State capital (Germany)

State capital in the Federal Republic of Germany is a city that is the seat of the constitutional organs of a federal state , in particular of the state government and the state parliament . Under local law , the state capital is a designation that the state government can give to the city upon application. In contrast, the city-states of Hamburg and Berlin understandably cannot be state capitals at the same time. The use of the designation occurred in the Federal Republic mainly since the 1950s . In January 1953, for example, it was announced that the city of Wiesbaden would be given the title state capital . Before that, the capitals of the federal states simply referred to themselves as cities.

See also

• List of German capitals

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For the legal situation in Hesse see also: Hessische Gemeindeordnung # Municipality name and designations
2. ↑ Awarded the designation state capital on December 24, 1952 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1953 No. 3 , p. 34 , 50 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.9 MB ]).