ISO 3166-2: DE
The list of ISO-3166-2 codes for Germany contains the codes for the German countries .
The codes consist of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part gives the country code according to ISO 3166-1 (for Germany DE
), the second the code for the member state (in Germany: federal state).
The current codes are available on the ISO website under #iso: code: 3166: DE .
state | code |
---|---|
Baden-Württemberg | DE-BW |
Bavaria | DE-BY |
Berlin | DE-BE |
Brandenburg | DE-BB |
Bremen | DE-HB |
Hamburg | DE-HH |
Hesse | DE-HE |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | DE-MV |
Lower Saxony | DE-NI |
North Rhine-Westphalia | DE-NW |
Rhineland-Palatinate | DE-RP |
Saarland | DE-SL |
Saxony | DE-SN |
Saxony-Anhalt | DE-ST |
Schleswig-Holstein | DE-SH |
Thuringia | DE-TH |
The code for Brandenburg was changed from "DE-BR" to "DE-BB" between the draft standard ISO / DIS 3166-2 and the final standard ISO 3166-2: 1998. The abbreviation “ND” is sometimes used for Lower Saxony, for example in the ELSTER project . The leading letter “H” in HB and HH stands for “ Hanseatic City ” as in the case of the license plate .
The codes are generally chosen so that they relate as clearly as possible to a specific federal state. DE-BA could have stood for Baden- (Württemberg) or Bavaria , DE-BR for Bremen , Brandenburg or Federal Republic , DE-SA for Saarland , Saxony or Saxony-Anhalt and DE-NS in addition to Lower Saxony also for National Socialism , i.e. for the " Third rich".
See also
- NUTS: DE (EU statistical regions)
- ISO 3166-2 , country code reference table
- ISO 3166-1 , reference table of country codes as used in domain names
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statoids: States of Germany (English)