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Bavaria Map

Every district, city and town in Bavaria on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and districts above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a district to see its population, area and largest towns.

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Printable maps of Bavaria

Free to print for class and home: Bavaria with its cities and towns, a map of its districts, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

Bavaria map with cities

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Bavaria districts map

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Blank map of Bavaria

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Key facts

Capital
Munich
Largest city
Munich (1,505,036)
Population
13,245,503 (2025)
Area
70,541 km² (27,236 sq mi)
Districts of Bavaria
96
Most populous district
Munich (1,505,036)
Largest district by area
Ansbach (district), 1,971 km² (761 sq mi)
Map of Bavaria with its largest cities
Map of Bavaria with its largest cities

About Bavaria

Bavaria has 96 districts and about 13,245,503 people (2025) on 70,541 km² (27,236 sq mi). Munich is both the capital and the largest city, with 1,505,036 people. It borders Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony, Thuringia, Czechia and Austria.

Munich is the most populous district (1,505,036 people) and Ansbach the least (40,554); Ansbach (district) is the largest by area (1,971 km²) and Schweinfurt the smallest (36 km²).

Largest cities in Bavaria

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 337 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityDistrictPopulation
1MunichMunich1,505,036
2NurembergNuremberg531,159
3AugsburgAugsburg301,786
4RegensburgRegensburg151,517
5IngolstadtIngolstadt140,799
6WürzburgWürzburg133,753
7FürthFürth131,344
8ErlangenErlangen116,450
9BambergBamberg77,218
10AschaffenburgAschaffenburg73,326
11BayreuthBayreuth72,919
12LandshutLandshut71,922
13Kempten (Allgäu)Kempten (Allgäu)67,916
14RosenheimRosenheim65,808
15Neu-UlmNeu-Ulm62,843
16SchweinfurtSchweinfurt54,539
17PassauPassau53,523
18StraubingStraubing49,061
19FreisingFreising48,953
20DachauDachau47,461
21HofHof46,624
22KaufbeurenKaufbeuren46,282
23MemmingenMemmingen44,378
24AmbergAmberg42,631
25Weiden i.d.OPf.Weiden i.d.OPf.42,453

Populations are the Federal Statistical Office's population on 31 December 2025, carried forward from the 2022 census, counted in the municipalities of that day; a district's population and area are the sums of its municipalities', and the districts add up to the state's 13,245,503. Towns are whole municipalities (Gemeinden), so a city's figure stops at its boundary.

Districts of Bavaria

All 96 districts. Select one to show it on the map.

Districts of Bavaria. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Landkreis137,281780
Landkreis113,775569
Kreisfreie Stadt42,63150
Landkreis103,7881,256
Kreisfreie Stadt40,554100
Landkreis187,4871,971
Kreisfreie Stadt73,32662
Landkreis170,120699
Kreisfreie Stadt301,786147
Landkreis263,3811,071
Landkreis102,9501,137
Landkreis130,0811,111
Kreisfreie Stadt77,21855
Landkreis147,3191,168
Kreisfreie Stadt72,91967
Landkreis102,7561,276
Landkreis105,118840
Landkreis128,1411,527
Kreisfreie Stadt40,97048
Landkreis83,687590
Landkreis154,176579
Landkreis121,886861
Landkreis98,870792
Landkreis101,040878
Landkreis135,2621,275
Landkreis144,526549
Landkreis135,9821,214
Landkreis140,456871
Kreisfreie Stadt116,45077
Landkreis138,365565
Landkreis116,602643
Landkreis184,399800
Landkreis78,441984
Landkreis218,580435
Kreisfreie Stadt131,34463
Landkreis117,787307
Landkreis89,3501,012
Landkreis129,580762
Landkreis83,390956
Kreisfreie Stadt46,62458
Landkreis91,582893
Kreisfreie Stadt140,799133
Kreisfreie Stadt46,28240
Landkreis126,3211,065
Kreisfreie Stadt67,91663
Landkreis91,471684
Landkreis63,806651
Landkreis70,997658
Landkreis122,307804
Kreisfreie Stadt71,92266
Landkreis162,6241,348
Landkreis67,114520
Landkreis82,399323
Landkreis124,3151,321
Kreisfreie Stadt44,37870
Landkreis96,924866
Landkreis126,746716
Landkreis122,314805
Kreisfreie Stadt1,505,036311
Landkreis353,994664
Landkreis183,829516
Landkreis99,429740
Landkreis138,9021,344
Landkreis100,7671,267
Landkreis95,6571,426
Kreisfreie Stadt531,159186
Landkreis168,282800
Landkreis155,4211,528
Landkreis142,0651,394
Kreisfreie Stadt53,52370
Landkreis194,3291,530
Landkreis131,079761
Landkreis77,118975
Kreisfreie Stadt151,51781
Landkreis196,4101,392
Landkreis78,9021,022
Kreisfreie Stadt65,80837
Landkreis258,8241,439
Landkreis128,210895
Landkreis120,6381,281
Kreisfreie Stadt40,70241
Landkreis149,3631,458
Kreisfreie Stadt54,53936
Landkreis113,608841
Landkreis139,709488
Kreisfreie Stadt49,06168
Landkreis103,1041,202
Landkreis71,7681,084
Landkreis175,3191,534
Landkreis147,3861,230
Kreisfreie Stadt42,45371
Landkreis139,241966
Landkreis94,407971
Landkreis69,990606
Kreisfreie Stadt133,75388
Landkreis161,586968

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Sources

  • Districts, states and Germany's border: Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250), the boundaries of 1 January 2026, daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).
  • Populations, areas and town locations: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) for the Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Gemeindeverzeichnis (GV-ISys), all municipalities on 31 December 2025, population on the basis of the 2022 census.
  • Autobahns, rivers and lakes: BKG, Digitales Landschaftsmodell 1:1 000 000 (DLM1000), daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).