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Regions in Germany

Germany is made up of 16 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Germany. Information on all primary administrative regions in Germany.

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Primary administrative regions in Germany

There are 16 regions in Germany in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Germany
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Berlin Land Berlin1.3,442,675Berlin Berlin3,426,354
Bremen Bremen2.661,716Bremen Bremen546,501
Saxony Saxony3.4,168,732Dresden Dresden486,854
North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen4.17,872,763Duesseldorf Düsseldorf573,057
Thuringia Thuringia5.2,249,882Erfurt Erfurt203,254
Hamburg Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg6.1,774,224Hamburg Hamburg1,739,117
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony7.7,928,815Hannover Hannover515,140
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein8.2,832,027Kiel Kiel232,758
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt9.2,356,219Magdeburg Magdeburg229,826
Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz10.4,012,675Mainz Mainz184,997
Bavaria Bavaria11.12,510,331Munich Munich1,260,391
Brandenburg Brandenburg12.2,511,525Potsdam Potsdam145,292
Saarland Saarland13.1,022,585Saarbruecken Saarbrücken181,227
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania14.1,651,216Schwerin Schwerin96,641
Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Württemberg Region15.10,744,921Stuttgart Stuttgart589,793
Hesse Hessen16.6,061,951Wiesbaden Wiesbaden272,432