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German citizenship test Hamburg — the 10 state questions explained

If you sit the test in Hamburg, three of your 33 questions come from exactly these ten. The other 30 are federal. Questions from other states will not appear in your test.

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is the second-largest city in the Federal Republic by population and at the same time a state of its own with no municipalities beneath it — seven districts act in their place. Its seaport on the Elbe is the country's largest, even though the North Sea lies a hundred kilometres away. The three-towered castle on its shield recalls the Hammaburg that gave the city its name.

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What to know about this state

The official title is the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Because there are no municipalities below the state level here, the seven district offices carry out municipal and state tasks at once; the naturalisation procedure is run by the district office responsible for where you live.

Questions on Hamburg

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  1. Question 1 of 7Hamburg · Catalogue question 2

    Which is a borough of Hamburg?

    1. A — Correct: Altona is one of Hamburg's seven boroughs.
    2. B — Hemelingen is a district of Bremen, not Hamburg.
    3. C — Pankow is a borough of Berlin, not Hamburg.
    4. D — The Mecklenburg Lake District lies in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, not in Hamburg.

    Source: www.hamburg.de

  2. Question 2 of 7Hamburg · Catalogue question 5

    What colours does the state flag of Hamburg have?

    1. A — Blue, white and red is not Hamburg's state flag.
    2. B — Correct: Hamburg's state flag is a red flag with a white castle — it can be described in simplified terms as white and red.
    3. C — Green, white and red is not Hamburg's flag; that is associated with North Rhine-Westphalia.
    4. D — Black and yellow is not Hamburg's state flag; that is associated with Saxony-Anhalt.

    Source: www.hamburg.de

  3. Question 3 of 7Hamburg · Catalogue question 6

    Where can you get information about political topics in Hamburg?

    1. A — The public order office deals with public safety and order, not political education.
    2. B — The consumer advice centre advises on consumer issues, not political education.
    3. C — Churches are religious institutions and not an official point of contact for political education.
    4. D — Correct: the Hamburg State Centre for Political Education is the responsible institution for cross-party political information.

    Source: www.hamburg.de

  4. Question 4 of 7Hamburg · Catalogue question 7

    Which federal state is a city-state?

    1. A — Correct: alongside Berlin and Bremen, Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states.
    2. B — Saxony is an area state, not a city-state.
    3. C — Bavaria is an area state, not a city-state.
    4. D — Thuringia is an area state, not a city-state.

    Source: www.hamburg.de

  5. Question 5 of 7Hamburg · Catalogue question 8Image question

    Which federal state is Hamburg?

    A map of Germany with the borders of all federal states. Four states are highlighted in one and the same shade and outlined in dark; each carries a number from 1 to 4 on a dark disc, placed beside the state on a short leader line where the state is very small. The remaining states are left unshaded.
    Kartengeometrie: Natural Earth (ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces), Public Domain. Karte für diese App gezeichnet.
    1. A — On this map the number 1 marks a different federal state. Hamburg lies in northern Germany and is entirely surrounded by Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.
    2. B — On this map the number 2 marks a different federal state. Hamburg lies in northern Germany and is entirely surrounded by Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.
    3. C — On this map the number 3 marks a different federal state. Hamburg lies in northern Germany and is entirely surrounded by Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.
    4. D — Correct: on this map the number 4 sits on Hamburg. Hamburg lies in northern Germany and is entirely surrounded by Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.

    Source: www.hamburg.de

  6. Question 6 of 7Hamburg · Catalogue question 9

    What is the head of government of the city-state of Hamburg called?

    1. A — "Minister-President" is the title used in the 13 area states, not in Hamburg.
    2. B — Correct: in Hamburg, the head of government is called First Mayor (Erste Bürgermeisterin/Erster Bürgermeister) and is simultaneously President of the Senate.
    3. C — "Governing Senator" is not a real title in a German city-state.
    4. D — "Lord Mayor" (Oberbürgermeister) is the title for heads of ordinary large cities, not Hamburg's special title.

    Source: www.hamburg.de

  7. Question 7 of 7Hamburg · Catalogue question 10

    Which senator does Hamburg not have?

    1. A — A justice department is one of Hamburg's classic Senate administrations.
    2. B — Correct: foreign policy is exclusively a federal matter (Art. 32 Basic Law); even the city-state of Hamburg has no department for external relations in the sense of a foreign-policy authority.
    3. C — A finance department is one of Hamburg's classic Senate administrations.
    4. D — An interior department is one of Hamburg's classic Senate administrations.

    Source: www.gesetze-im-internet.de

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