Editing Template:Infobox German Regierungsbezirk

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
| name                    = {{{name|}}}
| native_name             = {{#if:{{{gname|}}}|''{{{gname}}}''}}
| native_name_lang        = de
| settlement_type         = [[Regierungsbezirk]]
| image_skyline           = 
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = 
| image_flag              = 
| flag_alt                = 
| image_seal              = 
| seal_alt                = 
| image_shield            = 
| shield_alt              = 
| nickname                = 
| motto                   = 
| image_map               = {{{map|}}}
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = {{#if:{{{mapcaption|}}}|{{{mapcaption}}}|Map {{#if:{{{state<includeonly>|</includeonly>}}}|of {{{state}}}}} highlighting the {{#if:{{{dissolved|}}}|former}} Regierungsbezirk of {{{name}}}}}
| pushpin_map             = 
| pushpin_label_position  = 
| pushpin_map_alt         = 
| pushpin_map_caption     = 
| coordinates             = {{{coordinates|}}}
| coor_pinpoint           = 
| coordinates_footnotes   = {{{coordinates_footnotes|}}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Germany]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[States of Germany|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = 
{{#switch:"{{{state}}}"
        | "Bayern" | "Bavaria" | "[[Bavaria]]" = [[Bavaria]]
	| "Baden-Wuerttemberg" | "Baden-Württemberg" | "[[Baden-Württemberg]]"= [[Baden-Württemberg]]
        | "Brandenburg" | "[[Brandenburg]]" = [[Brandenburg]]
        | "Hessen" | "Hesse" | "[[Hesse]]" | "[[Hessen]]" = [[Hesse]]
	| "Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" |"MVP" |"Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" | "[[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]]" |"[[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]"= [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]
	| "Niedersachsen" | "Lower Saxony" | "[[Lower Saxony]]" = [[Lower Saxony]]
	| "Nordrhein-Westfalen"  | "NRW" | "North Rhine-Westphalia" |"North Rhine-Westfalia"  | "[[North Rhine-Westphalia]]"= [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
	| "Rheinland-Pfalz" | "Rhineland-Palatinate" | "[[Rhineland-Palatinate]]"= [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]
        | "Saarland" | "[[Saarland]]" = [[Saarland]]
	| "Sachsen" | "Saxony"  | "[[Saxony]]" = [[Saxony]]
	| "Sachsen-Anhalt" | "Saxony-Anhalt" | "[[Saxony-Anhalt]]"= [[Saxony-Anhalt]]
        | "Schleswig-Holstein"| "[[Schleswig-Holstein]]" = [[Schleswig-Holstein]]
	| "Thüringen" | "Thueringen" | "Thuringia" | "[[Thuringia]]" = [[Thuringia]]
        | #default = {{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|Template|<nowiki>{{{state}}}</nowiki>|''ERROR: Incorrect value''}}
}}
| subdivision_type2       = 
| subdivision_name2       = 
| subdivision_type3       = 
| subdivision_name3       = 
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| extinct_title           = Disestablished
| extinct_date            = {{{dissolved|}}}
| seat_type               = Region seat
| seat                    = {{{capital|}}}
| government_footnotes    = 
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = 
| leader_name             = 
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = {{{area|}}}
| area_land_km2           = 
| area_water_km2          = 
| area_water_percent      = 
| area_note               = 
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 
| population_footnotes    = 
   {{#if:{{{key|}}}
      |{{#tag:ref| {{Population Germany|key={{{key|}}}|datref=QUELLE}} }}
      |
   }}
| population_total        = 
   {{#if:{{{key|}}}
      |{{Population Germany|key={{{key|}}} }}
      |{{{population|}}} 
   }}
| population_as_of        =    
   {{#if:{{{key|}}}
      |{{#time:j F Y|{{Population Germany|key={{{key|}}}|datref=STAND}} }}
      |{{{population_as_of|}}}    }} 
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         = 
| timezone1               = 
| utc_offset1             = 
| timezone1_DST           = 
| utc_offset1_DST         = 
| postal_code_type        = 
| postal_code             = 
| area_code_type          = 
| area_code               = 
| iso_code                = 
| website                 = {{{url|}}}
| footnotes               = 
}}{{main other|[[Category:{{#if:{{{dissolved|}}}|Former government regions of Germany|Government regions of Germany}}]]
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{{Uses Infobox settlement}}
Full syntax:

<pre>
{{Infobox German Regierungsbezirk
|name =  
|gname = 
|map =
|state =
|capital = 
|area = 
|key = 
|population =   (dissolved regions only)
|population_as_of =   (dissolved regions only)
|dissolved =   (dissolved regions only)
|url = 
}}</pre>

*Population and area values to be entered without commas or spacing.
*Use "dissolved" only for defunct Regeirungsbezirke, giving the date of dissolution.

[[Category:Germany subdivision infobox templates|Regierungsbezirk]]
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