ALL 16 FEDERAL STATES
The right state questions for your exam
Your preparation includes 300 general questions plus ten questions for your federal state. Three of those appear in the exam.
Facts checked on 28 August 2026
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Locate every federal state, discover notable places and people, and connect exam knowledge with genuine understanding.
- 16 in-depth state guides
- Sources and image credits
- Map, history and practice question
- 16
- federal states
- 10
- catalogue questions per state
- 3
- state questions in the test
- Primary residence
- determines your state
each with its own state-question pool
for the state of your primary residence
as part of the 33 questions in total
the state of your registered primary residence applies
TAILORED TO WHERE YOU LIVE
Prepare for your federal state
Choose your federal state. Your plan will automatically include its ten relevant state questions.
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Bavaria
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FEDERAL STATE DIRECTORY
All 16 federal states at a glance
Choose your federal state, see its capital and prepare specifically for the relevant pool of ten state questions.
BWBaden-Württemberg
Stuttgart
10 relevant state questions
BYBavaria
Munich
10 relevant state questions
BEBerlin
Berlin
10 relevant state questions
BBBrandenburg
Potsdam
10 relevant state questions
HBBremen
Bremen
10 relevant state questions
HHHamburg
Hamburg
10 relevant state questions
HEHesse
Wiesbaden
10 relevant state questions
MVMecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Schwerin
10 relevant state questions
NILower Saxony
Hanover
10 relevant state questions
NWNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf
10 relevant state questions
RPRhineland-Palatinate
Mainz
10 relevant state questions
SLSaarland
Saarbrücken
10 relevant state questions
SNSaxony
Dresden
10 relevant state questions
STSaxony-Anhalt
Magdeburg
10 relevant state questions
SHSchleswig-Holstein
Kiel
10 relevant state questions
THThuringia
Erfurt
10 relevant state questions
THE RIGHT FEDERAL STATE
Which federal state applies to my citizenship test?
The state-specific questions are determined by the federal state in which your primary residence is registered. Make sure the information you provide when registering matches your current registration details.
- 1
Check your primary residence
Use the federal state responsible for your registered primary residence.
- 2
Give the correct state to the test centre
Provide complete and up-to-date state information when registering so that the correct state-question pool is used.
- 3
Select it in your study profile
Choose the same federal state in your study profile so that practice and simulations include the relevant ten questions.
FEDERAL STATE QUESTIONS
Short, reliable answers
Key answers about choosing your federal state and the state-specific questions in the test.
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