What are the States of Germany?
Germany is a federal republic of 16 states (Länder), each with its own constitution,
parliament and government. Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen are city-states.
- Some states, such as Bavaria, Hamburg and Bremen, have centuries of history as independent territories.
- Others were created by the Allies after the Second World War, including North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in 1946.
- West Germany was founded from the western states in 1949.
- Baden-Württemberg was formed by a merger in 1952, and Saarland joined in 1957.
- At reunification in 1990, five eastern states joined: Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
- East and West Berlin became a single state at the same time.
Current quiz contains
16 states:
Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen.