Einbürgerungstest Hamburg: the 10 state questions

Hamburg's coat of arms shows a castle with three towers. Today the castle is white on a red ground. It used to be the other way round: the castle was red and the ground white. The present colour scheme goes back to a resolution of the Senate (Senat) of 14 May 1752.

The castle has three towers and a gate. These are the features by which you recognise the coat of arms.

Hamburg is divided into seven boroughs (Bezirke): Altona, Bergedorf, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg-Nord, Harburg and Wandsbek. Altona is one of these boroughs.

Together the boroughs make up the city of Hamburg, which, as a city-state, is a federal state (Land) of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Hamburg City Parliament (Bürgerschaft) is Hamburg's state parliament. The legislative term is five years.

The City Parliament elects the First Mayor (Erste Bürgermeisterin / Erster Bürgermeister), that is, the head of the government.

In Hamburg you can vote in City Parliament (Bürgerschaft) elections from the age of 16. This right to vote applies to everyone who has turned 16.

In elections to the borough councils (Bezirksversammlungen), too, the minimum age is 16.

Hamburg's state colours are white and red. This is set out in Article 5 of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

The state flag shows the white castle on a red cloth. The form of the flag was laid down in 1834 by a resolution of the Senate (Senat).