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Biggest Cities of the German Lost Eastern Territories with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the German Empire within the territories east of the Oder–Neisse line that Germany lost in the course of both World Wars with an estimated population of over 20,000 in 1905?
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Population figures according to the 1905 German census.
One of these cities was split between Germany and Poland.
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Population
Cities
470,751
Breslau
(Wrocław)
224,078
Stettin
(Szczecin)
220,212
Königsberg
(Kaliningrad)
159,685
Danzig
(Gdańsk)
137,067
Posen
(Poznań)
66,069
Königshutte
(Chorzów)
61,297
Gleiwitz
(Gliwice)
60,059
Beuthen in Oberschlesien
(Bytom)
59,710
Liegnitz
(Legnica)
55,657
Elbing
(Elbląg)
54,235
Bromberg
(Bydgoszcz)
37,110
Tilsit
(Sovetsk)
Population
Cities
36,933
Landsberg an der Warthe
(Gorzów Wielkopolski)
36,666
Guben
(Gubin)
35,998
Graudenz
(Grudziądz)
35,725
Kattowitz
(Katowice)
32,749
Ratibor
(Racibórz)
31,928
Thorn
(Toruń)
31,160
Stolp
(Słupsk)
30,769
Oppeln
(Opole)
30,539
Schweidnitz
(Świdnica)
28,902
Insterburg
(Chernyakhovsk)
27,486
Brieg
(Brzeg)
27,394
Allenstein
(Olsztyn)
Population
Cities
26,908
Stargard in Pommern
(Stargard)
25,313
Neisse
(Nysa)
24,551
Hohensalza
(Inowrocław)
23,727
Gnesen
(Gniezno)
23,461
Glogau
(Głogów)
22,864
Kolberg
(Kolobrzeg)
21,631
Grünberg in Schlesien
(Zielona Góra)
21,622
Schneidemühl
(Piła)
21,474
Köslin
(Koszalin)
20,687
Memel
(Klaipėda)
20,187
Neustadt in Oberschlesien
(Prudnik)
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Level 89
Jun 25, 2023
I only got 7. I knew the bulk of East Prussia wasn't as heavily urbanized, but I couldn't come up with many cities.

I even missed obvious ones like Thorn and Kattowitz.