Countries API - CountriesDB

Germany

ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Germany. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.

About Germany codes

Need Germany (DE) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.

This guide lists 16 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Germany. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.

For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Germany from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.

ISO codes

  • Alpha-2DE
  • Alpha-3DEU
  • Numeric276
  • Independenttrue
  • StatusOfficially assigned

Official subdivisions (16)

Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Germany. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.

CodeNameType
DE-BWBaden-WürttembergLand
DE-BYBayernLand
DE-BEBerlinLand
DE-BBBrandenburgLand
DE-HBBremenLand
DE-HHHamburgLand
DE-HEHessenLand
DE-MVMecklenburg-VorpommernLand
DE-NINiedersachsenLand
DE-NWNordrhein-WestfalenLand
DE-RPRheinland-PfalzLand
DE-SLSaarlandLand
DE-SNSachsenLand
DE-STSachsen-AnhaltLand
DE-SHSchleswig-HolsteinLand
DE-THThüringenLand

Frequently asked questions

What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Germany?
Germany uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 DE, alpha-3 DEU, and numeric 276. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Germany have?
CountriesDB lists 16 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Germany (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
How do I use Germany country and subdivision data in a form?
Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Germany, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.

Use Germany in your app

Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Germany (DE) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.