Dortmund
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Country
- Germany(since 1990)
1
- , West Germany(1949–1990)
- , allied-occupied Germany(1945–1949)
- +3 more
- Germany(since 1990)
- Located in
- Population
- 600,880(December 31, 2025)
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- , 603,462(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 595,471(December 31, 2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +18 more
- 600,880(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 280.71 km²(2016)
- , 280.71 km²(December 31, 2017)
1
Sources- 1.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- Elevation
- 103 m
- Head of government
- Alexander Kalouti(since 2025)
- , Thomas Westphal(2020–2025)
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- , Ullrich Sierau(2010–2020)
- +2 more
- Founded
- 882
- Postal code
- 44135–44388
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
221 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Novi Sad(since 1982)
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Sources- 1.www2.dortmund.de/de/leben_in_dortmund/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/novi_sad/index.html
- 2.www2.dortmund.de/de/leben_in_dortmund/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/start_sp_1/index.html
- 3.novisad.rs/eng/links
- 4.skupstina.novisad.rs/medjunarodna-saradnja/?lang=lat
- 5.dortmund.de/themen/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/novi-sad/
- 6.dortmund.de/themen/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/
- Amiens(since 1960)
- Buffalo(since 1977)
- Leeds(since 1949)
- Netanya(since 1981)
- Rostov-on-Don(since 1977)
- Xi'an(since 1991)
- Zwickau
- Novi Sad(since 1982)
- Local dialing code
- 0231
- 02304
- Located in/on physical feature
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- Member of
- Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
- Ruhrverband
- Emschergenossenschaft
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Sources- 1.eglv.de/emscher-lippe/emschergenossenschaft/Retrieved 2019-06-29
- Lippeverband
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- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2007)
2
Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/dortmund.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- Mayors for Peace(since 1985)
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Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen
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- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
1
Sources- 1.“Die Mitgliedskörperschaften des LWL”staedtetag-nrw.de/ueber-uns/mitgliederRetrieved 2026-08-16
- WAGEV
- Short name
- Dm
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- Dm
- Native label
- Dortmund
- Official name
- Dortmund
- Demonym
- Dortmunder applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Dortmunderin applies to part: feminine singular
- Dortmunderinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- Male population
- 289,096(September 30, 2021)
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Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 288,386(October 31, 2019)
- 289,096(September 30, 2021)
- Female population
- 298,600(September 30, 2021)
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Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 298,600(September 30, 2021)
- Social media followers
- 5,680(May 18, 2025) youtube channel id: UCr_Np5QU5aVd-uK61valdmQ
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- 105,920(December 6, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 28532955
- 5,160(July 27, 2024) youtube channel id: UCr_Np5QU5aVd-uK61valdmQ
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- 946(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: stadtdortmund@ruhr.social
- 927(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: stadtdortmund@ruhr.social
- 910(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: stadtdortmund@ruhr.social
- 5,680(May 18, 2025) youtube channel id: UCr_Np5QU5aVd-uK61valdmQ
- IPA transcription
- ˈdɔʁtmʊnt language: German
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Dortmund.map
On other databases
77 identifiers linking Dortmund across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID387
- BBC Things ID21227858-3353-4846-a664-88ccd57c7d40
- BHCL UUID70f8d390-ffef-4575-8158-1ad89f294b30
- Bluesky handlestadtdortmund.bsky.social
- British Museum place IDx52875
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/North_Rhine-Westphalia/Localities/Dortmund/
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--435633
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Dortmund
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDdortmund
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1iIHZv
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526859
- Encyclopedia.com IDplaces/germany-scandinavia-and-central-europe/german-political-geography/dortmund
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ2554068
- Facebook location ID105758929457093
- Facebook usernamedortmund.de
- FactGrid item IDQ21505
- FAST ID1209098
- Freebase ID/m/0135k2
- GADM IDDEU.10.7_1
- GeoNames ID2935516
- German district key05913
- German municipality key05913000
- German regional key059130000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004982
- GitHub topicdortmund
- GND ID4012814-3
- GNS Unique Feature ID-1761124
- Google Maps Customer ID299474536935753552
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDDortmund
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDdortmund-455a4a
- HASCDE.NW.DD
- INaturalist place ID98548
- Instagram usernamestadt_dortmund
- Interlingual Index IDi82965
- J9U entity ID987007550199105171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID5287
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4012814-3
- Klexikon article IDDortmund
- Klimadashboard.de region ID23478bac-593e-434b-b586-5de54f7719d6
- KSW place ID87447
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID19867
- Le Figaro tag IDDortmund
- Lex IDDortmund
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80076227
- Mastodon addressstadtdortmund@ruhr.social
- Museum-digital place ID416
- MusicBrainz area ID20fdebf8-fdcc-49f0-845f-54147c735983
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/20326963-CADB-46CC-892F-92A53E2D40C8
- NL CR AUT IDge139178
- Nomisma IDdortmund
- NSK (VIAF) ID000673516
- NSK ID981005702945809366
- Numista ruling authority ID5625
- NUTS codeDEA52
- NWBib IDQ1295
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3893911
- Open Library publisher IDStadt_Dortmund
- Open Library subject IDplace:dortmund
- OpenStreetMap relation ID1829065
- Quora topic IDDortmund-Germany
- SBN place IDTO0L000900
- SNARC IDQ47996
- Subredditdortmund
- Threads usernamestadt_dortmund
- UN/LOCODEDEDTM
- Vatican Library VcBA ID494/33927
- VIAF cluster ID147221598
- Vikidia article IDfr:Dortmund
- Wellcome Collection concept IDpj4b76r7
- Who's on First ID101748719
- WikiKids IDDortmund
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08788551-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID12346544
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJrcg73XBkd8TBRm99hbVC
- X (Twitter) usernamestadtdortmund
- Yale LUX IDplace/d7318ec1-c7c6-446d-b22f-5d52992755dd
- YouTube channel IDUCr_Np5QU5aVd-uK61valdmQ
