German federal states
Find Germany’s 16 federal states, or Länder. Learn their locations on a map, take a quiz or print a practice sheet.
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The 16 German federal states (Länder).
How this set is defined
This set follows the named administrative units in the cited official source. The included-place list defines the answers.
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- Districts and municipalities
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Start with coastal states and the three city-states, then locate the inland Länder by their neighbors.
Bavaria and Bayern are names for the same state. You will find accepted alternative names in the answer list.
Places and answers
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| Place | Accepted names | Place notes |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Baden-Württemberg; Baden-Wuerttemberg | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Bavaria | Bavaria; Bayern | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Berlin | Berlin | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Brandenburg | Brandenburg | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Bremen | Bremen | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Hamburg | Hamburg | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Hesse | Hesse; Hessen | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Lower Saxony | Lower Saxony; Niedersachsen | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | North Rhine-Westphalia; Nordrhein-Westfalen | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Rhineland-Palatinate; Rheinland-Pfalz | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Saarland | Saarland | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Saxony | Saxony; Sachsen | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Saxony-Anhalt; Sachsen-Anhalt | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig-Holstein | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
| Thuringia | Thuringia; Thüringen | Outlines are simplified for this map. See the source notes for the administrative units used. |
Sources and map notes
equirectangular; regional standard parallel; US inset transforms when stated. Generalized Natural Earth geography; public domain. Coordinate projection is an equirectangular study view with standard-parallel scaling. Boundaries are not a political-status claim.
Last scope review: 2026-10-21
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