admeenistrative diveesion o Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germany is made up o saxteen Länder (singular Land, colloquially (but rarely in a legal context) cried Bundesland, fae "federatit state") which 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]
Awtho the term Land applees tae aw states, some are an aw describit as "states" in German. Each 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: aurie kintras).
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