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GIS data sources: Germany

Region
Western Europe
ISO 3166
DE · DEU
Sources
9
Links checked
2026-10-14

9 sources, including 6 hand-picked national datasets. Covering boundaries & admin, elevation / dem, land cover, census & statistics, transport, hydrology, geology, environment, open data portal. Download as JSON or get the full catalogue CSV.

Sources

  • BGR GeoViewer (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer

    Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe

    • Geology
    Licence
    See provider terms
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    geoviewer.bgr.de

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • DWD Open Data (opens in a new tab)

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    Deutscher Wetterdienst

    Climate and weather grids and station data.

    • Environment
    Licence
    See provider terms
    Formats
    NetCDF, GRIB, CSV
    Link
    opendata.dwd.de

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • Zensus 2022 (opens in a new tab)

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    Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder

    Census grid data (100 m, 1 km, 10 km).

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland 2.0
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    destatis.de

    Link updated · 2026-10-14 (was https://www.zensus2022.de/)

  • Geoportal.de (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer

    GDI-DE

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Formats
    WMS, WFS
    Link
    geoportal.de

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • GovData (opens in a new tab)

    Portal

    Federal Government of Germany

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    govdata.de

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • BKG Open Data (Geodatenzentrum) (opens in a new tab)

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    Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

    VG250 admin boundaries, DGM200 elevation, CLC5 land cover, DLM250.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Land cover
    • Transport
    Licence
    Datenlizenz Deutschland 2.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage, GeoTIFF
    Link
    gdz.bkg.bund.de

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • Federal Statistical Office (opens in a new tab)

    Portal

    Federal Statistical Office

    National statistical office (from the UN Statistics Division directory).

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See provider terms
    Link
    destatis.de

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • OpenStreetMap extract – Germany (opens in a new tab)

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    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM extract.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile
    Link
    download.geofabrik.de

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Link checked · 2026-10-14