States o Germany

Germany is made up o saxteen Länder (singular Land, colloquially (but rarely in a legal context) cried Bundesland, fae "federatit state"), whilk are pairtly sovereign constituent states o the Federal Republic o Germany. Land literally translates as "kintra", an constitutionally speakin, thay are constituent kintras. Aften referred tae in Inglis an Scots bi German speakers as "states", the term "Land" (wi an uppercase 'L') is uised in the offeecial Inglis version o the Basic Law^[1] an in UK parliamentary proceedings.^[2] Housomeivver, it is whiles translatit as "federal states" in ither publications.^[3]

Lawer Saxony

Bremen

Hamburgh

Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern

Saxony-
Anhalt

Saxony

Brandenburg

Berlin

Thuringie

Hesse

North Rhine-
Westphalie

Rhineland-
Palatinate

Bavarie

Baden-
Württemberg

Saarland

Schleswig-
Holstein

Tho the term Land applees tae aw states, some are describit as "states" in German an aw. Ilk o the states o Bavarie, Saxony, an Thuringie offeecially describes itsel as a "state" (Staat) an mair specifically as a "free state" (Freistaat). Berlin, Hamburgh an Bremen are frequently cried Stadtstaaten (city-states).

The remainin 13 states are cried Flächenländer (literally: area kintras).