissance, ...
03
Augsburg
0.3 million inhabitants
Currently with a population of around 300,000, Augsburg is Bavaria's third-largest and probably oldest city, whose history as the present capital of the Swabian administrative district can be traced back to the Roman settlement of Augusta Vindelicum over 2,000 years ago. Augsburg became extremely powerful as an independent imperial city in the ...
04
Regensburg
0.2 million inhabitants
The capital of the eastern Bavarian administrative district of Upper Palatinate can boast of having been mentioned in person as early as the 2nd century by the then Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. After its urban beginnings as a Roman fort and legionary camp, Regensburg became the headquarters of the Bavarians ...
05
Ingolstadt
0.1 million inhabitants
The district-free city on both sides of the Danube about 80 kilometers north of Munich is the second largest city in Upper Bavaria with currently almost 137,000 inhabitants. Ingolstadt was first mentioned in a document in 806 with the name "villa Ingoldesstat". From the 14th to the 18th century, the nickname "hundred-towered city" ...
06
Fürth
0.1 million inhabitants
A green clover leaf adorns both the official city and club emblem of the "Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth" sports and soccer club, which was very successful in the 1920s and is still immensely popular locally today. With a current population of about 130,000, Fürth is the second largest city in ...
07
Würzburg
0.1 million inhabitants
With a current population of around 127,000, the capital of the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia, located in the fertile "Maindreieck" region known for viticulture, ranks seventh among all cities in the blue-and-white state. The mild microclimate as well as the location on the river led to the first Celtic ...
08
Erlangen
0.1 million inhabitants
With a current population of just over 112,000, Erlangen is the second smallest city in the Franconian conurbation of Nuremberg and is located in the north of the conurbation, on the Regnitz, Schwabach and Aurach rivers and near the Main-Danube Canal. Erlangen was first mentioned in a document in 1002. However, the ...
09
Bamberg
77,400 inhabitants
With a current population of almost 77,000, the largest city in Upper Franconia is known to a wide audience primarily because of its old town, which is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the Romanesque "Cathedral of St. Peter and St. George" and its stone facade figure "Bamberg Rider" ...
10
Bayreuth
74,800 inhabitants
The city on the banks of the Red Main in southwestern Upper Franconia, first mentioned in a document in 1194 as "Baierrute", has been globally known since 1876 above all for the Richard Wagner Festival held in the opera house on the "Green Hill". Music lovers from all over the world travel ...