ISO 3166-2:DE

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ISO 3166-2:DE is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of Germany (whose ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code is DE).

Currently the codes cover 16 states. Each code starts with DE-, followed by two letters.

[edit] Current codes

Codes and subdivision names are listed as in the official standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA). Columns can be sorted by clicking on their respective buttons.

Map of Germany with each state labelled with the second part of its ISO 3166-2 code.

Code	State name
DE-BW	Baden-Württemberg
DE-BY	Bayern
DE-BE	Berlin
DE-BB	Brandenburg
DE-HB	Bremen
DE-HH	Hamburg
DE-HE	Hessen
DE-MV	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
DE-NI	Niedersachsen
DE-NW	Nordrhein-Westfalen
DE-RP	Rheinland-Pfalz
DE-SL	Saarland
DE-SN	Sachsen
DE-ST	Sachsen-Anhalt
DE-SH	Schleswig-Holstein
DE-TH	Thüringen

Note: The codes of the following states are taken from their official names:

• Bremen (DE-HB) — Freie Hansestadt Bremen
• Hamburg (DE-HH) — Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

[edit] See also

• Subdivisions of Germany
• FIPS region codes of Germany
• NUTS of Germany

[edit] External links

• States of Germany, Statoids.com