Germany is divided into 402 administrative districts; these consist of 295 rural districts (Kreise and Landkreise), listed fully here, and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte and Stadtkreise – cities that constitute a district in their own right, see Urban districts of Germany).
Rural district (Kreis / Landkreis) | Land | Capital |
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Aachen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen |
Ahrweiler | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler |
Aichach-Friedberg | Bavaria | Aichach |
Alb-Donau | Baden-Württemberg | Ulm |
Altenburger Land | Thuringia | Altenburg |
Altenkirchen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Altenkirchen |
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Saxony-Anhalt | Salzwedel |
Altötting | Bavaria | Altötting |
Alzey-Worms | Rhineland-Palatinate | Alzey |
Amberg-Sulzbach | Bavaria | Amberg |
Ammerland | Lower Saxony | Westerstede |
Anhalt-Bitterfeld | Saxony-Anhalt | Köthen (Anhalt) |
Ansbach | Bavaria | Ansbach |
Aschaffenburg | Bavaria | Aschaffenburg |
Augsburg | Bavaria | Augsburg |
Aurich | Lower Saxony | Aurich |
Bad Dürkheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Dürkheim |
Bad Kissingen | Bavaria | Bad Kissingen |
Bad Kreuznach | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Kreuznach |
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | Bavaria | Bad Tölz |
Bamberg | Bavaria | Bamberg |
Barnim | Brandenburg | Eberswalde |
Bautzen | Saxony | Bautzen |
Bayreuth | Bavaria | Bayreuth |
Berchtesgadener Land | Bavaria | Bad Reichenhall |
Bergstraße | Hesse | Heppenheim |
Bernkastel-Wittlich | Rhineland-Palatinate | Wittlich |
Biberach | Baden-Württemberg | Biberach |
Birkenfeld | Rhineland-Palatinate | Birkenfeld |
Böblingen | Baden-Württemberg | Böblingen |
Bodenseekreis | Baden-Württemberg | Friedrichshafen |
Börde | Saxony-Anhalt | Haldensleben |
Borken | North Rhine-Westphalia | Borken |
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Baden-Württemberg | Freiburg |
Burgenlandkreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Naumburg |
Calw | Baden-Württemberg | Calw |
Celle | Lower Saxony | Celle |
Cham | Bavaria | Cham |
Cleves (Kleve) | North Rhine-Westphalia | Cleves (Kleve) |
Cloppenburg | Lower Saxony | Cloppenburg |
Coburg | Bavaria | Coburg |
Cochem-Zell | Rhineland-Palatinate | Cochem |
Coesfeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | Coesfeld |
Cuxhaven | Lower Saxony | Cuxhaven |
Dachau | Bavaria | Dachau |
Dahme-Spreewald | Brandenburg | Lübben |
Darmstadt-Dieburg | Hesse | Darmstadt |
Deggendorf | Bavaria | Deggendorf |
Diepholz | Lower Saxony | Diepholz |
Dillingen | Bavaria | Dillingen |
Dingolfing-Landau | Bavaria | Dingolfing |
Dithmarschen | Schleswig-Holstein | Heide |
Donau-Ries | Bavaria | Donauwörth |
Donnersbergkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kirchheimbolanden |
Düren | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düren |
Ebersberg | Bavaria | Ebersberg |
Eichsfeld | Thuringia | Heilbad Heiligenstadt |
Eichstätt | Bavaria | Eichstätt |
Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bitburg |
Elbe-Elster | Brandenburg | Herzberg |
Emmendingen | Baden-Württemberg | Emmendingen |
Emsland | Lower Saxony | Meppen |
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Schwelm |
Enz | Baden-Württemberg | Pforzheim |
Erding | Bavaria | Erding |
Erlangen-Höchstadt | Bavaria | Erlangen |
Erzgebirgskreis | Saxony | Annaberg-Buchholz |
Esslingen | Baden-Württemberg | Esslingen am Neckar |
Euskirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Euskirchen |
Forchheim | Bavaria | Forchheim |
Freising | Bavaria | Freising |
Freudenstadt | Baden-Württemberg | Freudenstadt |
Freyung-Grafenau | Bavaria | Freyung |
Friesland | Lower Saxony | Jever |
Fulda | Hesse | Fulda |
Fürstenfeldbruck | Bavaria | Fürstenfeldbruck |
Fürth | Bavaria | Zirndorf |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bavaria | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
Germersheim | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germersheim |
Gießen | Hesse | Gießen |
Gifhorn | Lower Saxony | Gifhorn |
Göppingen | Baden-Württemberg | Göppingen |
Görlitz | Saxony | Görlitz |
Goslar | Lower Saxony | Goslar |
Gotha | Thuringia | Gotha |
Göttingen | Lower Saxony | Göttingen |
Grafschaft Bentheim | Lower Saxony | Nordhorn |
Greiz | Thuringia | Greiz |
Groß-Gerau | Hesse | Groß-Gerau |
Günzburg | Bavaria | Günzburg |
Gütersloh | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gütersloh |
Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont) | Lower Saxony | Hamelin (Hameln) |
Hanover (Hannover) | Lower Saxony | Hanover (Hannover) |
Harburg | Lower Saxony | Winsen |
Harz | Saxony-Anhalt | Halberstadt |
Haßberge | Bavaria | Haßfurt |
Havelland | Brandenburg | Rathenow |
Heidekreis | Lower Saxony | Bad Fallingbostel |
Heidenheim | Baden-Württemberg | Heidenheim |
Heilbronn | Baden-Württemberg | Heilbronn |
Heinsberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Heinsberg |
Helmstedt | Lower Saxony | Helmstedt |
Herford | North Rhine-Westphalia | Herford |
Hersfeld-Rotenburg | Hesse | Bad Hersfeld |
Herzogtum Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Ratzeburg |
Hildburghausen | Thuringia | Hildburghausen |
Hildesheim | Lower Saxony | Hildesheim |
Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia | Meschede |
Hochtaunuskreis | Hesse | Bad Homburg |
Hof | Bavaria | Hof |
Hohenlohe | Baden-Württemberg | Künzelsau |
Holzminden | Lower Saxony | Holzminden |
Höxter | North Rhine-Westphalia | Höxter |
Ilm-Kreis | Thuringia | Arnstadt |
Jerichower Land | Saxony-Anhalt | Burg |
Kaiserslautern | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern |
Karlsruhe | Baden-Württemberg | Karlsruhe |
Kassel | Hesse | Kassel |
Kelheim | Bavaria | Kelheim |
Kitzingen | Bavaria | Kitzingen |
Konstanz | Baden-Württemberg | Konstanz |
Kronach | Bavaria | Kronach |
Kulmbach | Bavaria | Kulmbach |
Kusel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kusel |
Kyffhäuserkreis | Thuringia | Sondershausen |
Lahn-Dill | Hesse | Wetzlar |
Landsberg | Bavaria | Landsberg |
Landshut | Bavaria | Landshut |
Leer | Lower Saxony | Leer |
Leipzig | Saxony | Borna |
Lichtenfels | Bavaria | Lichtenfels |
Limburg-Weilburg | Hesse | Limburg |
Lindau | Bavaria | Lindau |
Lippe | North Rhine-Westphalia | Detmold |
Lörrach | Baden-Württemberg | Lörrach |
Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lower Saxony | Lüchow |
Ludwigsburg | Baden-Württemberg | Ludwigsburg |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Parchim |
Lüneburg | Lower Saxony | Lüneburg |
Main-Kinzig | Hesse | Gelnhausen |
Main-Spessart | Bavaria | Karlstadt am Main |
Main-Tauber | Baden-Württemberg | Tauberbischofsheim |
Main-Taunus | Hesse | Hofheim |
Mainz-Bingen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ingelheim |
Mansfeld-Südharz | Saxony-Anhalt | Sangerhausen |
Marburg-Biedenkopf | Hesse | Marburg |
Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lüdenscheid |
Märkisch-Oderland | Brandenburg | Seelow |
Mayen-Koblenz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Neubrandenburg |
Meißen | Saxony | Meißen |
Merzig-Wadern | Saarland | Merzig |
Mettmann | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mettmann |
Miesbach | Bavaria | Miesbach |
Miltenberg | Bavaria | Miltenberg |
Minden-Lübbecke | North Rhine-Westphalia | Minden |
Mittelsachsen | Saxony | Freiberg |
Mühldorf | Bavaria | Mühldorf |
Munich (München) | Bavaria | Munich (München) |
Neckar-Odenwald | Baden-Württemberg | Mosbach |
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Bavaria | Neuburg |
Neumarkt | Bavaria | Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz |
Neunkirchen | Saarland | Ottweiler |
Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim | Bavaria | Neustadt (Aisch) |
Neustadt (Waldnaab) | Bavaria | Neustadt (Waldnaab) |
Neu-Ulm | Bavaria | Neu-Ulm |
Neuwied | Rhineland-Palatinate | Neuwied |
Nienburg | Lower Saxony | Nienburg |
Nordfriesland | Schleswig-Holstein | Husum |
Nordhausen | Thuringia | Nordhausen |
Nordsachsen | Saxony | Torgau |
Nordwestmecklenburg | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Wismar |
Northeim | Lower Saxony | Northeim |
Nürnberger Land | Bavaria | Lauf an der Pegnitz |
Oberallgäu | Bavaria | Sonthofen |
Oberbergischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gummersbach |
Oberhavel | Brandenburg | Oranienburg |
Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Brandenburg | Senftenberg |
Odenwaldkreis | Hesse | Erbach |
Oder-Spree | Brandenburg | Beeskow |
Offenbach | Hesse | Dietzenbach |
Oldenburg | Lower Saxony | Wildeshausen |
Olpe | North Rhine-Westphalia | Olpe |
Ortenaukreis | Baden-Württemberg | Offenburg |
Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | Osnabrück |
Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Aalen |
Ostallgäu | Bavaria | Marktoberdorf |
Osterholz | Lower Saxony | Osterholz-Scharmbeck |
Osterode | Lower Saxony | Osterode |
Ostholstein | Schleswig-Holstein | Eutin |
Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Brandenburg | Neuruppin |
Paderborn | North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn |
Passau | Bavaria | Passau |
Peine | Lower Saxony | Peine |
Pfaffenhofen | Bavaria | Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm |
Pinneberg | Schleswig-Holstein | Pinneberg |
Plön | Schleswig-Holstein | Plön |
Potsdam-Mittelmark | Brandenburg | Belzig |
Prignitz | Brandenburg | Perleberg |
Rastatt | Baden-Württemberg | Rastatt |
Ravensburg | Baden-Württemberg | Ravensburg |
Recklinghausen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Recklinghausen |
Regen | Bavaria | Regen |
Regensburg | Bavaria | Regensburg |
Rems-Murr | Baden-Württemberg | Waiblingen |
Rendsburg-Eckernförde | Schleswig-Holstein | Rendsburg |
Reutlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Reutlingen |
Rhein-Erft-Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bergheim |
Rheingau-Taunus | Hesse | Bad Schwalbach |
Rhein-Hunsrück | Rhineland-Palatinate | Simmern |
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bergisch-Gladbach |
Rheinkreis Neuss | North Rhine-Westphalia | Neuss |
Rhein-Lahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Ems |
Rhein-Neckar | Baden-Württemberg | Heidelberg |
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ludwigshafen |
Rhein-Sieg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegburg |
Rhön-Grabfeld | Bavaria | Bad Neustadt |
Rosenheim | Bavaria | Rosenheim |
Rostock | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Güstrow |
Rotenburg | Lower Saxony | Rotenburg |
Roth | Bavaria | Roth bei Nürnberg |
Rottal-Inn | Bavaria | Pfarrkirchen |
Rottweil | Baden-Württemberg | Rottweil |
Saale-Holzland | Thuringia | Eisenberg |
Saalekreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Merseburg |
Saale-Orla | Thuringia | Schleiz |
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Thuringia | Saalfeld |
Saarbrücken | Saarland | Saarbrücken |
Saarlouis | Saarland | Saarlouis |
Saarpfalz | Saarland | Homburg |
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | Saxony | Pirna |
Salzlandkreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Bernburg |
Sankt Wendel | Saarland | Sankt Wendel |
Schaumburg | Lower Saxony | Stadthagen |
Schleswig-Flensburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig |
Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Thuringia | Meiningen |
Schwäbisch Hall | Baden-Württemberg | Schwäbisch Hall |
Schwalm-Eder | Hesse | Homberg |
Schwandorf | Bavaria | Schwandorf |
Schwarzwald-Baar | Baden-Württemberg | Villingen-Schwenningen |
Schweinfurt | Bavaria | Schweinfurt |
Segeberg | Schleswig-Holstein | Bad Segeberg |
Siegen-Wittgenstein | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen |
Sigmaringen | Baden-Württemberg | Sigmaringen |
Soest | North Rhine-Westphalia | Soest |
Sömmerda | Thuringia | Sömmerda |
Sonneberg | Thuringia | Sonneberg |
Spree-Neiße | Brandenburg | Forst |
Stade | Lower Saxony | Stade |
Starnberg | Bavaria | Starnberg |
Steinburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Itzehoe |
Steinfurt | North Rhine-Westphalia | Steinfurt |
Stendal | Saxony-Anhalt | Stendal |
Stollberg | Saxony | Stollberg |
Stormarn | Schleswig-Holstein | Bad Oldesloe |
Straubing-Bogen | Bavaria | Straubing |
Südliche Weinstraße | Rhineland-Palatinate | Landau |
Südwestpfalz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Pirmasens |
Teltow-Fläming | Brandenburg | Luckenwalde |
Tirschenreuth | Bavaria | Tirschenreuth |
Traunstein | Bavaria | Traunstein |
Trier-Saarburg | Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier |
Tübingen | Baden-Württemberg | Tübingen |
Tuttlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Tuttlingen |
Uckermark | Brandenburg | Prenzlau |
Uelzen | Lower Saxony | Uelzen |
Unna | North Rhine-Westphalia | Unna |
Unstrut-Hainich | Thuringia | Mühlhausen |
Unterallgäu | Bavaria | Mindelheim |
Vechta | Lower Saxony | Vechta |
Verden | Lower Saxony | Verden |
Viersen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Viersen |
Vogelsbergkreis | Hesse | Lauterbach |
Vogtlandkreis | Saxony | Plauen |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Greifswald |
Vorpommern-Rügen | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Stralsund |
Vulkaneifel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Daun |
Waldeck-Frankenberg | Hesse | Korbach |
Waldshut | Baden-Württemberg | Waldshut-Tiengen |
Warendorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | Warendorf |
Wartburgkreis | Thuringia | Eisenach |
Weilheim-Schongau | Bavaria | Weilheim |
Weimarer Land | Thuringia | Apolda |
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | Bavaria | Weißenburg |
Werra-Meißner | Hesse | Eschwege |
Wesel | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wesel |
Wesermarsch | Lower Saxony | Brake |
Westerwaldkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Montabaur |
Wetteraukreis | Hesse | Friedberg |
Wittenberg | Saxony-Anhalt | Wittenberg |
Wittmund | Lower Saxony | Wittmund |
Wolfenbüttel | Lower Saxony | Wolfenbüttel |
Wunsiedel | Bavaria | Wunsiedel |
Würzburg | Bavaria | Würzburg |
Zollernalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Balingen |
Zwickau | Saxony | Zwickau |
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“A mans interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the nativesfrom Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenangowith a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to- date scripts for actors on the tourists stage.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“Our rural village life was a purifying, uplifting influence that fortified us against the later impacts of urbanization; Church and State, because they were separated and friendly, had spiritual and ethical standards that were mutually enriching; freedom and discipline, individualism and collectivity, nature and nurture in their interaction promised an ever stronger democracy. I have no illusions that those simpler, happier days can be resurrected.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (18871970)
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—Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)
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—Theodore Roosevelt (18581919)