What are the names of the German states?

Germany (Deutschland) consists of 16 states - known as Länder. Land is the literal German Word for "country", but also means "state". The term Bundesländer means federal states; singular Bundesland) Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria (German: Bayern)

Berlin

Brandenburg

Bremen

Hamburg

Hesse (German: Hessen)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen)

North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen)

Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz)

Saarland

Saxony (German: Sachsen)

Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt)

Schleswig-Holstein

Thuringia (German: Thüringen)