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===Rapidly growing cities===
After 1815, the urban population grew rapidly, due primarily to the influx of young people from the rural areas. [[Berlin]] grew from 172,000 people in 1800 to 826,000 in 1870; [[Hamburg]] grew from 130,000 to 290,000; [[Munich]] from 40,000 to 269,000; {{Lang|de|Breslau|italics=unset}} (now {{Lang|pl|[[Wrocław]]|italics=unset}}) from 60,000 to 208,000; [[Dresden]] from 60,000 to 177,000; {{Lang|de|[[Königsberg]]|italics=unset}} (now [[Kaliningrad]]) from 55,000 to 112,000. Offsetting this growth, there was extensive emigration, especially to the [[United States]]. Emigration totaled 480,000 in the 1840s, 1,200,000 in the 1850s, and 780,000 in the 1860s.<ref>Nipperdey, ''Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck: 1800–1866'' pp. 96–97</ref>