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Learn about the 16 states of Germany, their history, government, and subdivisions. Find out how they differ from city-states and free states, and how they relate to the federal level.
Learn about the administrative subdivisions of Germany, called Landkreise or Kreise, and their types, responsibilities and councils. Find out the difference between rural and urban districts, and the special cases of district-free cities and municipal unions.
Compare the HDI of 16 German states in 2021 and see how they have changed since 1995. Hamburg has the highest HDI of 0.972, while Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has the lowest of 0.897.
Learn how Germany's modern territory was formed by various historical events, such as the unification of Prussia, the First and Second World Wars, and the reunification of East and West Germany. See maps and tables of the changes in Germany's borders and size over time.
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
The sixteen constituent states of Germany are divided into a total of 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts [1] (‹See Tfd› 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 ...
Learn about the eleven metropolitan regions in Germany, consisting of the country's most densely populated cities and their catchment areas. Compare the Big Five regions with other European metropolitan regions in terms of population, GDP, HQs of MNCs, and passenger traffic.
Learn about the area, location, borders, climate, terrain and natural resources of Germany, the seventh-largest country by area in Europe. Germany covers 357,021 km2 (137,847 sq mi) of land and water, and has nine neighbors and two maritime borders.