States of Germany
Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). Since Land is also the German word for "country", the term Bundesländer ("Federal States"; singular Bundesland) is often used instead to avoid ambiguity.
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Germany - Federal republic - States - German
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Each Land is represented at the federal level in the Bundesrat ("Federal Council").
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The 16 Länder, by reference to the numbers on the map to the right, are:
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- Baden-Württemberg
- Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern)
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen)
- Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg)
- Hesse (Hessen)
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
- Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
- North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
- Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)
- Saarland
- Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen)
- Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen)
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| ► | Politics |
| ► | Further subdivisions |
| ► | See also |
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