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Biggest Germanized Cities of the Holy Roman Empire in 1500 on a Map

Try to name the 40 most populous cities in the Holy Roman Empire that were shaped by the Ostsiedlung in 1500, each with at least about 4,000 inhabitants, following the main period of German eastward settlement and urban expansion between the 12th and 15th centuries.
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Population
Cities
32,000
Magdeburg
25,000
Lübeck
23,000
Breslau
(Wrocław)
15,000
Hamburg
12,000
Olmütz
(Olomouc)
12,000
Stralsund
10,000
Kuttenberg
(Kutná Hora)
10,000
Lüneburg
10,000
Rostock
10,000
Stettin
(Szczecin)
Population
Cities
9,000
Berlin
9,000
Brünn
(Brno)
9,000
Halle an der Saale
9,000
Stendal
9,000
Wismar
8,000
Görlitz
8,000
Guben
8,000
Leipzig
7,000
Brandenburg an der Havel
7,000
Glogau
(Głogów)
Population
Cities
7,000
Neisse
(Nysa)
7,000
Zwickau
6,000
Zerbst
5,000
Budissin
(Bautzen)
5,000
Frankfurt an der Oder
5,000
Freiberg
5,000
Iglau
(Jihlava)
5,000
Kolberg
(Kołobrzeg)
5,000
Lauban
(Lubań)
5,000
Naumburg
Population
Cities
5,000
Schweidnitz
(Świdnica)
5,000
Zittau
4,000
Chemnitz
4,000
Dresden
4,000
Eger
(Cheb)
4,000
Glatz
(Kłodzko)
4,000
Neuruppin
4,000
Oppeln
(Opole)
4,000
Salzwedel
4,000
Stolp
(Słupsk)
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