Germany (German: Deutschland) is a federal republic consisting of sixteen states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesländer ("federal states"; singular Bundesland) is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law.
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| Bavaria Bayern |
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| Berlin |  |
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| Brandenburg | 
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| Hesse Hessen |
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| Lower Saxony Niedersachsen |
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| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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| North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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| Rhineland-Palatinate Rheinland-Pfalz |
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| Saxony Sachsen |
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| Saxony-Anhalt Sachsen-Anhalt |
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| Schleswig-Holstein |  |
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| Thuringia Thüringen |
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 States of Germany |
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 Baden-Württemberg |  Bavaria |  Berlin |  Brandenburg |  Bremen |  Hamburg |  Hesse |  Lower Saxony |  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |  North Rhine-Westphalia |  Rhineland-Palatinate |  Saarland |  Saxony |  Saxony-Anhalt |  Schleswig-Holstein |  Thuringia
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