List of places in Germany named after people

A

• Adelheidsdorf – Queen Adelaide of Hanover, Great Britain and Ireland
• – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover
• Agathenburg – Agathe von Leesten/Lehsten, wife of Bremen-Verden's general governor Hans Christoff von Königsmarck.
• Annaburg – Princess Anna of Denmark and Norway, electress consort of Augustus the Strong
• Augsburg – Roman Caesar Augustus
• Augustdorf – Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold.
• Augustendorf – Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, consort of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover
• Augustusburg – Augustus, Elector of Saxony

  B

• Bad Karlshafen – Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
• :de:Bad Wilhelmshöhe|Bad Wilhelmshöhe – William I, Elector of Hesse
• Benediktbeuern – Benedict of Nursia
• Borsigwalde – engineer August Borsig
• Brunswick – Bruno, Duke of Saxony

  C

• Cäciliengroden – Princess Cecilia of Sweden, grand duchess consort to Grand Duke Frederick Augustus I of Oldenburg
• Carlsburg – Charles XI of Sweden
• Charlottenburg – Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen consort of King Frederick I of Prussia
• Christian-Albrechts-Koog – Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
• Clemenshammer – Clemens auf dem Hammer, purchaser of ironworks in 1580
• Cologne – Roman Emperor Claudius and Agrippina the Younger, empress consort
• Constance – Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus

  D

• Dorotheenstadt – Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Holstein, electress consort of Frederick William, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg

  E

• Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog – Elisabeth Sophie Desmercières, wife of Jean Henri Desmercières, financier of the polder and dike constructions
• Erichsburg – Eric II, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, founded in the 16th century by his father Eric I, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, who named it after his son.
• Erkelenz – Roman real proprietor Herculentiacus

  F

• Ferdinandshof – Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia
• Findorf –, Moor Commissioner in charge of drainage, cultivation and colonisation of moorlands
• Franzburg – Francis, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg
• Friedrichsfelde – Prince-Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg
• Friedrichshafen – King Frederick of Württemberg
• Friedrichshagen – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia
• Friedrichshain – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia
• Friedrichskoog – King Frederick VII of Denmark
• Friedrichsruh – Count Frederick Charles Augustus of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Sternberg and Schwalenberg
• Friedrichstadt – Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
• Friedrichstadt – King Frederick I of Prussia
• Friedrichsthal – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia, now a component locality of Gartz
• Friedrichsthal – King Frederick I of Prussia, now a component locality of Oranienburg
• Friedrichsthal – Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler
• Friedrichswalde – King Frederick II, the "Great", of Prussia
• Friedrichswerder – Frederick William, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg
• Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog – Minister-President :de:Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke|Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke of Schleswig-Holstein
• Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt – King Frederick William III of Prussia

  G

• Galmsbüll/Galmesbøl/North Frisian: Galmsbel – Saint Gall
• Georgensgmünd – George the Martyr
• Georgenthal – George the Martyr
• Georgsdorf – George V of Hanover
• Georgsmarienhütte – King George V of Hanover and Duchess Mary of Saxe-Altenburg, the queen consort
• Giesensdorf – a certain Ghiselbrecht, the :de:Lokator|locator in the 13th century
• Gustavsburg – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

  H

• Hedwigenkoog – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden
• Heinrichswalde – Christoph Ludwig Henrici
• Hermsdorf – a certain Herman, the :de:Lokator|locator around 1200
• Hildesheim – farmer Hildwin
• Hindenburg, Saxony-Anhalt – Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany

  J

• Joachimsthal in Brandenburg – Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
• Johanngeorgenstadt – John George I, Elector of Saxony
• Johannisthal – Johann Wilhelm Werner, councillor of the electoral chamber,
• Juliers – Julius Caesar
• Jürgensgaard/Jørgensgård – George the Martyr
• Jürgenstorf – a certain Jürgen, the :de:Lokator|locator in the 13th century

  K

• Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog – German Emperor William I
• Karlsburg in Hither Pomerania – feudal landlord Carl von Bismarck
• Karlsruhe – Margrave Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
• Karolinenkoog – Princess Caroline of Denmark
• Kilianstädten – Irish Franconian apostle Saint Kilian
• Kronprinzenkoog – Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark
• Kaiserslautern Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

  L

• Leopoldshafen – Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
• Leopoldshagen – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
• Leopoldshöhe – Leopold II, Prince of Lippe
• Leverkusen – pharmacist Carl Leverkus
• Ludwigsau – Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
• Ludwigsburg – Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg
• Ludwigsfelde – Ernst Ludwig von der Gröben, president of the chamber of Kurmark
• Ludwigshafen upon Lake Constance – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
• Ludwigshafen upon Rhine – King Louis I of Bavaria
• Ludwigshöhe in the Palatinate – King Louis I of Bavaria
• Ludwigshöhe in Rhenish Hesse – Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
• Ludwigslust – Duke Christian Louis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Ludwigsstadt – a certain Ludewich, bailiff in 1269
• Luisenstadt – Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of King Frederick William III of Prussia
• Luisenthal – Louise Dorothy of Saxe-Meiningen, duchess consort of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

  M

• Mariendorf – Mary of Nazareth
• Marienfelde – Mary of Nazareth
• Maxau – Prince Maximilian of Baden
• Maxdorf – King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
• Maxhafen – Maximilian Frederick of Königsegg-Rothenfels, prince-archbishop-elector of Cologne, duke of Westphalia and prince-bishop of Münster
• Maxhütte – Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria
• Maximiliansau – Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria
• Moritzburg – Maurice, Elector of Saxony

  N

• Neuhardenberg – chancellor Karl August von Hardenberg
• Neu Sankt Jürgen – George the Martyr
• Nikolassee – Bishop Nicolas of Myra,
• Nikolskoë – Tzar Nicholas I of Russia,
• Nordgeorgsfehn – George IV of Hanover and the United Kingdom

  O

• Oederquart – a certain Oderick, the :de:Lokator|locator in the 12th century
• Oranienbaum – Princess Henriette Catherina of Orange-Nassau, princess consort of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
• Oranienburg – Princess Luise Henriette of Orange-Nassau, electress consort of Frederick William, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg
• Ottobrunn – Othon, King of the Hellenes

  P

• Paulinenaue – Pauline von Bardeleben, bride of the patrimonial landlord Friedrich Wilhelm von Knoblauch
• Philippinenburg – Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, second wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
• Philippinendorf – Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, second wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
• Philippinenthal – Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, second wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
• Philippsburg – Prince-Bishop Philipp Christoph von Sötern, Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
• Philippsthal upon Werra – Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
• Pirmasens – monk Pirminius

  R

• Ratzeburg – Prince Ratibor
• Reinickendorf – a certain Reineke, the :de:Lokator|locator in the 13th century
• Reußenköge – Count Heinrich XLIII of Reuß-Schleiz-Köstritz and his wife Louise, who financed the polders
• Rixdorf – a certain Richard, the :de:Lokator|locator in 1360
• Röntgental – physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, inventor of the X-ray

  S

• Saarlouis – King Louis XIV of France
• Sankt Augustin – Augustine of Hippo
• Sankt Pauli – Paul of Tarsos
• Schmargendorf – Margrave John I of Brandenburg,
• Schrötersdorf – astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schröter
• Siemensstadt – engineer Werner von Siemens
• Südgeorgsfehn – George IV of Hanover and the United Kingdom

  T

• Trier – Augustus

  U

• Ulrichshusen – feudal landlord Ulrich von Moltzan

  V

• Veitshöchheim – Vitus
• Viereck –, Prussian state minister in charge of colonists in the monarchy

  W

• Waldensberg – merchant Peter Waldo, precursor of the Protestant Reformers
• Wedding – feudal landlord Rudolf de Weddinge
• Wilhelmsburg – Duke George William of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Prince of Lüneburg
• Wilhelmsdorf in Middle Franconia – George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
• Wilhelmsdorf upon Saale – a certain Wilhelm, probably the :de:Lokator|locator in the 14th century
• Wilhelmsdorf in Württemberg – King William I of Württemberg
• Wilhelmshaven – King William I of Prussia, later also German Emperor
• Wilmersdorf – a certain Wilhelm, probably the :de:Lokator|locator in the 13th century
• Wittenau – mayor,

  Z

• Zeppelinheim – Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

  Former names

• Horst-Wessel-Stadt was the name of Berlin-Friedrichshain from 1933 to 1945 – Horst Wessel
• Karl-Marx-Stadt was the name of Chemnitz from 1953 to 1990 – Karl Marx
• Katharinenthal was the name of Wilhelmsthal from 1807 to 1813 – Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia
• Maczków was the name of Haren upon Ems between 4 June 1945 and 10 September 1948 – Stanisław Maczek
• Marxwalde was the name of Neuhardenberg from 1949 to 1990 – Karl Marx
• Napoléonshöhe was the name of Bad Wilhelmshöhe – Napoléon Bonaparte
• Pottsfehn was the name of Hüllenerfehn – Rudolf Pott, founder
• Stalinstadt was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt from 1953 to 1961 – Joseph Stalin