June 6, 2025, 4:30 am | Read time: 2 minutes
Think you know Germany inside and out? Prove it by taking part in our big Germany geography quiz!
Bavaria is the largest state in Germany by area, as many know. Also, Lower Saxony ranks second in size, but which state follows next? That’s where it gets tricky. And what about the only artificial volcano–where is it located in Germany? Thirteen questions about islands, rivers, cities, and special places–how many can you get right in our Germany quiz? Test your knowledge!
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The Great Germany Quiz–Let’s Go
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Germany: Key Facts
Germany is the fourth-largest member state of the EU after France, Spain, and Sweden, with just over 357,000 square kilometers (as of May 2022). The population is about 83 million, spread across 16 federal states. These are:
- Baden-Württemberg (State capital: Stuttgart)
- Bavaria (Munich)
- Berlin (Berlin)
- Brandenburg (Potsdam)
- Bremen (Bremen)
- Hamburg (Hamburg)
- Hesse (Wiesbaden)
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Schwerin)
- Lower Saxony (Hanover)
- North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf)
- Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz)
- Saarland (Saarbrücken)
- Saxony (Dresden)
- Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg)
- Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel)
- Thuringia (Erfurt)
By area, the largest state is Bavaria with 70,542 square kilometers, followed by Lower Saxony (47,710 km²) and Baden-Württemberg (35,748 km²).
Additionally, Germany has a total of nine neighboring countries: Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The major navigable rivers in Germany are the Rhine, Main, Moselle, Weser, and Elbe.