German State Capitals Quiz
Can you name the capitals of Germany’s 16 federal states? Use state outlines and city markers, choose multiple choice or typed answers, and practise the capitals you miss.
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Learn the capitals of Germany’s 16 states
Germany’s federal states are called Länder, or Bundesländer. Each has a capital, and the answer is not always its largest city: Wiesbaden is the capital of Hesse, not Frankfurt, and Düsseldorf is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, not Cologne.
Start with a 10-question round, or select all 16. The outline shows the state and the dot marks its capital. Multiple choice helps you learn the pairings; typed answers test whether you can recall the city without suggestions.
City-states and familiar alternative spellings
Berlin and Hamburg are both cities and states. Bremen is also a city-state, consisting of Bremen and Bremerhaven, with Bremen as its capital. Berlin is Germany’s national capital as well as a state capital.
Both Munich and München are accepted, as are Hanover and Hannover. You can type Duesseldorf or Saarbruecken without an umlaut. After a round, revisit your missed capitals in practice to strengthen the connections.