diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/de/de_states.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/de/de_states.py
index a383378854..c00fd2e293 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/de/de_states.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/de/de_states.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 STATE_CHOICES = (
-    ('BW', _(u'Baden-Württemberg')),
+    ('BW', _('Baden-Wuerttemberg')),
     ('BY', _('Bavaria')),
     ('BE', _('Berlin')),
     ('BB', _('Brandenburg')),
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py
index 419b597155..e9c027b5c8 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor.py
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ ValidationError: [u'Enter a zip code in the format XXXXX.']
 >>> from django.contrib.localflavor.de.forms import DEStateSelect
 >>> w = DEStateSelect()
 >>> w.render('states', 'TH')
-u'<select name="states">\n<option value="BW">Baden-W\xfcrttemberg</option>\n<option value="BY">Bavaria</option>\n<option value="BE">Berlin</option>\n<option value="BB">Brandenburg</option>\n<option value="HB">Bremen</option>\n<option value="HH">Hamburg</option>\n<option value="HE">Hessen</option>\n<option value="MV">Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania</option>\n<option value="NI">Lower Saxony</option>\n<option value="NW">North Rhine-Westphalia</option>\n<option value="RP">Rhineland-Palatinate</option>\n<option value="SL">Saarland</option>\n<option value="SN">Saxony</option>\n<option value="ST">Saxony-Anhalt</option>\n<option value="SH">Schleswig-Holstein</option>\n<option value="TH" selected="selected">Thuringia</option>\n</select>'
+u'<select name="states">\n<option value="BW">Baden-Wuerttemberg</option>\n<option value="BY">Bavaria</option>\n<option value="BE">Berlin</option>\n<option value="BB">Brandenburg</option>\n<option value="HB">Bremen</option>\n<option value="HH">Hamburg</option>\n<option value="HE">Hessen</option>\n<option value="MV">Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania</option>\n<option value="NI">Lower Saxony</option>\n<option value="NW">North Rhine-Westphalia</option>\n<option value="RP">Rhineland-Palatinate</option>\n<option value="SL">Saarland</option>\n<option value="SN">Saxony</option>\n<option value="ST">Saxony-Anhalt</option>\n<option value="SH">Schleswig-Holstein</option>\n<option value="TH" selected="selected">Thuringia</option>\n</select>'
 
 # DEIdentityCardNumberField #################################################