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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 ...
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 .
In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol, addition of the Palatinate), the number of Kreise was reduced to 8. One of these was the Untermainkreis (Lower Main District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border ...
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 ...
Germany, administrative divisions - de - colored.svg (by TUBS). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Landkreise, Kreise und kreisfreie Städte in Deutschland 2011-09-04.svg (by TUBS ).
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 ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 10:27, 29 September 2009: 525 × 698 (1,014 KB): Chumwa {{Information |Description= {{ de }} Deutschland: Karte der Kreise und Bundesländer zum 01.08.2008 |Source=own work, using this map which is must be described in the following way:<br/>© Bundeswahlleiter, Statisti