Frankfurt is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. With 763,380 inhabitants it is the fifth most populous city in Germany. Frankfurt’s central business district is located about 90 km (56 miles) northwest of the geographic center of the EU in Gadheim, Lower Franconia. Like France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhine Franconian dialect area.
Bonn is a German city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany until the reunification of the country in 1990, and seat of government until 1999. It is part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan macro-region.
Görlitz is the easternmost city in Germany. The city is located in Upper Lusatia and is the sixth largest city in the state of Saxony. When the borders were redefined after the Second World War, the eastern side of the city, much smaller in size, became part of Poland, receiving the name of Zgorzelec.
Munich is the capital of the federal state of Bavaria and the third largest city in Germany by number of inhabitants, and the 11th in the European Union. It is also the German city where the most companies are in the DAX stock index, the region being an important economic engine of the financial, technological, automotive, and service industries.
