Blank Germany map maker
This Germany map maker gives you the 16 states as one blank map. The map is drawn at Bundesland level, the sixteen federal states. Click a state to fill it, write the legend in your own words, and download a PNG. Nothing to install and no account needed.
Also known as: blank germany map, germany states map, germany states map, bundesland map maker, color a map of germany.
Free. No account needed. Export a PNG.
What you can colour on the Germany map
Every state is its own shape, and every one of them is listed here.
- Baden-Württemberg
- Bayern
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hessen
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Niedersachsen
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- Saarland
- Sachsen
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thüringen
Two levels of detail
The same country, drawn twice. Each one is a starting map of its own.
| Map | Shapes you can colour |
|---|---|
| States | 16 states |
| Districts | 423 districts |
How to make a blank Germany map
- Open the Germany map. Start from the button above. What a click paints here is one state, and there are 16 of them, all listed further down this page. If you want finer detail than that, the 423 districts are a second map of the same country.
- Write the legend before you paint. Add one entry per category and say what it means in your own words. The legend is part of the exported image, so a map that made sense to you at midnight still makes sense to someone who sees it cold.
- Fill the states. Every click paints one state. With 16 of them, the fastest route is often to fill everything in a baseline colour first and then paint the exceptions, or to paste a table of values and let the colour scale do it.
- Export or publish. Download a PNG, JPEG, SVG or PDF at the size you ask for, or publish for a link with a preview image. Published maps show up in the community list at the bottom of this page.
What you can do
- All 16 states, each a separate clickable shape.
- A second, finer map of the same country: 423 districts.
- Flat colours, or stripe, dot and checkerboard patterns for the categories that would otherwise look alike.
- Colour by numbers: paste a table of names and values and the map fills itself in on a scale you choose.
- A legend you write yourself, with a heading, dragged wherever the map has room.
- Names or codes printed on the states, on or off, in a colour you pick.
- Fill every state you have not touched in one action, or clear the whole map in one colour.
- Backgrounds, borders and border colours are all editable, or turn the borders off entirely.
- Crop the exported view, so the map fills the frame instead of floating in it.
- PNG, JPEG, SVG and PDF export at the end, with nothing to install first.
Make your own blank Germany map
Federal and state elections
Bundestag results by state, coalition arithmetic, or a single Landtag election. Sixteen shapes reads instantly, which is why the state map is the one that gets shared rather than the district one.
East and west, decades on
Wages, turnout, population change, broadband. Almost any map of Germany at this level ends up being read as a map of the old border, which is worth knowing before you choose your colours.
Where you have been in Germany
The states you have visited, lived in, worked in or only passed through. Three colours and a legend that says what each one means, and 16 shapes is small enough to finish in one sitting.
Something the country map is too coarse for
When a state is too big a unit for what you are showing, the same country is also drawn as 423 districts. It is a much slower map to paint by hand, so it is the one to use with a pasted table of values.
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Common questions
How many states are on the Germany map?
16, every one of them a separate shape you can click and fill. The list above runs from Baden-Württemberg to Thüringen.
What exactly does this map cover?
Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen are city states, so three of the sixteen shapes are tiny next to the rest. If that is a problem for what you are showing, the district map is the way down.
Can I colour something smaller than a state?
Yes. The same country is also drawn as 423 districts, which is a second starting map rather than a zoom: pick it and every click paints one of those instead.
Can I put the names on the map itself?
Yes. Region labels can be switched on for the whole map, in a colour and size you choose, and you can write your own text for any state where the real name is too long to fit. On a busy map most people leave the labels off and let the legend carry it.
Can I put Germany on a map with other countries?
Yes, on the world map. Pick the countries you want, and open any of them into their own regions, so Germany can appear at this level of detail beside its neighbours at theirs.
Do I need an account?
No. The editor opens straight away, the map stays in this browser while you work, and exporting an image never asks you to sign in. An account only matters if you want to publish a map at a link other people can open.
Can I use the exported map commercially?
The image is yours, and we ask for no credit: the only mark on it is the site address in small type in the bottom corner, and nothing is drawn across the map. Nothing from the map data is added to the picture either, because we only ship boundary data whose licence is satisfied by naming it on our credits page, so there is no credit line to print and nothing for you to pass on. Anything you add to the map stays your own.