The 16 federal states of Germany
Germany has 16 federal states. This page lists all of them.
The table shows the English name first. The German name is accepted as an answer too, and it appears in the second column.
English names and local names
The quiz shows English names, because that is what most players type. It accepts the German name as well.
Accent marks do not matter. The quiz folds accents before it compares, so a name typed without them still counts.
Abbreviations are not accepted. A short code is ambiguous, and one code often matches the start of another name.
About the federal states
Germany is a federation. Each federal state has its own parliament and government, and each one keeps powers the national government cannot take.
Three of them are city states: Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. A city state is one city that is also a state in its own right.
Five of them joined in 1990, when East Germany and West Germany reunified.
All 16 federal states
| State | Also accepted |
|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Baden-Wuerttemberg, Baden Wurtemberg |
| Bavaria | Bayern |
| Berlin | |
| Brandenburg | |
| Bremen | |
| Hamburg | |
| Hesse | Hessen |
| Lower Saxony | Niedersachsen |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Rhine Westfalia |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Rheinland-Pfalz, Rhineland Pfalz |
| Saarland | |
| Saxony | Sachsen |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Thuringia | Thüringen, Thueringen |
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Sources
- Official German names published by Germany.
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