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.

Related Topics:
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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