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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").
The sixteen constituent states of Germany are divided into a total of 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts [1] (German: Landkreise or Kreise – the latter in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein only), and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte or, in Baden-Württemberg only, Stadtkreise – cities that constitute districts in ...
Pages in category "German state capitals" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Berlin; Bremen; D.
ISO 3166-2:DE is the entry for Germany in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Capital Kingdoms (Königreiche) Prussia (Preußen) as a whole (including Lauenburg) Berlin: Saxony (Sachsen) Dresden: Grand Duchies (Großherzogtümer) Hesse (Hessen) (Only Upper Hesse, the province north of the river Main) Giessen: Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Schwerin: Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Neustrelitz: Oldenburg: Oldenburg: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ...
In parts of northern Germany, Landrat is also the name of the entire district administration, which in southern Germany is known as Kreisverwaltung or Landratsamt. In urban districts similar administrative functions are performed by a mayor, in most greater cities usually by the Lord Mayor .
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 ...
English: Map of States of Germany (Area States & City States) Deutsch: Bundesländer Deutschland Karte (Flächenländer und Stadtstaaten) Беларуская: Карта зямель Германіі (дзяржаў-рэгіёнаў і вольных гарадоў)