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{{short description|Entry for Germany in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:DE''' is the entry for {{wipe|Germany}} in [[ISO 3166-2]], part of the [[ISO 3166]] standard published by the [[Organization:International Organization for Standardization|International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), which defines [[Code|code]]s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in [[ISO 3166-1]].

The current version of the standard defines codes for all 16 German states, referring to them using the [[Social:German language|German]] words {{lang|de|Land}} (singular) and {{lang|de|Länder}} (plural). Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is {{mono|DE}}, the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code for Germany; the second part is two letters derived from the name of the Land.

== Current codes ==
Subdivision names are listed as shown in the ISO 3166-2 standard, published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency. 

[[File:States of Germany coded.svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of Germany with each Land labelled with the second part of its ISO 3166-2 code.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision Name ([[Social:German language|de]])
! Subdivision Name ([[Social:English language|en]])<br /><ref group="note">For reference only; translations into languages other than German are not included in the ISO 3166-2:DE standard.</ref>
|-
| {{mono|DE-BW}}
| {{flag|Baden-Württemberg}}
| Baden-Württemberg
|-
| {{mono|DE-BY}}
| {{flag|Bayern}}
| Bavaria
|-
| {{mono|DE-BE}}
| {{flag|Berlin}}
| Berlin
|-
| {{mono|DE-BB}}
| {{flag|Brandenburg}}
| Brandenburg
|-
| {{mono|DE-HB}}
| {{flag|Bremen}}
| Bremen
|-
| {{mono|DE-HH}}
| {{flag|Hamburg}}
| Hamburg
|-
| {{mono|DE-HE}}
| {{flag|Hessen}}
| Hesse
|-
| {{mono|DE-MV}}
| {{flag|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern}}
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|-
| {{mono|DE-NI}}
| {{flag|Niedersachsen}}
| Lower Saxony
|-
| {{mono|DE-NW}}
| {{flag|Nordrhein-Westfalen}}
| North Rhine-Westphalia
|-
| {{mono|DE-RP}}
| {{flag|Rheinland-Pfalz}}
| Rhineland-Palatinate
|-
| {{mono|DE-SL}}
| {{flag|Saarland}}
| Saarland
|-
| {{mono|DE-SN}}
| {{flag|Sachsen}}
| Saxony
|-
| {{mono|DE-ST}}
| {{flag|Sachsen-Anhalt}}
| Saxony-Anhalt
|-
| {{mono|DE-SH}}
| {{flag|Schleswig-Holstein}}
| Schleswig-Holstein
|-
| {{mono|DE-TH}}
| {{flag|Thüringen}}
| Thuringia
|}

; Notes
<references group="note" />

The codes for Bremen ({{mono|DE-HB}}) and [[Place:Hamburg|Hamburg]] ({{mono|DE-HH}}) are derived from the formal names of the cities—{{lang|de|Freie Hansestadt Bremen}} and {{lang|de|Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg}}, respectively—which reference their history in the [[Organization:Hanseatic League|Hanseatic League]].

The codes for Lower Saxony ({{lang|de|Niedersachsen}}, {{mono|DE-NI}}), Saxony ({{lang|de|Sachsen}}, {{mono|DE-SN}}), and Saxony-Anhalt ({{lang|de|Sachsen-Anhalt}}, {{mono|DE-ST}}) were deliberately chosen (second or last letter of German state name as second letter in the code) because they avoid the connotations of [[Social:Nazism|Nazism]] associated with codes like NS ("Nationalsozialismus"), SA ("Sturmabteilung"), and SS ("Schutzstaffel"). The code for Hamburg could also be avoided on these grounds – it can be associated with the phrase ''Heil Hitler'' – but it is accepted as it was already in use for the city's vehicle registration plates long before Hitler's time in power.

== See also ==
* Administrative divisions of Germany
* FIPS region codes of Germany
* NUTS codes of Germany
* Neighbouring countries: [[ISO 3166-2:AT|AT]], [[ISO 3166-2:BE|BE]], [[ISO 3166-2:CH|CH]], [[ISO 3166-2:CZ|CZ]], [[ISO 3166-2:DK|DK]], [[ISO 3166-2:FR|FR]], [[ISO 3166-2:LU|LU]], [[ISO 3166-2:NL|NL]], [[ISO 3166-2:PL|PL]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:DE ISO Online Browsing Platform: DE]
* [http://www.statoids.com/ude.html States of Germany], Statoids.com


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