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
Baden-Wurttemberg Baden-Württemberg1.11,111,496Stuttgart Stuttgart630,305
Bavaria Bavaria2.13,124,737Munich Munich1,260,391
Berlin Land Berlin3.3,677,472Berlin Berlin3,426,354
Brandenburg Brandenburg4.2,520,198Potsdam Potsdam182,112
Bremen Bremen5.680,130Bremen Bremen546,501
Hamburg Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg6.1,906,411Hamburg Hamburg1,845,229
Hesse Hessen7.6,243,262Wiesbaden Wiesbaden278,609
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony8.8,003,421Hannover Hannover515,140
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania9.1,609,675Schwerin Schwerin96,641
North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen10.18,077,762Duesseldorf Düsseldorf620,523
Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz11.4,093,903Mainz Mainz217,123
Saarland Saarland12.990,509Saarbruecken Saarbrücken179,349
Saxony Saxony13.4,077,937Dresden Dresden556,227
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt14.2,169,253Magdeburg Magdeburg235,775
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein15.2,920,850Kiel Kiel246,601
Thuringia Thuringia16.2,120,237Erfurt Erfurt213,692