States of Germany have always existed, but for various historical circumstances, the boundaries between them changed many times as the number of entities.For example, after the Napoleonic invasions, the Austro-Prussian War, as well as, and especially - after the First and Second World Wars.Thus, the largest state in Germany - Prussia - all ceased to exist.It happened after World War II, when the country split into two occupation zones.Historically formed after the border in October 1990 identified the 16 states of Germany, joining her again in one country.On the map we can see the following notation: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Brandenburg, Hesse, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia, Rheinland-Pfalz, Shlezving-Holstein.Three of these lands have the status of a "free state" - Saxony, Bavaria and Thuringia, however, no special rights in comparison with the rest of the land they have.
Baden-Wurttemberg
This land of Germany with its capital Stuttgart has ten million inhabitants.The most beautiful landscapes: mountains, forests, rivers (Schwarzwald, Bodensee, the Danube and the Rhine Valley).
Bayern
Munich - the administrative capital of the largest education.This land of Germany - the famous Bavaria, with a population of about twelve million people, the largest and oldest - in the 6th century there was the Bavarian duchy.Also very picturesque area where the best cook in the world of beer.
Berlin
Berlin - the German capital and an independent federal state, a small but important.Population - three and a half million people.The town suffered a lot, being divided in half wall from 1961 to 1989 and all this time remained the center of the Cold War.
Brandenburg
most sparsely populated land, in spite of the area, thirty times greater than the Berlin is the capital of Brandenburg Potsdam.In the 17th century there lived mainly Dutch and French, but now the population is not close: only two and a half million people on a fairly wide area.
Bremen
Capital - Bremen.The land is small, and even divided into two areas (of fraternities).This land of Germany, as well as Bavaria, is the oldest public education - urban republic.
Hamburg
capital of this land - Hamburg - the second largest industrial city in Germany, the most important port, commercial and transport center.Despite the industrial start - one of the greenest cities in the country.
Hessen
Capital - Wiesbaden.The population of about six million.This land of Germany has major economic importance.Frankfurt - the central residence of the major German banks.There is also, and one of the largest airports throughout Europe.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Schwerin and its capital with a population of about two million people - agricultural land and sparsely populated.Nature here is kept as the apple of an eye, and "a thousand lakes" - the main attraction of the area.
Niedersachsen
Hannover - the capital of Lower Saxony.The population of the second largest of Germany - seven and a half million.North Sea, peat bogs and the East Frisian Islands, where, during World War II concentration camps were organized Borkum and Norderney.
Nordrhein-Westfalen
capital of North Rhine-Westphalia - Düsseldorf.The area is very densely populated, as it is the largest industrial center in Europe: the Ruhr region - a long chain consisting of cities, inhabited almost eighteen million people.
Rheinland-Pfalz
Land Rheinland-Pfalz (the capital - Mainz) was created from the former Prussian, Bavarian and hesenskih territories.There are popular mineral springs and grows grapes.Due to what is well developed winemaking.Tourist mecca.
Saarland
small area with the capital of Saarland Saarbrücken - is coal mines and heavy metals.Repeatedly passed from hand to hand, the last time went from France to Germany in 1957.
Sachsen
capital of Saxony - Dresden.The most industrialized and densely populated state in Germany.There are two famous cities - Dresden with its art gallery and Leipzig with its fairs.
Sachsen-Anhalt
Magdeburg - the capital of Saxony-Anhalt.Northern agricultural area inhabited by little, mostly in cities - Halle, Magdeburg, Dessau.
Schleswig-Holstein
Kiel - the capital of the land Shleyzving- Holstein - the center of the German shipbuilding industry.Previously, this area was an agrarian and livestock, are now developed and industry and trade, since the land is washed by two seas - the Baltic and the North.Lubeck is a major ferry port.
Thuringen
capital of Thuringia - Erfurt, founded in the 8th century, the garden city, surrounded by forests - green heart of the country.There is well-developed tourism industry, because the whole earth is like a museum - so much here of the ancient cathedrals, monasteries, castles.
