Urban districts of Germany
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This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 413 districts (not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk); these consist of 301 rural districts (Landkreise, see List of German rural districts) and 112 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte / Stadtkreise) – cities which constitute a district in their own right. A similar concept is the Statutarstadt in Austria. Kreisfreie Städte are comparable to independent cities 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
¹ The town of Aachen will become incorporated into the Aachen Regional Federation on October 21, 2009.
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 lost their status as „kreisfreie Stadt“ on 1st August 2008 in a reform of the Saxon districts.
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
