Official question catalogue
All 10 questions about Nordrhein-Westfalen from the official BAMF catalogue, with the correct answer and an explanation. In the test you get 3 of them, plus 30 of the 300 general questions.
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Quelle: BAMF, Gesamtfragenkatalog, Stand 07.05.2025 · Questions and answers word for word as published. Explanations are written by EUpassway and are not official; the test itself is only in German.
The answer is Bild 2: the coat of arms of Nordrhein-Westfalen shows on the left a white wavy band on green (the Rhine), on the right the white horse on red, and a red rose at the bottom.
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is a Landkreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, around Bonn and Siegburg. Ammerland is in Lower Saxony, Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein and Vogtlandkreis in Saxony.
The Landtag (the state parliament) of North Rhine-Westphalia is elected every 5 years. Almost all German states have a 5-year term; only Bremen still has 4 years.
In North Rhine-Westphalia you may vote in Kommunalwahlen (local elections for municipality, town and district) from the age of 16. For Bundestag (federal parliament) elections you must be 18.
The state flag of North Rhine-Westphalia is green-white-red. Green and white stand for the Rhineland, white and red for Westphalia.
The Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (state agency for civic education) in North Rhine-Westphalia provides neutral, mostly free information about politics, e.g. brochures and events. The Ordnungsamt (public order office), consumer advice centre and churches have other tasks.
The state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia is Düsseldorf. Cologne is the largest city and Bonn was once the federal capital, but neither is the state capital.
North Rhine-Westphalia lies in western Germany and borders the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the most populous state and includes the Rhine area and the Ruhr region.
The head of government of North Rhine-Westphalia is called Ministerpräsident / Ministerpräsidentin (minister-president). A Bürgermeister (mayor) leads a town or municipality (and the city-states).
Foreign policy is the job of the federal government (Bund), so North Rhine-Westphalia has no foreign minister (Außenminister). Every state does have ministers of justice, finance and the interior.
Quelle: BAMF, Gesamtfragenkatalog, Stand 07.05.2025