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Biggest Cities of the Holy Roman Empire before the Thirty Years' War

With the help of a map, can you name all 103 cities of the Holy Roman Empire with an estimated population of over roughly 10,000 before the devastation caused by the Thirty Years' War in 1618?
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Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
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Population
City
120,000
Milan
100,000
Amsterdam
75,000
Florence
65,000
Genoa
60,000
Prague
60,000
Regensburg
50,000
Brussels
50,000
Nuremberg
50,000
Vienna
48,000
Augsburg
47,000
Antwerp
44,000
Leiden
40,000
Cologne
40,000
Cremona
39,000
Haarlem
38,000
Hamburg
33,000
Lille
33,000
Piacenza
31,000
Ghent
31,000
Mantua
30,000
Breslau
30,000
Liège
30,000
Utrecht
27,000
Bruges
25,000
Lübeck
25,000
Magdeburg
25,000
Pavia
25,000
Straßburg
24,000
Lucca
23,000
Parma
22,000
Turin
21,000
Bremen
21,000
Enkhuizen
21,000
Ulm
20,000
Arras
Population
City
20,000
Braunschweig
20,000
Delft
20,000
Frankfurt am Main
20,000
Munich
20,000
Tournai
19,000
Emden
19,000
Erfurt
19,000
Rotterdam
19,000
Siena
18,000
Dordrecht
18,000
Middelburg
18,000
Modena
17,000
Dresden
17,000
Groningen
16,000
Geneva
16,000
Mons
16,000
Nice
15,000
Leipzig
15,000
Pisa
15,000
Rostock
15,000
Stralsund
15,000
The Hague
15,000
Valenciennes
14,000
Aachen
14,000
Alessandria
14,000
Gouda
14,000
Hoorn
14,000
Lodi
14,000
Lüneburg
13,000
Den Bosch
13,000
Frankfurt an der Oder
13,000
Mainz
12,000
Alkmaar
12,000
Bamberg
Population
City
12,000
Besançon
12,000
Brandenburg an der Havel
12,000
Cambrai
12,000
Como
12,000
Glogau
12,000
Halberstadt
12,000
Maastricht
12,000
Nijmegen
12,000
Stettin
11,000
Basel
11,000
Chieri
11,000
Douai
11,000
Freiberg
11,000
Hildesheim
11,000
Kuttenberg
11,000
Mechelen
11,000
Leeuwarden
11,000
Mondovì
11,000
Münster
11,000
Nancy
11,000
Olmütz
11,000
Reggio Emilia
10,000
Berlin
10,000
Casale Monferrato
10,000
Courtrai
10,000
Dunkirk
10,000
Fossano
10,000
Freiburg im Breisgau
10,000
Grünberg in Schlesien
10,000
Halle
10,000
Pilsen
10,000
Savona
10,000
Vercelli
10,000
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2 Comments
Deuteronomius
+2
Level 69
Sep 17, 2025
Magdeburg before the war: 30,000 people

Magdeburg after the war: 400 people

Crazy amount of devistation, only reached it pre war size in the mid 19th century

Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Sep 17, 2025
It became such an example that there’s a German word that is synonymous with complete destruction that uses the city’s name: Magdeburgisieren.
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