Are Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen on the map?

Yes — the three city-states are drawn and named, beside a short line where they are too small for their name.

Can I mark the state capitals?

Yes: tick “Mark the capitals” for a dot at each state capital, with Berlin marked as the national capital.

Where does the map come from?

From Natural Earth, a free public-domain map dataset. It is a map to learn and colour, not to measure distances.

Which German state capitals are not the largest city?

Four on this map: Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia (Cologne is larger), Wiesbaden in Hesse (Frankfurt), Dresden in Saxony (Leipzig) and Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Rostock). Tick “Mark the capitals” to see each one dotted and named.

Are the state names in English or German?

In English on this page: Bavaria, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Thuringia, with Munich and Hanover. The German page of the same map writes Bayern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, München and Hannover.

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Germany’s 16 states on A4: the names, 16 capitals and a numbered worksheet

A teacher of German at a secondary school in Leeds starts from the default A4 sheet, upright: the 16 states outlined and nothing written, for pupils to label. “With the names” writes all 16 in English — Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Thuringia. Bremen is named beside its state on a short line; Berlin, Hamburg and Saarland get the smallest type.

“Mark the capitals” adds 16 dots, Berlin’s ringed, and names 13 capitals: Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen are city and state at once, one name for both. Then no name needs a line, on any paper.
For the test, “Numbered, to write the names and capitals” gives germany-capitals-worksheet.pdf: the states numbered in reading order, 1 Bremen to 16 Bavaria, and the key below on page 2.

No.	State	Capital
1	Bremen	Bremen
2	Schleswig-Holstein	Kiel
3	Hamburg	Hamburg
4	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Schwerin
5	North Rhine-Westphalia	Düsseldorf
6	Lower Saxony	Hanover
7	Thuringia	Erfurt
8	Saxony-Anhalt	Magdeburg
9	Saxony	Dresden
10	Berlin	Berlin
11	Brandenburg	Potsdam
12	Saarland	Saarbrücken
13	Rhineland-Palatinate	Mainz
14	Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart
15	Hesse	Wiesbaden
16	Bavaria	Munich

The key catches the usual slips: Düsseldorf, not Cologne, for North Rhine-Westphalia; Wiesbaden, not Frankfurt, for Hesse; Dresden, not Leipzig, for Saxony; Schwerin, not Rostock, for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The map writes English names, so Munich and Hanover, not München and Hannover.

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Pick a style: blank with the borders for a quiz, the outline only for drawing, or with the names.
Tick “Mark the capitals” to add a dot for each capital, and choose the paper.
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Frequently asked questions

Are Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen on the map?: Yes — the three city-states are drawn and named, beside a short line where they are too small for their name.
Can I mark the state capitals?: Yes: tick “Mark the capitals” for a dot at each state capital, with Berlin marked as the national capital.
Where does the map come from?: From Natural Earth, a free public-domain map dataset. It is a map to learn and colour, not to measure distances.
Which German state capitals are not the largest city?: Four on this map: Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia (Cologne is larger), Wiesbaden in Hesse (Frankfurt), Dresden in Saxony (Leipzig) and Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Rostock). Tick “Mark the capitals” to see each one dotted and named.
Are the state names in English or German?: In English on this page: Bavaria, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Thuringia, with Munich and Hanover. The German page of the same map writes Bayern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, München and Hannover.
Is anything uploaded?: No. The PDF is made in your browser.