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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 .
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 ...
Kreise, or Circle (administrative division), various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities Districts of Germany (including Kreise, Landkreise and Stadtkreise) Former districts of Prussia, also known as Kreise; Kreise of the former Electorate of Saxony
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 ...
Provinces were divided into several Regierungsbezirke, sub-divided into Kreise (districts), and then into Gemeinden (townships) at the lowest level. Provinces constituted the highest level of administration in the Kingdom of Prussia and Free State of Prussia until 1933, when Nazi Germany established de facto direct rule over provincial politics ...
Rhein-Kreis Neuss: DEA1D Viersen: DEA1E Wesel: DEA1F Köln: DEA2 Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: DEA22 Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: DEA23 Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt: DEA24 Düren: DEA26 Rhein-Erft-Kreis: DEA27 Euskirchen: DEA28 Heinsberg: DEA29 Oberbergischer Kreis: DEA2A Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis: DEA2B Rhein-Sieg-Kreis: DEA2C Städteregion Aachen ...
Prussian provinces about 1900. Prussian districts (German: Kreise, lit. 'circles') were administrative units in the former Kingdom of Prussia, part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, and its successor state, the Free State of Prussia, similar to a county or a shire.
The number of municipalities of Germany has decreased strongly over the years: in 1968 there were 24,282 municipalities in West Germany, and in 1980 there were 8,409. [4] The same trend occurred in the New states of Germany after the German reunification: from 7,612 municipalities in 1990 [ 5 ] to 2,380 as of 1 January 2024. [ 2 ]