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The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (German: Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz; LfV) is a state-level security agency in Germany.
In seven federal states of Germany, it is a semi-independent agency called Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz and reports to the state's interior ministry. In the nine remaining federal states, it is organized as a division within the state's interior ministry.
The following states, mostly Western German, have separate Landesämter für Verfassungsschutz:
In the following nine states, a division of the state Interior Ministry handles constitutional protection:[1]
- Verfassungsschutz Berlin [de]
- Verfassungsschutz Brandenburg [de]
- Verfassungsschutz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [de]
- Verfassungsschutz Niedersachsen [de]
- Verfassungsschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen [de]
- Verfassungsschutz Rheinland-Pfalz [de]
- Verfassungsschutz Sachsen-Anhalt [de]
- Verfassungsschutz Schleswig-Holstein [de]
- Amt für Verfassungsschutz Thüringen [de]