The term Northern German States is often used to refer to the following coastal Federal States of Germany:
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Lower Saxony
- Schleswig-Holstein
In some cases it also includes the non-coastal states of
- Brandenburg
- Berlin
- Saxony-Anhalt
Northern Germany as a region or as a historical landscape includes additional federal states (see geography above).
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