# Germany

Germany

sovereign state, country| Year dem found am | 23 May 1949  |
| Official name | Bundesrepublik Deutschland  |
| Native label | Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland  |
| Short name | Deutschland  |
| Ethnic group | Germans, Turks, Poles, Syrians, Romanians  |
| Participant insyd | International Space Station  |
| Dey archive for | German Federal Archives  |
| Official language | German  |
| Anthem | national anthem of Germany  |
| Culture | culture of Germany  |
| Motto text | Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit  |
| Continent | Europe  |
| Country | Germany  |
| Capital | Berlin  |
| Located in time zone | UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00  |
| Located in or next to body of water | Baltic Sea, North Sea  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Central Europe, Western Europe  |
| Coordinate location | 51°0′0″N 10°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of geographic center | 51°9′48″N 10°26′52″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 51°16′22″N 15°2′30″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 55°3′30″N 8°25′9″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 47°16′12″N 10°10′42″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 51°3′4″N 5°51′59″E  |
| Highest point | Zugspitze  |
| Lowest point | Neuendorf-Sachsenbande  |
| Government ein basic form | republic, federation, federal parliamentary republic, parliamentary republic  |
| Office held by head of state | president of Germany  |
| State ein head | Frank-Walter Steinmeier  |
| Office head of government hold | Federal Chancellor of Germany  |
| Government ein head | Friedrich Merz  |
| Executive body | Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, federal level of Germany  |
| Legislative body | Bundesrat, German Bundestag  |
| Highest judicial authority | Federal Constitutional Court  |
| Central bank | German Federal Bank  |
| Currency | euro  |
| Coextensive with | Germany  |
| Driving side | right  |
| Electrical plug type | Schuko, Europlug  |
| Dey replace | West Germany, German Democratic Republic, German Reich, Trizone, German Reich  |
| Dema official website |   |
| Described at URL |   |
| Hashtag | Deutschland, Germany  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .de  |
| Flag | flag of Germany  |
| Coat of arms | Coat of arms of Germany  |
| Topographic map | Atlas of Germany  |
| Geography of topic | geography of Germany  |
| Get characteristic | free country  |
| History of topic | history of Germany  |
| Item dem operate | Embassy of Germany, Riga  |
| Patron saint | Michael  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Berlin  |
| Railway traffic side | right  |
| Official color | black, red, yellow  |
| Open data portal | GovData, Politik bei uns  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Germany  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Germany  |
| Time of earliest written record | 919  |
| Mobile country code | 262  |
| Country calling code | +49  |
| Trunk prefix | 0  |
| Emergency phone number | 112, 110  |
| GS1 country code | 400-440  |
| Licence plate code | D  |
| Maritime identification digits | 211, 218  |
| Stack Exchange tag |   |
| Unicode character | 🇩🇪  |
| Category for honorary citizens of entity | Category:Honorary citizens from Germany  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Germany  |

**Germany**, officially de **Federal Republic of Germany**, be a country insyd Central Europe. E dey lie between de Baltic Sea den de North Sea to de north den de Alps to de south. Ein sixteen constituent states get a total population of over 82 million insyd an area of 357,596 km2 (138,069 sq mi), wey dey make am de most populous member state of de European Union. E dey border Denmark to de north, Poland den de Czech Republic to de east, Austria den Switzerland to de south, den France, Luxembourg, Belgium, den de Netherlands to de west. De nation ein capital den most populous city be Berlin wey ein main financial centre be Frankfurt; de largest urban area be de Ruhr.

## Politics

### Constituent states

Germany be a federation wey dey comprise sixteen constituent states wich be collectively referred to as *Länder*. Each state (*Land*) get ein own constitution, wey ebe largely autonomous in regard to ein internal organisation. As of 2017, dem divide Germany into 401 districts (*Kreise*) at a municipal level; dese dey consist of 294 rural districts den 107 urban districts.

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| State | Capital | Area | Population
(census 2022) | Nominal GDP | Nominal GDP per capita EUR (2023) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| km2 | mi2 | Billions EUR (2023) | Share of
GDP (%) |
| Baden-Württemberg | Stuttgart | 35,751 | 13,804 | 11,104,040 | 615.071 | 14.92 | 54,339 |
| Bavaria | Munich | 70,550 | 27,240 | 13,038,724 | 768.469 | 18.65 | 57,343 |
| Berlin | Berlin | 892 | 344 | 3,596,999 | 193.219 | 4.69 | 51,209 |
| Brandenburg | Potsdam | 29,654 | 11,449 | 2,534,075 | 97.477 | 2.37 | 37,814 |
| Bremen | Bremen | 420 | 162 | 693,204 | 39.252 | 0.95 | 56,981 |
| Hamburg | Hamburg | 755 | 292 | 1,808,846 | 150.575 | 3.65 | 79,176 |
| Hesse | Wiesbaden | 21,115 | 8,153 | 6,207,278 | 351.139 | 8.52 | 54,806 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Schwerin | 23,214 | 8,963 | 1,570,817 | 59.217 | 1.44 | 36,335 |
| Lower Saxony | Hanover | 47,593 | 18,376 | 7,943,265 | 363.109 | 8.81 | 44,531 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Düsseldorf | 34,113 | 13,171 | 17,890,489 | 839.084 | 20.36 | 46,194 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz | 19,854 | 7,666 | 4,094,169 | 174.249 | 4.23 | 41,797 |
| Saarland | Saarbrücken | 2,569 | 992 | 1,006,864 | 41.348 | 1.00 | 41,617 |
| Saxony | Dresden | 18,416 | 7,110 | 4,038,131 | 155.982 | 3.78 | 38,143 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg | 20,452 | 7,897 | 2,146,443 | 78.38 | 1.90 | 35,911 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel | 15,802 | 6,101 | 2,927,542 | 118.68 | 2.88 | 40,090 |
| Thuringia | Erfurt | 16,202 | 6,256 | 2,110,396 | 75.909 | 1.84 | 35,715 |
| Germany | Berlin | 357,386 | 137,988 | 82,719,540 | 4,121.16 | 100 | 48,750 |

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## Demographics

Germany get a number of large cities. Der be 11 officially recognised metropolitan regions. De country ein largest city be Berlin, while ein largest urban area be de Ruhr.

| Largest cities anaa towns insyd Germany

Federal Statistical Office of Germany - Destatis (census 2022) |
| --- |
| Rank | Name | State | Pop. | Rank | Name | State | Pop. |
| 1 | Berlin | Berlin | 3,596,999 | 11 | Essen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 571,039 |
| 2 | Hamburg | Hamburg | 1,808,846 | 12 | Dresden | Saxony | 557,782 |
| 3 | Munich | Bavaria | 1,478,638 | 13 | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 522,554 |
| 4 | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,017,355 | 14 | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 513,291 |
| 5 | Frankfurt | Hesse | 743,268 | 15 | Duisburg | North Rhine-Westphalia | 501,415 |
| 6 | Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | 611,258 | 16 | Wuppertal | North Rhine-Westphalia | 356,768 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 610,458 | 17 | Bochum | North Rhine-Westphalia | 354,288 |
| 8 | Leipzig | Saxony | 598,899 | 18 | Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 330,072 |
| 9 | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 598,246 | 19 | Bonn | North Rhine-Westphalia | 321,544 |
| 10 | Bremen | Bremen | 575,071 | 20 | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg | 313,693 |

* Official site of the federal government
* Official tourism site
* Germany from BBC News
* Germany. *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency.
* Germany from the OECD
* Germany at the EU
* Geographic data related to Germany at OpenStreetMap