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The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. [a] Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen (with its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven) are called Stadtstaaten ("city-states"), while the other thirteen states are called Flächenländer ("area states") and include Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia, which describe themselves as Freistaaten ("free states").
Germany – federal parliamentary republic in Western-Central Europe consisting of 16 constituent states (German: Bundesland), which retain limited sovereignty. Its capital and largest city is Berlin. With more than 80 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union (EU).
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km 2 (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.
Since 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany is made up of 16 federal states. This is a container category . Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories .
16 March 2018: 6 years, 277 days 2023 2018: Söder III Berlin: Governing Mayor Kai Wegner 15 September 1972 (age 52) CDU: 27 April 2023: 1 year, 235 days 2023: Wegner Brandenburg: Dietmar Woidke 22 October 1961 (age 63) SPD: 28 August 2013: 11 years, 112 days 2024 2019 2014: Woidke IV Bremen: President of the Senate and Mayor
The current version of the standard defines codes for all 16 German states, referring to them using the German words Land (singular) and Länder (plural). Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is DE, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for Germany; the second part is two letters derived from the name of the Land.
English: Map of Germany with the 16 Bundesländer (federal states) shown in the colors of the German flag and white. Creating SVG version of File:16 States of Germany in black red gold white.jpg using File:Karte_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland.svg as the base.
A map of Germany, showing all the State flags and coat of arms. All German states have a Landesflagge ( flag of the state , sometimes known as a civil flag ), that may be used by anyone. Some states have another variant, often showing the state coat of arms , called the Dienstflagge ( service flag or government flag , sometimes known as a state ...