Template:Germany-stateCategoryHeader

It may also include people, places, geography, history, language(s), and / or any other pertinent information. The code for  is DE–, and its  is DE.

This is used here on WikiIndex to produce a brief introduction to category articles of s within the Federal Republic of Germany (DE), together with an interwiki link to the English Wikipedia article of the same name.
 * ''For

Select and highlight, copy (Ctrl-c on your keyboard, or ⌘-c on a Mac iOS), and then paste (Ctrl-v) it at the top of the edit box of all categories of states of Germany listed here on WikiIndex, then amend the  '1'  to the double-capital letters of its  code, and amend  '2'  to the single number or capital letter of its.
 * ''Usage

After previewing (Ctrl-p or ⌘-p) to verify your changes, save your edit (Ctrl-s</tt> or ⌘-s</tt>). Further descriptive text can be added immediately following the template code (leave two spaces, or two carriage returns); such as its capital (and / or largest) city, who it shares borders with (land borders with other states and / or countries, and maritime borders to water bodies), significant tourist or World Heritage features (which might have their own wiki), and any other notable information. If you are not familiar with this latter information, simply add  in addition to this template, so as to prompt other editors to add required information.

The usage of this Germany-stateCategoryHeader template on any category page will auto-include it into category: German state, itself a sub-category of category: Germany.