Germany State Codes

When dealing with addresses or locations in Germany, our API uses the following state codes. These codes are based on the ISO 3166-2:DE standard for Germany's federal states (Bundesländer).

Code	State (German)	State (English)
DE-BW	Baden-Württemberg	Baden-Württemberg
DE-BY	Bayern	Bavaria
DE-BE	Berlin	Berlin
DE-BB	Brandenburg	Brandenburg
DE-HB	Bremen	Bremen
DE-HH	Hamburg	Hamburg
DE-HE	Hessen	Hesse
DE-MV	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
DE-NI	Niedersachsen	Lower Saxony
DE-NW	Nordrhein-Westfalen	North Rhine-Westphalia
DE-RP	Rheinland-Pfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate
DE-SL	Saarland	Saarland
DE-SN	Sachsen	Saxony
DE-ST	Sachsen-Anhalt	Saxony-Anhalt
DE-SH	Schleswig-Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein
DE-TH	Thüringen	Thuringia

Usage Notes

Germany is divided into 16 federal states (Bundesländer)
All codes follow the format 'DE-' followed by a two-letter code
Three states (Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen) are city-states (Stadtstaaten)
The remaining 13 states are area states (Flächenländer)
When specifying locations in Germany in your API requests, please use these exact codes for the state