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The administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (commonly referred to as East Germany) were constituted in two different forms during the country's history. The GDR first retained the traditional German division into federated states called Länder , but in 1952 they were replaced with districts called Bezirke .
East German administrative divisions or Bezirke. The German Democratic Republic, which consisted geographically of what is now eastern Germany, had an area of 107,771 km 2 (41,610 mi 2), bordering Czechoslovakia in the south, West Germany in the south and west, the Baltic Sea to the north, and Poland in the east.
The sixteen constituent states of Germany are divided into a total of 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts [1] (German: Landkreise or Kreise – the latter in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein only), and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte or, in Baden-Württemberg only, Stadtkreise – cities that constitute districts in ...
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
In parts of northern Germany, Landrat is also the name of the entire district administration, which in southern Germany is known as Kreisverwaltung or Landratsamt. In urban districts similar administrative functions are performed by a mayor, in most greater cities usually by the Lord Mayor.
City/Town District (Kreis) Pop. in 1939 Current Name Current Administrative Unit Allenburg: Landkreis Wehlau: 2 694: Druzhba: Kaliningrad Oblast () : Allenstein: Landkreis Allenstein
An enlargeable basic map of Germany. Pronunciation: / ˈ dʒ ɜːr m ən i / ⓘ; German: Deutschland [ˈdɔʏtʃlant] (officially the Federal Republic of Germany; German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ⓘ) Common English country name: Germany; Official English country name: The Federal Republic of Germany
Below is a list of municipalities in Germany with over 20,000 inhabitants in December 2022. The list is sorted by population and gives the state of every municipality. In cases where the municipality's name in German differs from its name in English, the English name is listed first with the German name given in parentheses.