The most comprehensive and detailed index of place names in Germany provides an extraordinary amount of information:
over 136,000 place names, not only including independent towns and municipalities but also over 100,000 otherwise undocumented small and very small villages, settlements, small settlement areas, farms, hamlets, etc. their affiliation with local administrative bodies (town or municipality) along with their respective communal codes number of inhabitants, area, dialing code, geographical coordinates, height above sea level and UN/LOCODEThe respective responsible federal, state and communal authorities as well as the appropriate jurisdiction for all places in Germany:
administrative associations, associations of communities, communities