🇩🇪 Java Enum: Germany’s States (Bundesländer)
Germany is divided into 16 states (Bundesländer). Here’s the Java enum using ISO 3166-2:DE codes:
java
public enum GermanyState {
BADEN_WUERTTEMBERG("DE-BW"),
BAVARIA("DE-BY"),
BERLIN("DE-BE"),
BRANDENBURG("DE-BB"),
BREMEN("DE-HB"),
HAMBURG("DE-HH"),
HESSE("DE-HE"),
LOWER_SAXONY("DE-NI"),
MECKLENBURG_VORPOMMERN("DE-MV"),
NORTH_RHINE_WESTPHALIA("DE-NW"),
RHINELAND_PALATINATE("DE-RP"),
SAARLAND("DE-SL"),
SAXONY("DE-SN"),
SAXONY_ANHALT("DE-ST"),
SCHLESWIG_HOLSTEIN("DE-SH"),
THURINGIA("DE-TH");
private final String code;
GermanyState(String code) {
this.code = code;
}
public String getCode() {
return code;
}
}
🗃️ SQL Table and Insert Statements
sql
CREATE TABLE germany_states (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
code VARCHAR(8) NOT NULL UNIQUE
);
INSERT INTO germany_states (name, code) VALUES
('Baden-Württemberg', 'DE-BW'),
('Bavaria', 'DE-BY'),
('Berlin', 'DE-BE'),
('Brandenburg', 'DE-BB'),
('Bremen', 'DE-HB'),
('Hamburg', 'DE-HH'),
('Hesse', 'DE-HE'),
('Lower Saxony', 'DE-NI'),
('Mecklenburg-Vorpommern', 'DE-MV'),
('North Rhine-Westphalia', 'DE-NW'),
('Rhineland-Palatinate', 'DE-RP'),
('Saarland', 'DE-SL'),
('Saxony', 'DE-SN'),
('Saxony-Anhalt', 'DE-ST'),
('Schleswig-Holstein', 'DE-SH'),
('Thuringia', 'DE-TH');
✅ Summary
This setup covers all 16 states (Bundesländer) of Germany using ISO 3166-2:DE codes, ready for backend systems, Java applications, and SQL databases.