Brucken in Germany echoes Metz in France. Offenburg in Germany and Strasbourg in France are very close. Fribourg, Germany and Colmar, France are two cities that echo each other from afar. The town of Mirheim in Germany and Milus in France are relatively conspicuous; The German city of Karlsruhe echoes the French town of Hagenau. These are the nearest cities on the border between Germany and France.