Districts of Germany
Landkreis (official term in all but two states) or Kreis (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein).
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Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities (Gemeinden, singular Gemeinde) are the lowest level of official territorial division in Germany.
Municipalities (Gemeinden, singular Gemeinde) are the lowest level of official territorial division in Germany.
The highest degree of autonomy may be found in the Gemeinden which are not part of a Kreis ("district").
List of districts of Germany
Germany is divided into 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts (Kreise [in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein] and Landkreise), and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte or, in Baden-Württemberg only, Stadtkreise – cities that constitute districts in their own right).
Saarbrücken (district)
The Regionalverband Saarbrücken is a Kommunalverband besonderer Art, an integration of a district (Kreis) and a district-free town.
Vehicle registration plates of Germany
German vehicle registration plates (Kraftfahrzeug-Kennzeichen or, more colloquially, Nummernschilder) are alphanumeric plates in a standardized format, issued officially by the district authorities to motorized vehicles of German residents.
German vehicle registration plates (Kraftfahrzeug-Kennzeichen or, more colloquially, Nummernschilder) are alphanumeric plates in a standardized format, issued officially by the district authorities to motorized vehicles of German residents.
These letters formerly coincided with the German districts.
Schleswig-Holstein
Northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.
Northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.
Schleswig-Holstein is divided into 11 Kreise (Districts) and four Kreisfreie Städte (Urban Districts).
Independent city
City or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity .
City or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity .
In Germany, most of the federal states are subdivided into administrative districts called Kreise, each of which normally includes several towns or cities.
North Rhine-Westphalia
State (Land) in Western Germany.
State (Land) in Western Germany.
The state consists of five government regions (Regierungsbezirke), divided into 31 districts (Kreise) and 23 urban districts (kreisfreie Städte).
States of Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen partly sovereign federated states (Land (state), plural Länder (states); commonly informally Bundesland / federated state, plural Bundesländer / federated states).
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen partly sovereign federated states (Land (state), plural Länder (states); commonly informally Bundesland / federated state, plural Bundesländer / federated states).
The Districts of Germany (Kreise) are administrative districts, and every state except the city-states of Berlin and Hamburg and the state of Bremen consists of "rural districts" (Landkreise), District-free Towns/Cities (Kreisfreie Städte, in Baden-Württemberg also called "urban districts", or Stadtkreise), cities that are districts in their own right, or local associations of a special kind (Kommunalverbände besonderer Art), see below.
Germany
Country in Central Europe.
Country in Central Europe.
Germany is divided into 401 districts (Kreise) at a municipal level; these consist of 294 rural districts and 107 urban districts.