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German states quiz

German states: how fast can you find the states?

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German states quiz: 16 Länder, 13 capitals to find, and the city-states

“Find the place” asks all 16 states in random order. “Find it from its capital” asks 13: Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen are cities that are a state of their own, so their capital would give the answer away and they are left out. “Choose the capital” asks the same 13: a city-state is not asked for its capital there either.

  1. Berlin lies inside Brandenburg and Bremen inside Lower Saxony: neither has a circle, so zoom in with the buttons, Ctrl + scroll or two fingers when they are too small to hit.
  2. In “Find it from its capital” the prompt reads “Find the one whose capital is Wiesbaden”: click Hesse.
  3. The end shows your score (first tries only, out of 16 or 13) and your time, with the states you missed to practise again.
State (as the quiz names it) Capital
Schleswig-Holstein Kiel
Hamburg Hamburg
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Schwerin
Bremen Bremen
Lower Saxony Hanover
Berlin Berlin
Brandenburg Potsdam
Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburg
North Rhine-Westphalia Düsseldorf
Hesse Wiesbaden
Thuringia Erfurt
Saxony Dresden
Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz
Saarland Saarbrücken
Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart
Bavaria Munich

The capitals that cost points are those that are not the state’s largest city: Düsseldorf, not Cologne, for North Rhine-Westphalia; Wiesbaden, not Frankfurt, for Hesse; Mainz, Kiel, Schwerin, Magdeburg, Erfurt and Potsdam. On this page the names are English: Bavaria, Hesse, Munich, Hanover.

How it works

  1. Choose whether to find the states or find them from their capitals.
  2. Click or tap each place as its name appears; zoom in for the small ones.
  3. At the end, see your time and score, then practise only the ones you missed.

Frequently asked questions

Are Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen included?
Yes — all 16 states are asked. The city-states are small but have no circles of their own: zoom in with the buttons, Ctrl + scroll or two fingers.
How does it work?
A name appears above the map: click or tap that place. Right answers turn green; after three misses the answer is shown. Skipped places come back at the end, and the ones you missed can be practised again.
Why are Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen not in the capitals quiz?
They are cities that are a state of their own, so “Find the one whose capital is Berlin” would give the answer away. “Find it from its capital” and “Choose the capital” ask the other 13 states; “Find the place” asks all 16.
Can I play it in German?
This page names the states in English (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Thuringia). Open the German page of the quiz for the German names.
Do I need an account?
No. The quiz runs in your browser with nothing to sign up for, and your scores are not stored anywhere.

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