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Germany: States on a Map

Locate Germany's 16 federal states from highlighted maps.

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  • An unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the centre.

    Thuringia

  • An unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the centre.

    Hesse

  • An unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the west.

    North Rhine-Westphalia

  • An unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the west.

    Rhineland-Palatinate

  • An unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a small area in the south-west.

    Saarland

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BerlinAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a small area in the north-east, surrounded by a neighbouring region and marked with a ring.
Capital: Berlin. Germany's capital and a city-state.
BrandenburgAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the north-east.
Capital: Potsdam. It completely surrounds Berlin.
Mecklenburg-Western PomeraniaAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the north-east.
Capital: Schwerin. The most sparsely populated state.
Schleswig-HolsteinAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the north.
Capital: Kiel. The only state with coasts on both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
HamburgAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a small area in the north, marked with a ring.
Capital: Hamburg. A city-state with Germany's largest seaport.
BremenAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a small area in the north-west, stretched from north to south, made up of separate parts and marked with a ring.
Capital: Bremen. The smallest state, made up of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Lower SaxonyAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a large area in the north.
Capital: Hanover. The second-largest state by area.
Saxony-AnhaltAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the centre.
Capital: Magdeburg. Wittenberg, a centre of the Reformation, is here.
SaxonyAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the east.
Capital: Dresden. The only state that borders both Poland and the Czech Republic.
ThuringiaAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the centre.
Capital: Erfurt. Weimar, the city of Goethe and Schiller, is here.
HesseAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the centre.
Capital: Wiesbaden. Its largest city, Frankfurt, is a major financial centre.
North Rhine-WestphaliaAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the west.
Capital: Düsseldorf. The most populous state.
Rhineland-PalatinateAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the west.
Capital: Mainz. Germany's largest wine-growing state.
SaarlandAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a small area in the south-west.
Capital: Saarbrücken. The smallest state that is not a city-state.
Baden-WürttembergAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the south.
Capital: Stuttgart. The Danube rises in its Black Forest.
BavariaAn unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a large area in the south.
Capital: Munich. The largest state by area.

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An unlabeled map of Germany with one state highlighted: a medium-sized area in the west.

Published September 27, 2026