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Correct answer: hier Meinungsfreiheit gilt.
Article 5 of the Basic Law guarantees free expression of opinion. Criticising the government is therefore expressly allowed.
Correct answer: Religionsunterricht teilnimmt.
Under Article 7 the parents decide about religious education. From the age of 14 the child decides.
Correct answer: Alle Einwohner / Einwohnerinnen und der Staat müssen sich an die Gesetze halten.
Rule of law means the state is bound by the law too, not only the residents. Authorities may act only where a law allows it.
Correct answer: Meinungsfreiheit
Freedom of opinion is in Article 5 and so belongs to the basic rights in Articles 1 to 19.
Correct answer: Der Wähler darf bei der Wahl weder beeinflusst noch zu einer bestimmten Stimmabgabe gezwungen werden und keine Nachteile durch die Wahl haben.
Free means nobody may pressure how a person votes and nobody may suffer for their vote. Free is not the same as secret.
Correct answer: Grundgesetz
The German constitution is called the Grundgesetz. The name was chosen in 1949 because it was meant as a temporary solution.
Correct answer: Glaubens- und Gewissensfreiheit
Freedom of faith and conscience is guaranteed by Article 4 of the Basic Law.
Correct answer: Alle sollen gleich viel Geld haben.
The Basic Law guarantees equality before the law, not an equal share of money or property.
Correct answer: Asyl
The right of asylum under Article 16a applies only to the politically persecuted, and so only to foreigners. Most other basic rights apply to everyone.
Correct answer: die Geldstrafe
Fines are permitted. The death penalty was abolished by Article 102; torture and corporal punishment violate human dignity.
Correct answer: Grundgesetz
The constitution of the Federal Republic is called the Grundgesetz. It came into force on 23 May 1949.
Correct answer: Nein, denn die Pressefreiheit ist ein Grundrecht. Sie kann nicht abgeschafft werden.
Basic rights bind the legislature as well. Press freedom in Article 5 belongs to the core of the constitution and cannot be removed by a simple majority.
Correct answer: alle Abgeordneten, die nicht zu der Regierungspartei/den Regierungsparteien gehören.
The opposition are the members who do not support the government. Their job is to scrutinise it and to put forward proposals of their own.
Correct answer: meine Meinung im Internet äußern kann
Freedom of opinion applies whatever the medium — spoken, printed or online.
Correct answer: Zwangsarbeit
Article 12 forbids forced labour. Work may be required only under a court-ordered deprivation of liberty.
Correct answer: bei der öffentlichen Verbreitung falscher Behauptungen über einzelne Personen
Freedom of opinion ends where the rights of others are harmed. Untrue claims of fact about a person are punishable as defamation.
Correct answer: Ungleichbehandlung der Bürger und Bürgerinnen durch den Staat.
Article 3 obliges the state to treat people equally. Disadvantage because of origin, sex, language, faith or disability is forbidden.
Correct answer: die Unantastbarkeit der Menschenwürde
Article 1 opens with the sentence that human dignity is inviolable. It stands first on purpose.
Correct answer: Man darf sich seinen Wohnort selbst aussuchen.
Freedom of movement means you may choose where you live and stay within the country. That is Article 11.
Correct answer: verfassungswidrig.
Parties that seek to abolish the free democratic order are unconstitutional. Only the Federal Constitutional Court may rule so.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The federal coat of arms shows a black eagle on a golden ground.
Correct answer: Republik
Germany is a republic: the head of state is elected and does not inherit the office.
Correct answer: bei einer Firma oder Behörde beschäftigt.
The great majority of working people are employees or civil servants. The self-employed are a minority.
Correct answer: 16
The Federal Republic has consisted of 16 states since 1990.
Correct answer: Elsass-Lothringen
Alsace-Lorraine is in France and was never a German state.
Correct answer: ein demokratischer und sozialer Bundesstaat.
Article 20 calls Germany a democratic and social federal state. The eternity clause protects those aims.
Correct answer: ein Bundesstaat.
A federal state means the tasks are divided between the federation and the states, and the states have their own parliaments and governments.
Correct answer: das wahlberechtigte Volk
Members of the Bundestag are elected by the people entitled to vote — not by the parties and not by parliament itself.
Correct answer: Adler
The heraldic animal of the Federal Republic is the eagle, colloquially the Bundesadler.
Correct answer: Pressezensur
Press censorship contradicts Article 5, which expressly forbids censorship.
Correct answer: Koalition.
A coalition is an alliance of several parties that together hold a majority. It is needed because one party rarely wins a majority of seats.
Correct answer: Presse
The three powers are legislature, executive and judiciary. The press is not a state body; it scrutinises the state from outside and is therefore called the fourth estate.
Correct answer: sind Staat und Religionsgemeinschaften voneinander getrennt.
Germany has no state religion. State and religious communities are separate but work together in schools and social services.
Correct answer: eine Monarchie
In a monarchy the head of state inherits the office. Germany is a republic: the president is elected.
Correct answer: Sozialabgaben
Social insurance is financed by contributions that employees and employers pay from wages together.
Correct answer: die Krankenversicherung
Health insurance is one of the five pillars of social insurance. It carries the cost of treatment so that illness does not lead to poverty.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
Heads of state governments are called Ministerpräsident. In Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen they carry a mayoral title.
Correct answer: Bundesstaat.
This sentence is in Article 20 of the Basic Law. Social means the state must balance out the gap between rich and poor.
Correct answer: eine eigene Regierung
Every state has its own parliament, government and constitution. That is the core of federalism.
Correct answer: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit …
The third verse of the Song of the Germans is sung; it begins with „Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit“.
Correct answer: weil dadurch die unterschiedlichen Meinungen der Bürger und Bürgerinnen vertreten werden
Several parties reflect the different interests in the population. In a one-party state there is nothing to choose between.
Correct answer: das Parlament
Laws are passed by parliament, the Bundestag; many laws also need the Bundesrat's consent.
Correct answer: wenn sie gegen die Verfassung kämpft
A party can be banned only if it seeks to abolish the free democratic order — and only by the Federal Constitutional Court.
Correct answer: den Bundespräsidenten / die Bundespräsidentin
The president is elected not by the people but by the Federal Convention. Directly elected are the Bundestag, state parliaments and local councils.
Correct answer: Sozialversicherung
Long-term care insurance is the youngest branch of social insurance; it joined the other four in 1995.
Correct answer: Er baut Straßen und Schulen.
The state builds and maintains the infrastructure — roads, schools, hospitals — that individuals cannot provide themselves.
Correct answer: Er bezahlt für alle Staatsangehörigen Urlaubsreisen.
The state secures a subsistence minimum, not a lifestyle. Holidays are a private matter.
Correct answer: die Bürgerversammlung
Constitutional bodies include the Bundestag, Bundesrat, federal government, president and Constitutional Court. A citizens' assembly is not one.
Correct answer: die Bundesländer
Education is a matter for the states. That is why curricula and school types differ from state to state.
Correct answer: soziale Marktwirtschaft.
The social market economy combines free competition with social balance: the state sets rules and protects the weaker.
Correct answer: Menschen von einer Privatpolizei ohne Grund verhaftet werden.
Deprivation of liberty is for state bodies alone and needs a legal basis. There is no private police with powers of arrest.
Correct answer: Volke aus.
Popular sovereignty means all state authority derives from the people. The sentence is in Article 20.
Correct answer: Der Staat muss die Gesetze einhalten.
Rule of law means above all that the state itself is bound: it must obey the laws it makes.
Correct answer: Direktive
The powers are called legislature, executive and judiciary. A directive is not one of them.
Correct answer: den Bundestagssitz in Berlin
The Reichstag building in Berlin has housed the Bundestag since 1999; you know it by the glass dome.
Correct answer: Ordnungsamt
The public order office belongs to the municipal administration. Municipalities handle what affects people locally.
Correct answer: ein Abgeordneter/eine Abgeordnete der stärksten Fraktion
The President of the Bundestag usually comes from the largest group. By protocol it is the second highest office in the state.
Correct answer: der Bundespräsident / die Bundespräsidentin
Ministers are appointed by the president, on the chancellor's proposal.
Correct answer: vor etwa 1700 Jahren
An edict of Emperor Constantine from 321 records a Jewish community in Cologne. Jewish life in Germany is about 1700 years old.
Correct answer: Legislative.
The Bundestag and Bundesrat make the laws and so belong to the legislature.
Correct answer: Die Staatsgewalt geht vom Volke aus.
Popular sovereignty means power in the state comes from the people and is exercised through elections and votes.
Correct answer: Landtagswahl.
The election of a state parliament is a Landtagswahl. For the Bundestag it is a Bundestagswahl.
Correct answer: die Gerichte
The courts are the judiciary. The executive is the government, the authorities and the police — they carry the laws out.
Correct answer: Bund, Länder und Kommunen.
Administration has three levels: federation, states and municipalities. Each level has its own tasks and its own elections.
Correct answer: das Bundeskabinett zu bilden.
The cabinet is not formed by the Bundestag. The Bundestag elects the chancellor; the chancellor proposes the ministers.
Correct answer: Berlin und München
The largest Jewish communities are in Berlin and Munich.
Correct answer: Schulpolitik
School policy is the best known task of the states; police and culture are theirs too.
Correct answer: weil es nach dem Grundgesetz seine Aufgabe ist
Article 7 places the whole school system under state supervision. That secures comparable teaching for every child.
Correct answer: Gemeinden
The lowest level is the municipalities. That is where the decisions closest to daily life are taken.
Correct answer: Er / Sie schlägt den Kanzler / die Kanzlerin zur Wahl vor.
The president proposes the chancellor to the Bundestag for election and then appoints them.
Correct answer: in Berlin, weil sich dort das Bundeskanzleramt und der Bundestag befinden.
The chancellery and the Bundestag are in Berlin; that is where the head of government spends most time.
Correct answer: Olaf Scholz
This question tests the state of the official catalogue. What counts is the answer the BAMF lists there.
Correct answer: CDU/CSU und SPD.
Here too the official catalogue applies, not the current distribution of seats after the last election.
Correct answer: Bundestag
The parliament for the whole of Germany is the Bundestag. The Landtage are the parliaments of the individual states.
Correct answer: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
The head of state is the federal president. Here too the answer in the official catalogue is what counts.
Correct answer: Christlich Demokratische Union
CDU stands for Christian Democratic Union. It stands everywhere except Bavaria, where the CSU is its sister party.
Correct answer: die deutsche Armee
The Bundeswehr is the army of the Federal Republic. The Bundestag decides on its deployments, not the government alone.
Correct answer: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
SPD stands for Social Democratic Party of Germany; it is the oldest party in the country still in existence.
Correct answer: Freie Demokratische Partei
FDP stands for Free Democratic Party.
Correct answer: Bundesverfassungsgericht
The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe interprets the Basic Law and can declare laws void.
Correct answer: der Bundestag
The chancellor is elected by the Bundestag, not directly by the people.
Correct answer: der Bundeskanzler/die Bundeskanzlerin
The cabinet is led by the chancellor; under Article 65 they set the guidelines of policy.
Correct answer: der Bundestag
The head of government is elected by the Bundestag on the president's proposal.
Correct answer: repräsentiert das Land.
The president represents the state at home and abroad. They do not govern; the cabinet runs the business of government.
Correct answer: die Regierungsvertreter der Bundesländer
The Bundesrat is made up of members of the state governments. It is not elected but delegated by the states.
Correct answer: die Bundesversammlung
The president is elected by the Federal Convention: all members of the Bundestag and as many delegates from the states.
Correct answer: der Bundespräsident / die Bundespräsidentin
The head of state is the federal president.
Correct answer: kontrolliert die Regierung.
The opposition scrutinises the government: it tables questions, can demand committees of inquiry and brings its own motions.
Correct answer: Fraktion
The members of one party form a parliamentary group. It gains group rights only above a minimum size.
Correct answer: den Bundesrat.
Through the Bundesrat the states take part in federal legislation; laws needing consent they can block.
Correct answer: schwieriger, wenn dadurch die Mehrheit im Bundesrat verändert wird.
Votes in the Bundesrat come from the state governments. A change of government in one state can therefore flip the majority there.
Correct answer: Christlich Soziale Union
CSU stands for Christian Social Union. It stands only in Bavaria.
Correct answer: mehr Sitze erhält die Partei im Parlament.
The second vote goes to a party and decides the seats in the Bundestag. The first vote goes to a person in the constituency.
Correct answer: 18
At the Bundestag election anyone at least 18 years old may vote.
Correct answer: Schulpflicht
Germany requires school attendance, not merely education: lessons must take place at a school.
Correct answer: mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu fünf Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe
Denying the Holocaust is incitement under §130 of the Criminal Code and carries a fine or up to five years in prison.
Correct answer: Sozialversicherung
Anyone in permanent employment pays social insurance contributions automatically; they are deducted from the wage.
Correct answer: kann die Regierung ihre Mehrheit verlieren.
A government holds only while it has a majority. Individual members changing group can tip that majority over.
Correct answer: Arbeitgeber / Arbeitgeberinnen und Arbeitnehmer / Arbeitnehmerinnen
Contributions are borne by employer and employee together, in most branches half each.
Correct answer: die Lebensversicherung
Statutory social insurance has five branches: health, long-term care, pension, accident and unemployment. Life insurance is a private contract.
Correct answer: Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitnehmerinnen.
Trade unions represent employees' interests, above all in collective bargaining.
Correct answer: Bundesverdienstkreuz
The Bundesverdienstkreuz is the Federal Republic's only general order of merit. The president awards it.
Correct answer: von SPD, FDP und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in einer Regierung
The name comes from the party colours: red for the SPD, yellow for the FDP, green for the Greens.
Correct answer: Die Frau bekommt ein Kind und ihr Chef weiß das.
Pregnancy is not a ground for dismissal. The Maternity Protection Act forbids dismissal during pregnancy and for some months after the birth.
Correct answer: Sie zählen die Stimmen nach dem Ende der Wahl.
Polling officers supervise the vote at the polling station and then count the ballots in public.
Correct answer: Sie zählen die Stimmen nach dem Ende der Wahl.
The count is done by volunteer polling officers. It is public and may be observed.
Correct answer: 4 Jahre
The Bundestag is elected for four years; that period is the legislative term.
Correct answer: Bürger / Bürgerin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist und mindestens 18 Jahre alt ist.
Anyone holding German citizenship and at least 18 years old is entitled to vote.
Correct answer: alle vier Jahre
Bundestag elections are held regularly every four years.
Correct answer: 4 Jahre
The Bundestag's term lasts four years.
Correct answer: der öffentliche Aufruf zur Vernichtung Israels
Publicly calling for the destruction of Israel is punishable as incitement. Criticising the Israeli government, by contrast, is covered by freedom of opinion.
Correct answer: geheim.
Secret means nobody may learn how a person voted. That is why there are booths and sealed ballot boxes.
Correct answer: die meisten Stimmen bekommt.
The party with the most votes has won. But it can only govern if it organises a majority in parliament.
Correct answer: ein Recht.
Voting in Germany is a right, not a duty. Nobody is punished for staying away.
Correct answer: Man kann wählen.
The active franchise is the right to vote. The right to stand is the passive franchise.
Correct answer: aktives Wahlrecht.
Anyone allowed to vote holds the active franchise.
Correct answer: 5 %
Only parties with at least five per cent of the second votes enter the Bundestag.
Correct answer: alle Menschen
The Makkabi sports clubs are open to everyone, whatever their religion or origin.
Correct answer: Jede Person kann ohne Zwang entscheiden, ob sie wählen möchte und wen sie wählen möchte.
Free means without coercion or pressure — both on whether to vote and on whom to vote for.
Correct answer: Mehrheits- und Verhältniswahlrecht.
The German system combines both: the first vote wins a constituency by majority, the second distributes seats proportionally.
Correct answer: 5 %-Hürde.
The minimum share of five per cent of second votes is called the 5 % hurdle or threshold clause.
Correct answer: frei, gleich, geheim.
Under Article 38 elections are universal, direct, free, equal and secret.
Correct answer: Mindestanteil an Wählerstimmen, um ins Parlament zu kommen
The 5 % hurdle is the minimum share of second votes a party needs to enter parliament.
Correct answer: des Parlaments für Deutschland.
The Bundestag election chooses the parliament for the whole of Germany.
Correct answer: nach dem Willen der Wählermehrheit den Wechsel der Regierung zu ermöglichen.
Elections allow power to change hands without violence. That is exactly what separates a democracy from a dictatorship.
Correct answer: eine Wahlbenachrichtigung von der Gemeinde
Before the election the municipality sends a polling card with the polling station and the hours.
Correct answer: viele kleine Parteien die Regierungsbildung erschweren.
The threshold is meant to stop parliament fragmenting. Too many small groups make stable majorities hard — a lesson from the Weimar Republic.
Correct answer: Abgeordnete.
Elected members of a parliament are called deputies. They answer to their conscience alone.
Correct answer: der Bundestag.
At federal level the people directly elect only the Bundestag.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
A ballot paper is valid only if the intention is unmistakable: one cross for the first and one for the second vote, nothing added.
Correct answer: das Oberhaupt einer Gemeinde.
The mayor heads a municipality and is usually elected there directly.
Correct answer: Sie arbeiten freiwillig und unbezahlt in Vereinen und Verbänden.
Voluntary work means freely given and unpaid. Clubs, fire brigades and associations in Germany rest largely on it.
Correct answer: Man kann durch Briefwahl seine Stimme abgeben.
Anyone who cannot reach the polling station on the day may vote by post. It is applied for at the municipality.
Correct answer: Ich beteilige mich an einer Bürgerinitiative für die Erhaltung der Buslinie oder gründe selber eine Initiative.
In a democracy you can take part between elections too: through a citizens' initiative, a petition or work on the council.
Correct answer: Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitnehmerinnen
Trade unions represent the employees. The other side, the employers, is organised in employers' associations.
Correct answer: ungerechtfertigter Kündigung durch Ihren Chef / Ihre Chefin.
Disputes from the employment relationship go to the labour court — a dismissal, for instance, or unpaid wages.
Correct answer: das Arbeitsgericht
Conflicts between employees and employers are heard by the labour court.
Correct answer: Kündigungsschutzklage erheben
You can bring an unfair dismissal claim — but only within three weeks of receiving the notice.
Correct answer: eine Straftat begangen hat und angeklagt wird.
A criminal trial follows when the prosecution brings charges for an offence.
Correct answer: entscheidet mit Richtern / Richterinnen über Schuld und Strafe.
Lay judges are not lawyers and decide guilt and sentence together with the professional judges. Their vote counts equally.
Correct answer: ein Rechtsanwalt / eine Rechtsanwältin
Lawyers advise on legal questions and represent their clients in court.
Correct answer: arbeitet an einem Gericht und spricht Urteile.
Judges deliver judgments. They are independent and bound only by the law.
Correct answer: Judikative.
Adjudication is the judiciary, the third power alongside legislature and executive.
Correct answer: rechtsprechenden Gewalt.
Courts exercise judicial power; Article 97 secures their independence.
Correct answer: Judikative
Judges belong to the judiciary.
Correct answer: Prozess
Proceedings before a court are called a trial. They end in a judgment or a settlement.
Correct answer: Recht sprechen
A court's task is to administer justice: to measure the case against the law in force and decide.
Correct answer: die Einhaltung von Gesetzen zu überwachen
The police watch that laws are kept, avert dangers and investigate offences. They may not pass judgment.
Correct answer: den Holocaust leugnen
Denying the Holocaust is antisemitic and punishable in Germany.
Correct answer: ein ehrenamtlicher Richter / eine ehrenamtliche Richterin.
Lay judges serve in an honorary capacity. No legal training is needed and they are appointed for five years.
Correct answer: die DDR
The Wall was built by the GDR in 1961 to stop its own population fleeing to West Berlin.
Correct answer: 1933 bis 1945
National Socialist rule lasted from Hitler's appointment as chancellor in 1933 to the capitulation in 1945.
Correct answer: Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Europa
On 8 May 1945 the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht ended the Second World War in Europe.
Correct answer: 1945
The Second World War ended in 1945 — in Europe in May, in Asia in September.
Correct answer: 1933 bis 1945
The National Socialist period covers the years 1933 to 1945.
Correct answer: 1933
Hitler was appointed chancellor on 30 January 1933. Within months that became a dictatorship.
Correct answer: eine Diktatur.
After 1933 parties were banned, basic rights suspended and the separation of powers destroyed: the result was a dictatorship.
Correct answer: Diktatur.
The Third Reich was a dictatorship with one party, no free elections and no independent courts.
Correct answer: freie Wahlen
There were no free elections under National Socialism. There were only votes with the answer prescribed.
Correct answer: der Zweite Weltkrieg
The Second World War began in 1939 with the German attack on Poland and ended in 1945.
Correct answer: des staatlichen Rassismus
The Nazi state was built on state racism: people were stripped of rights, persecuted and murdered for their origin.
Correct answer: das Attentat auf Hitler am 20. Juli 1944.
Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Hitler on 20 July 1944. The coup failed and he was shot that same night.
Correct answer: 1938
On the night of 9 to 10 November 1938 synagogues burned; Jewish shops and homes were destroyed.
Correct answer: Jüdische Geschäfte und Synagogen werden durch Nationalsozialisten und ihre Anhänger zerstört.
9 November 1938 is the November Pogrom. It marks the step from stripping rights to open violence.
Correct answer: Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer was the first federal chancellor, from 1949 to 1963.
Correct answer: bei den Montagsdemonstrationen 1989 in der DDR
\u201eWir sind das Volk\u201c was the cry of the Monday demonstrations of 1989 in the GDR, above all in Leipzig.
Correct answer: USA, Sowjetunion, Großbritannien, Frankreich
The occupying powers were the USA, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and France.
Correct answer: Japan
Japan was Germany's ally in the Second World War and was not an occupying power.
Correct answer: 1949
The Federal Republic was founded in 1949, the same year the Basic Law came into force.
Correct answer: das Verbot von Parteien
After 1933 every party except the NSDAP was banned. The one-party state was the end of political competition.
Correct answer: richtet sich nach Angebot und Nachfrage, aber der Staat sorgt für einen sozialen Ausgleich.
Prices arise from supply and demand, but the state steps in where the market leaves people unprotected.
Correct answer: sowjetischen Besatzungszone
The GDR was founded on the territory of the Soviet occupation zone.
Correct answer: der Europäischen Union (EU).
The Federal Republic is a founding member of the European communities from which the EU grew.
Correct answer: 1949
The GDR was founded in 1949, a few months after the Federal Republic.
Correct answer: 4
After 1945 Germany was divided into four occupation zones.
Correct answer: 1=Großbritannien, 2=Sowjetunion, 3=USA, 4=Frankreich
The west and north-west went to Britain, the east to the Soviet Union, the south to the USA and the south-west to France.
Correct answer: Berlin
Berlin lay in the middle of the Soviet zone and was separately divided into four sectors.
Correct answer: Die Sowjetunion unterbrach den gesamten Verkehr auf dem Landwege.
The Soviet Union closed every land and water route to West Berlin. Supplies came by air alone for eleven months.
Correct answer: durch die bedingungslose Kapitulation Deutschlands
In Europe the war ended with the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht.
Correct answer: Konrad Adenauer.
The first federal chancellor was Konrad Adenauer.
Correct answer: Er bat Polen und die polnischen Juden um Vergebung.
The kneeling in Warsaw was a wordless plea for forgiveness for German crimes against Poles and Polish Jews.
Correct answer: Synagoge
The Jewish house of prayer is called a synagogue.
Correct answer: 50er Jahre
The economic miracle describes the Federal Republic's rapid recovery in the 1950s.
Correct answer: eine Resolution der Vereinten Nationen
The basis was the United Nations partition plan of 1947; the State of Israel was proclaimed in 1948.
Correct answer: des Warschauer Pakts gegen den Westen
The Iron Curtain was the image for the Eastern bloc sealing itself off from the West during the Cold War.
Correct answer: 17. Juni
On 17 June 1953 the uprising in the GDR was put down. In the Federal Republic the day was a national holiday until 1990.
Correct answer: DDR
The GDR flew the same colours as the Federal Republic, but with hammer, compasses and a ring of grain in the middle.
Correct answer: 1961
Building of the Wall began on 13 August 1961.
Correct answer: 1961
The GDR began building the Wall in 1961 to stop the mass flight through West Berlin.
Correct answer: Deutsche Demokratische Republik
DDR stands for German Democratic Republic — despite the name, a dictatorship without free elections.
Correct answer: 1989
On 9 November 1989 the Wall was opened; the crossings gave way to the pressure of the demonstrations.
Correct answer: Brandenburg
Brandenburg belonged to the GDR and was re-formed as a state in 1990.
Correct answer: durch eine Mauer geteilt.
From 1961 to 1989 the Wall divided West and East Berlin.
Correct answer: Einheit.
3 October is the Day of German Unity and the only holiday fixed by law for the whole country.
Correct answer: Sachsen-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt lay on the territory of the GDR.
Correct answer: von einer Diktatur zur Demokratie.
Die Wende means the passage from the SED dictatorship to democracy — forced by demonstrations, not by violence.
Correct answer: Thüringen
Thuringia belonged to the territory of the GDR.
Correct answer: Sachsen
Saxony belonged to the territory of the GDR.
Correct answer: das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit.
The Stasi was the Ministry for State Security, the GDR's secret service, which watched its own population.
Correct answer: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lay on the territory of the GDR.
Correct answer: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen
The five new states are Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
Correct answer: zum Warschauer Pakt
The GDR belonged to the Warsaw Pact, the military alliance led by the Soviet Union.
Correct answer: Planwirtschaft
In a planned economy the state decided what was produced. Supply and demand played no part.
Correct answer: Die heutigen fünf östlichen Bundesländer sind der Bundesrepublik Deutschland beigetreten.
The five new states acceded to the Federal Republic. No new state and no new constitution came into being.
Correct answer: zur Europäischen Union.
With accession the new states also became part of the European Community, today's EU.
Correct answer: an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
Stolpersteine are small brass plates set in the pavement outside the last freely chosen home of victims of National Socialism.
Correct answer: im Warschauer Pakt
The Warsaw Pact was the military alliance of the Eastern bloc, the counterpart to NATO.
Correct answer: der Geheimdienst der DDR
The Stasi was the GDR's secret service. It kept files on millions of people and worked with unofficial informers.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The GDR arms showed hammer and compasses in a ring of grain: symbols for workers, intelligentsia and farmers.
Correct answer: landesweite Streiks und ein Volksaufstand
A builders' strike grew into a nationwide uprising on 17 June 1953. Soviet tanks put it down.
Correct answer: Willy Brandt
As chancellor Willy Brandt concluded the Eastern Treaties, seeking understanding with the eastern neighbours.
Correct answer: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
The full name is the Federal Republic of Germany.
Correct answer: 84 Millionen
Germany has around 84 million inhabitants, making it the most populous state in the EU.
Correct answer: schwarz-rot-gold
The flag is black, red and gold. The colours go back to the freedom movement of the 19th century.
Correct answer: Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl was chancellor in 1990 and is therefore called the chancellor of unity.
Correct answer: der Bundesadler
The federal eagle hangs in the plenary chamber, colloquially the fat hen.
Correct answer: 1949 bis 1990
The GDR existed from 1949 until accession in 1990.
Correct answer: 5
In 1990 five states joined; eleven became sixteen.
Correct answer: 1990.
Germany has had its present borders since reunification in 1990. The Two Plus Four Treaty confirmed them in international law.
Correct answer: an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Tag der Befreiung des Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz)
Auschwitz was liberated on 27 January 1945. Since 1996 the day has been the memorial day for the victims of National Socialism.
Correct answer: Deutsche können in viele Länder Europas ohne Passkontrolle reisen.
In the Schengen area checks at internal borders are gone; you can travel without passport control.
Correct answer: Schweiz
Switzerland borders Germany to the south. Germany has nine neighbours in all.
Correct answer: Polen
Poland is the eastern neighbour; the Oder and Neisse form the border.
Correct answer: Europäische Union
EU stands for European Union.
Correct answer: Österreich
German is an official language in Austria, and also in parts of Switzerland, in Liechtenstein and in Luxembourg.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 2
The European flag shows twelve golden stars in a circle on blue. The number stands for completeness, not for members.
Correct answer: Dänemark
Denmark is Germany's only northern neighbour.
Correct answer: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung
The accession of the GDR in 1990 is called German reunification.
Correct answer: Luxemburg
Luxembourg borders Germany to the west.
Correct answer: 5 Jahre.
The European Parliament is elected every five years, directly by the citizens of the member states.
Correct answer: Der Begriff meint den Zusammenschluss europäischer Staaten zur EU.
European integration means the states of Europe growing together into a political and economic union.
Correct answer: die Abgeordneten des Europäischen Parlaments
The European election chooses the members of the European Parliament.
Correct answer: Tschechien
Czechia borders Germany to the south-east.
Correct answer: Straßburg
Strasbourg is the official seat of the European Parliament; the plenary sittings are held there.
Correct answer: Frieden und Sicherheit in den Ländern der EU
The EU began as a peace project. Former wartime enemies remembering the dead together stands for exactly that.
Correct answer: 27
The EU has 27 member states since the United Kingdom left in 2020.
Correct answer: Gründung der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (EWG)
The Treaties of Rome of 1957 founded the European Economic Community, the forerunner of the EU.
Correct answer: Straßburg, Luxemburg und Brüssel
Parliament works in three places: plenary in Strasbourg, committees in Brussels, administration in Luxembourg.
Correct answer: durch die „Römischen Verträge“
The basis was the 1957 Treaty of Rome, the Treaties of Rome for short.
Correct answer: 2002
Euro cash arrived on 1 January 2002; as book money the euro had existed since 1999.
Correct answer: Sie muss einen Antrag bei der Elterngeldstelle stellen.
Parental allowance is not automatic. It has to be applied for at the parental allowance office.
Correct answer: die Eltern/die Erziehungsberechtigten
The parents decide about nursery. There is no obligation to attend, but there is a right to a place.
Correct answer: Sie müssen die Demonstration anmelden.
Open-air assemblies must be notified to the assembly authority. That is not a permit — the right exists anyway.
Correct answer: das Abitur
University study normally requires the Abitur, the general higher education entrance qualification.
Correct answer: Anne (13 Jahre) und Tim (25 Jahre)
At 13 a child cannot consent. Sexual acts with children are punishable regardless of agreement.
Correct answer: 18
You come of age in Germany at 18. From then you have full legal capacity and decide for yourself.
Correct answer: Mutterschutz
Maternity protection forbids work for six weeks before and eight weeks after the birth and protects against dismissal.
Correct answer: der Eltern.
Under Article 6 raising children is first of all the parents' business. The state steps in only where the child's welfare is at risk.
Correct answer: die Eltern
The parents are responsible first; school and the youth welfare office support them.
Correct answer: gut ausgebildet ist.
The link between education and income is unusually strong in Germany; a qualification counts for more than connections.
Correct answer: kann man dafür bestraft werden.
Children have a right to a non-violent upbringing. Corporal punishment has been forbidden by law and punishable since 2000.
Correct answer: darf man zur gleichen Zeit nur mit einem Partner / einer Partnerin verheiratet sein.
Polygamy is forbidden. A second marriage while one exists is void and punishable.
Correct answer: beim Einwohnermeldeamt
After moving you must register at the residents' registration office within two weeks.
Correct answer: Die Ehegatten führen mindestens ein Jahr getrennt ihr eigenes Leben. Danach ist die Scheidung möglich
The year of separation shows the marriage has really failed: the couple live apart for at least a year.
Correct answer: Jugendamt.
The youth welfare office advises on questions of upbringing. The advice is voluntary, free and confidential.
Correct answer: eine Gaststättenerlaubnis von der zuständigen Behörde
To serve alcohol a catering business needs a licence from the responsible authority.
Correct answer: einem Abendgymnasium.
The Abitur can be taken later by the second educational route, for instance at an evening grammar school or a college.
Correct answer: Es kann ein Kind, das geschlagen wird oder hungern muss, aus der Familie nehmen.
The youth welfare office may take a child into care where its welfare is seriously at risk. A court decides on lasting removal of custody.
Correct answer: Lehrstellensuche.
The employment agency's careers information centre explains occupations and helps find an apprenticeship.
Correct answer: Anwesenheitspflicht.
Compulsory schooling brings with it the duty actually to attend. Unexcused absence can be penalised.
Correct answer: einem Abendgymnasium
The second educational route is open at 30 too: an evening grammar school leads to the Abitur alongside a job.
Correct answer: Niemand darf z. B. wegen einer Behinderung benachteiligt werden.
Equal treatment means nobody may be disadvantaged for origin, sex, religion, disability, age or sexual identity.
Correct answer: werden bestraft.
From 14 juvenile criminal law applies. It leans on upbringing more than punishment, but it is applied.
Correct answer: am Rosenmontag
At carnival — the high point is Rose Monday with its parades.
Correct answer: zum Standesamt
A marriage is legally concluded only at the registry office. A church wedding does not replace it.
Correct answer: um 22 Uhr
Statutory quiet hours run from 22:00 to 06:00. In that time only room volume is allowed.
Correct answer: Sie müssen die Entscheidung der volljährigen Tochter respektieren.
At 18 she is of age and decides for herself whom she lives with. The parents have no say.
Correct answer: Sie kann die Theorie-Prüfung vielleicht in ihrer Muttersprache machen. Es gibt mehr als zehn Sprachen zur Auswahl.
The theory test for a driving licence is offered in more than ten languages.
Correct answer: einen Kindergartenplatz.
Since 2013 children have had a legal right to a childcare place from their first birthday.
Correct answer: zur Weiterbildung.
Adult education centres offer inexpensive courses for adults — languages, work, school qualifications.
Correct answer: einen Tannenbaum schmücken
The decorated fir tree is the best known German Christmas custom; the celebration is on the evening of 24 December.
Correct answer: Ein Mann ist mit zwei Frauen zur selben Zeit verheiratet.
Bigamy is forbidden. Anyone already married cannot enter a second marriage.
Correct answer: zum Jugendamt.
The first place to turn with problems of upbringing is the youth welfare office.
Correct answer: das Briefgeheimnis
The secrecy of correspondence in Article 10 protects other people's post. Opening it without permission is punishable.
Correct answer: die Unterstützung eines Anwalts / einer Anwältin
A divorce is pronounced by the family court, and there a lawyer is compulsory.
Correct answer: Ich kann mich beim Behördenleiter / bei der Behördenleiterin beschweren.
Against poor treatment you can complain to the head of the authority; nobody is at the mercy of an official.
Correct answer: Mutter ist.
A refusal solely because of motherhood is a disadvantage on grounds of sex and is forbidden by the equal treatment act.
Correct answer: im Rollstuhl sitzt.
A refusal solely because of a disability is discrimination. What counts is suitability for the work.
Correct answer: Regeln, an die sich alle Bewohner und Bewohnerinnen halten müssen.
House rules govern living together in the building: quiet hours, cleaning the stairs, use of shared rooms.
Correct answer: Einspruch einlegen.
Against a tax assessment you lodge an objection with the tax office within one month.
Correct answer: Gleichbehandlung
Refusing entry because of skin colour violates the right to equal treatment and is forbidden by the equal treatment act.
Correct answer: Wahlhelfer/Wahlhelferin
The office of polling officer can be assigned to you; it may be declined only for good reason.
Correct answer: Ich lege Widerspruch bei der Behörde ein.
Against a wrong decision you lodge an objection with the authority — in writing and within the stated period.
Correct answer: Erwachsene müssen auch nach der Ausbildung immer weiter lernen.
Occupations change faster than they used to. Learning through working life is therefore the rule, not the exception.
Correct answer: Umsatzsteuer
Income tax and social contributions come off the wage. VAT is paid when shopping, not on the wage.
Correct answer: der Betriebsrat
The works council represents the employees towards the employer and must be heard before dismissals.
Correct answer: die Kündigungsfrist
Your own resignation is tied to a period of notice too; it is in the contract or in the law.
Correct answer: aus den nationalsozialistischen Verbrechen gegen Juden
The special responsibility follows from the National Socialist crimes against the Jews of Europe.
Correct answer: er eine dunkle Haut hat.
A refusal solely because of skin colour is a disadvantage on grounds of origin and is forbidden.
Correct answer: den Fernseher reklamieren
Where there is a defect the warranty applies: for two years you can demand repair or replacement.
Correct answer: es eine Kirchensteuer gibt, die an die Einkommen- und Lohnsteuer geknüpft ist.
Church tax is collected together with income and wage tax. Anyone not in a tax-collecting religious community does not pay it.
Correct answer: Jeder kann glauben, was er möchte.
Religious tolerance means everyone may believe or not believe, and that holds for convictions you do not share.
Correct answer: Eier bemalen
At Easter eggs are painted and hidden. The resurrection of Jesus is celebrated.
Correct answer: christlicher Feiertag.
Whitsun is a Christian holiday, fifty days after Easter.
Correct answer: das Christentum
Christianity has shaped the calendar, the holidays, the law and the art of Europe more than anything else.
Correct answer: die Adventszeit.
The four weeks before Christmas are Advent; one more candle is lit each Sunday.
Correct answer: Türkei
The largest group of immigrants came from Turkey, above all after the recruitment agreement of 1961.
Correct answer: Vietnam, Polen, Mosambik.
The GDR brought contract workers from friendly socialist states, above all from Vietnam, Poland and Mozambique.
Correct answer: Gastarbeiter / Gastarbeiterinnen
The workers recruited in the 1950s and 1960s were called guest workers — most of them stayed.
Correct answer: Italien
The Federal Republic concluded its first recruitment agreement with Italy in 1955.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state coat of arms shows three black lions on a golden field.
Correct answer: Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: schwarz-gold
The colours of the state flag: black-gold.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Stuttgart.
The state capital is Stuttgart. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 2
The state lies in the southwest, on the border with France and Switzerland.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 2
The state coat of arms shows the white-and-blue lozenge pattern.
Correct answer: Altötting
Altötting is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 18
At local elections here you may vote from 18. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: weiß-blau
The colours of the state flag: white-blue.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: München.
The state capital is München. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state lies in the southeast and is the largest state by area.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state coat of arms shows the black bear.
Correct answer: Pankow
Pankow is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: weiß-rot
The colours of the state flag: white-red.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Berlin
The state capital is Berlin. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state lies as a city state in the middle of Brandenburg.
Correct answer: Regierender Bürgermeister / Regierende Bürgermeisterin
The head of government here is called Regierender Bürgermeister / Regierende Bürgermeisterin.
Correct answer: Senator / Senatorin für Außenbeziehungen
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state coat of arms shows the red eagle.
Correct answer: Prignitz
Prignitz is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: rot-weiß
The colours of the state flag: red-white.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Potsdam.
The state capital is Potsdam. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state lies in the east, all around Berlin.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state coat of arms shows the silver key.
Correct answer: Hemelingen
Hemelingen is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 4
The state parliament is elected for 4 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: rot-weiß
The colours of the state flag: red-white.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Bremen
The state capital is Bremen. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state lies in the northwest and consists of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Correct answer: Präsident / Präsidentin des Senats
The head of government here is called Präsident / Präsidentin des Senats.
Correct answer: Senator / Senatorin für Außenbeziehungen
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 2
The state coat of arms shows the white castle with three towers.
Correct answer: Altona
Altona is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: weiß-rot
The colours of the state flag: white-red.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Hamburg
The state capital is Hamburg. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state lies as a city state in the north, on the Elbe.
Correct answer: Erster Bürgermeister / Erste Bürgermeisterin
The head of government here is called Erster Bürgermeister / Erste Bürgermeisterin.
Correct answer: Senator / Senatorin für Außenbeziehungen
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state coat of arms shows the lion striped in red and white.
Correct answer: Main-Taunus-Kreis
Main-Taunus-Kreis is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 18
At local elections here you may vote from 18. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: rot-weiß
The colours of the state flag: red-white.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Wiesbaden.
The state capital is Wiesbaden. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state lies in the centre of Germany.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state coat of arms shows a bull's head, a griffin and an eagle.
Correct answer: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: blau-weiß-gelb-rot
The colours of the state flag: blue-white-yellow-red.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Schwerin.
The state capital is Schwerin. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state lies in the northeast, on the Baltic Sea.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state coat of arms shows the white horse on a red field.
Correct answer: Ammerland
Ammerland is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: schwarz-rot-gold
The colours of the state flag: black-red-gold.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Hannover.
The state capital is Hannover. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state lies in the northwest and is the second largest state.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 2
The state coat of arms shows the Rhine, the Westphalian horse and the Lippe rose.
Correct answer: Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: grün-weiß-rot
The colours of the state flag: green-white-red.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Düsseldorf.
The state capital is Düsseldorf. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state lies in the west and is the most populous state.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state coat of arms shows the red wheel, the cross and the lion.
Correct answer: Westerwaldkreis
Westerwaldkreis is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 18
At local elections here you may vote from 18. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: schwarz-rot-gold
The colours of the state flag: black-red-gold.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Mainz.
The state capital is Mainz. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state lies in the west, on the Rhine and the Moselle.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state coat of arms shows the four arms of its historic parts.
Correct answer: Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 18
At local elections here you may vote from 18. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: schwarz-rot-gold
The colours of the state flag: black-red-gold.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Saarbrücken.
The state capital is Saarbrücken. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 2
The state lies in the southwest and is the smallest state by area.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state coat of arms shows the rue crown above black and gold bars.
Correct answer: Vogtlandkreis
Vogtlandkreis is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 18
At local elections here you may vote from 18. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: weiß-grün
The colours of the state flag: white-green.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Dresden.
The state capital is Dresden. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state lies in the east, on the border with Poland and Czechia.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state coat of arms shows the bear with a mural crown, and the eagle.
Correct answer: Börde
Börde is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: gelb-schwarz
The colours of the state flag: yellow-black.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Magdeburg.
The state capital is Magdeburg. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state lies in the centre, between Lower Saxony and Saxony.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 3
The state coat of arms shows the two lions and the nettle leaf.
Correct answer: Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: blau-weiß-rot
The colours of the state flag: blue-white-red.
Correct answer: beim Landesbeauftragten für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Kiel.
The state capital is Kiel. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 1
The state lies right in the north, between the North Sea and the Baltic.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 4
The state coat of arms shows the lion with the seven stars.
Correct answer: Wartburgkreis
Wartburgkreis is an administrative district of this state. Districts sit one level below the state.
Correct answer: 5
The state parliament is elected for 5 years. The terms are not the same in every state.
Correct answer: 16
At local elections here you may vote from 16. Each state sets that age itself.
Correct answer: weiß-rot
The colours of the state flag: white-red.
Correct answer: bei der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Every state has a centre for political education. It informs free of charge and without party allegiance.
Correct answer: Erfurt.
The state capital is Erfurt. The state parliament and government sit there.
The numbered fields in the illustration are the four answer options.
Correct answer: 2
The state lies in the centre and is called “the green heart of Germany”.
Correct answer: Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin
The head of government here is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin.
Correct answer: Außenminister / Außenministerin
Foreign policy belongs to the federation alone. No state has a foreign ministry of its own.