Urban districts of Germany
This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 429 districts (not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk); these consist of 313 rural districts (Landkreise, see List of German rural districts) and 116 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte / Stadtkreise) - cities which constitute a district in their own right. A similar concept is the Statutarstadt in Austria. The concept is comparable to the independent city in the English-speaking world.
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
Lower Saxony
¹ following the "Göttingen Law" of January 1 1964, the
town of Göttingen is incorporated into the district (Landkreis) of Göttingen, but the rules on urban districts still
apply, as long as no other rules exist.
² following the "Law on the region of Hannover", Hannover counts since November 1
2001 as an urban district as long as no other rules apply.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
There are no longer any urban districts. The town of Saarbrücken used to be an urban
district but became incorporated into the Saarbrücken Town Federation on January 1
1974.
Saxony
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1The urban districts of Görlitz, Hoyerswerda, Plauen und Zwickau will lose their state as „kreisfreie Stadt“ probably on 1st July 2008 in a reform of the saxon districts.
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
See also
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