States
Germany is divided into 16 states (in German called Länder, singular Land; commonly Bundesländer, singular Bundesland), as shown in the table below. It is further subdivided into 439 districts (Kreise) and cities (kreisfreie Städte).
| State | Capital | Area (sq km) |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Stuttgart | 35,752 |
| Bavaria (Bayern) | Munich | 70,549 |
| Berlin | Berlin | 892 |
| Brandenburg | Potsdam | 29,477 |
| Bremen | Bremen | 404 |
| Hamburg | Hamburg | 755 |
| Hesse (Hessen) | Wiesbaden | 21,115 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Schwerin | 23,174 |
| Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) | Hanover | 47,618 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Düsseldorf | 34,043 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Mainz | 19,847 |
| Saarland | Saarbrücken | 2,569 |
| Saxony (Sachsen) | Dresden | 18,416 |
| Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Magdeburg | 20,445 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel | 15,763 |
| Thuringia (Thüringen) | Erfurt | 16,172 |