Urban districts of Germany
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This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 439 districts(Not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk); these consist of 323 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
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Lower Saxony
¹ following the "Göttingen Law" of July 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" of June 5, 2001, Hannover counts as an urban district as long as no other rules apply.
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
