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GERMAN EMPIRE
III. Pkincipal Towns.
German towns are officially distinguished as large towns (with 100,000 inhabitants and upwards) ; medium towns (20,000-100,000 inhabitants) : small towns (5,000-20,000 inhabitants), and country towns (2,000-5,000 in- habitants). In 1895, only 1 town had over 1,000,000 inhabitants ; 6 others over 250,000 ; 21 others OA^er 100,000 ; 29 between 50,000 and 100,000 ; and 121 between 20,000 and 50,000. According to the results of the census of December 2, 1895, the population of the principal towns at that date was : —
Town
State
Pop.
Town
State
Pop.
Berlin .
Prussia .
1,677,304
Charlotten-
Hamburg
Hamburg
625,552
burg .
Prussia .
132,377
jMunich
Bavaria .
407,307
Barmen
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126,992
Leipzig
Saxony .
399,963
Danzig .
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125,605
Breslau .
Prussia .
373,169
Halle-on-Saal
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116,304
Dresden
Saxony .
336,440
Brunswick
Brunswick
115,138
Cologne
Prussia ,
321,564
Dortmund
Prussia .
111,232
Frankfurt-on-
Aachen .
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110,551
Main .
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229,279
Krefeld .
>>
107,245
]\Iagdeburg .
J J
214,424
Mannheim .
Baden .
91,119
Hanover
>>
209,535
Essen .
Prussia .
96,128
Diisseldorf .
J}
175,985
Kiel .
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85,666
Konigsberg .
j>
172,796
Karlsruhe
Baden .
84,030
Nuremberg .
Bavaria .
162,386
Mulhausen .
Alsace-
Chemnitz
Saxony .
161,017
Lorraine
82,986
Stuttgart
Wtirttem-
Augsburg
Bavaria .
81,896
berg .
158,321
Kassel .
Prassia .
81,752
Altona .
Prussia .
148,944
Erfurt .
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78,174
Bremen
Bremen .
141,894
Mainz .
Hesse
76,300
Stettin .
Prussia .
140,724
Wiesbaden .
Prussia .
74,133
Elberfeld .
Prussia .
139,337
Posen .
) 1
73,239
Strassburg .
Alsace-
Lorraine
135,608
For further details see under the separate States.
Religion.
The Constitution provides for entire liberty of conscience .and for complete social equality among all religious confessions. The relation between Church and State varies in different parts of the Empire. The order of the Jesuits is interdicted in all parts of Germany, and all convents and religious orders, except those engaged in nursing the sick and purely contemplative orders, have been suppressed. There are five Roman Catholic arch- bishops, and twenty bishoprics. The ' Old Catholics ' have a bishop at Bonn.
