Where the wolves are
Confirmed wolf territories (packs, pairs and territorial single wolves) per 10,000 km², 2024/25
183 of Germany's 276 confirmed wolf territories in the 2024/25 monitoring year lay in the five eastern states, 16.9 per 10,000 km² against 3.7 in the West (4.6 times). The first pack in modern Germany was confirmed in 2000 in Saxony's Lusatia, on the Polish border; today Lower Saxony and Brandenburg have the most territories (63 and 60).
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Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·16 states · 2024/25
Former West
3.7
excl. Berlin
Former East
16.9
excl. Berlin
Berlin
0.0
Germany
7.7
Figures in per 10,000 km²
The East's figure is 4.6× the West's (2024/25).
By state
- Sachsen24.9
- Brandenburg20.2
- Sachsen-Anhalt18.6
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern14.6
- Niedersachsen13.2
- Thüringen3.1
- Nordrhein-Westfalen1.8
- Bayern1.7
- Rheinland-Pfalz1.5
- Hessen1.4
- Schleswig-Holstein1.3
- Baden-Württemberg1.1
- Saarland0.0
- Berlin0.0
- Hamburg0.0
- Bremen0.0
2024/25
Notes & caveats
- Monitoring year 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025, as officially published in November 2025. DBBW's live database has since revised the year to 287 territories as late evidence came in; we use the official published figures.
- A territory that crosses a state border is counted in one state only.
- Territories per 10,000 km² of total state area: our calculation.
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| State | Side | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 0.0 per 10,000 km² |
| Berlin | berlin | 0.0 per 10,000 km² |
| Brandenburg | east | 20.2 per 10,000 km² |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 14.6 per 10,000 km² |
| Sachsen | east | 24.9 per 10,000 km² |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 18.6 per 10,000 km² |
| Thüringen | east | 3.1 per 10,000 km² |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 1.3 per 10,000 km² |
| Hamburg | west | 0.0 per 10,000 km² |
| Niedersachsen | west | 13.2 per 10,000 km² |
| Bremen | west | 0.0 per 10,000 km² |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 1.8 per 10,000 km² |
| Hessen | west | 1.4 per 10,000 km² |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 1.5 per 10,000 km² |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 1.1 per 10,000 km² |
| Bayern | west | 1.7 per 10,000 km² |