Cities on german stamps Budapest Moscow Montreal Rome

There were also international cities mentioned on german stamps. Mainly in regard to Olympic Games. Amongst the top 12 cities only Paris, Prague and Warsaw were no olympic hosts since 1949:

Total GDR (DDR) FRG (BRD) / Deutschland Berlin
1 Moscow Russia 19 18 1 0
2 Tokyo Japan 14 13 1 0
3 Innsbruck Austria 12 11 1 0
3 Montreal Canada 12 7 5 0
3 Seoul South Korea 12 7 3 2
6 Mexiko-City Mexico 11 6 5 0
7 Helsinki Finland 10 8 0 0
7 Paris France 10 8 2 0
7 Prague Czechia 10 9 1 0
7 Rome Italy 10 4 6 0
7 Sapporo Japan 10 6 4 0
7 Warsaw Poland 10 9 1 0

Of course there were other reasons as well – EXPO fairs, international treaties and conferences, economic ties, archeological excavations (Mussawwarat in Sudan), however quite seldom those stamps were about monuments or buildings – these subjects were more exclusive to german cities. One main subject that got repeatedly mentioned on stamps and often referred to germany’s neighbouring countries was, once again, concentration camps. As those were not only operated in Germany, but also on conquered territory and Germany later lost lots of its territority, many of those are located in Poland, Austria, in the baltic countries, but also in the Netherlands for example.

Here is a complete list of all the 100 international cities that we found on stamps during our research:

13 Vienna Austria 7
14 Calgary Canada 6
14 Grenoble France 6
14 Los Angeles USA 6
14 Mussawwarat Sudan 6
14 St Petersburg Russia 6
19 Lake Placid USA 5
19 Sarajewo Bosnia and Herzegovina 5
21 Barcelona Spain 4
21 Budapest Hungary 4
21 Copenhagen Denmark 4
21 Melbourne Australia 4
21 New York USA 4
21 Salt Lake City USA 4
27 Athens Greece 3
27 Geneva Switzerland 3
27 Havana Cuba 3
27 Oswiecim Poland 3
27 Szczecin Poland 3
27 Trelleborg Sweden 3
33 Antarctic Antarctic 2
33 Bern Switzerland 2
33 Bratislava Slowakia 2
33 Kaliningrad Russia 2
33 Krakow Poland 2
33 Lidice Czechia 2
33 Lillehammer Norway 2
33 London Great Britain 2
33 Lublin Poland 2
33 Lwówek Śląski Poland 2
33 Masyr Belarus 2
33 Mauthausen Austria 2
33 Nagano Japan 2
33 Beijing China 2
33 Plock Poland 2
33 Riga Latvia 2
33 Samara (Kuibyschew) Russia 2
33 Sofia Bulgaria 2
33 Strasbourg France 2
33 Vancouver Canada 2
53 ’s-Hertogenbosch Netherlands 1
53 Albertville France 1
53 Algier Algeria 1
53 Assisi Italy 1
53 Basel Switzerland 1
53 Biertan Romania 1
53 Cambridge Great Britain 1
53 Châteaubriant France 1
53 Chengde China 1
53 Como Italy 1
53 Den Haag Netherlands 1
53 Gizeh Egypt 1
53 Helsingborg Sweden 1
53 Kaunas Lithuania 1
53 Klaipeda Lithuania 1
53 Klooga Estonia 1
53 Kragujevac Serbia 1
53 Legnica Poland 1
53 Lyon France 1
53 Maastricht Netherlands 1
53 Madrid Spain 1
53 Milan Italy 1
53 Malkinia Gorna (Treblinka) Poland 1
53 Malmö Sweden 1
53 Modena Italy 1
53 Nara Japan 1
53 Natzwiller France 1
53 Oberndorf bei Salzburg (Ö) Austria 1
53 Olympia Greece
53 Ouradour-Sur-Glane France 1
53 Pjöngjang North Korea 1
53 Putten Netherlands 1
53 Reims France 1
53 Rjasan Russia 1
53 Rogoźnica Poland 1
53 Salzburg Austria 1
53 Sélestat France 1
53 Squaw Valley USA 1
53 Stein AG Switzerland 1
53 Stztutowo Poland 1
53 Tel Aviv Israel 1
53 Vaivara Estonia 1
53 Warna Bulgaria 1
53 Washington USA 1
53 Willebroek Belgium 1
53 Wiltz Luxemburg 1
53 Wolgograd Russia 1
53 Ystad Sweden 1

As an interesting supplement here are also top 10s for countries with most cities on german stamps and most german stamps in total. Not surprisingly, not considering the olympic host cities, most mentions refer to neighbouring countries like France, Poland, Austria, Czechia, Netherlands or Switzerland. However Russia got most stamps in total, clearly a consequence of the close ties of the GDR to the Soviet Union.

Countries with most cities mentioned:

Land Städte
1 Poland 11
2 France 10
3 Russia 6
3 USA 6
5 Italy 5
5 Austria 5
7 Japan 4
7 Netherlands 4
7 Sweden 4
7 Switzerland 4

Countries with most mentions in total:

Land Gesamt
1 Russia 31
2 Poland 28
3 Japan 27
4 France 25
5 Austria 23
6 USA 21
7 Canada 20
8 Italy 14
9 South Korea 12
9 Czechia 12