List of German urban districts
This is a list of urban districts in Germany.
Germany is divided into 429 districts. 313 are rural districts (Landkreise, see List of German rural districts) and 116 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte / Stadtkreise) which are listed below.
They are the equivalent of an independent city in the United States or unitary authority in the United Kingdom.
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Baden-Württemberg [change]
Bavaria [change]
Berlin [change]
Brandenburg [change]
Bremen [change]
Hamburg [change]
Hesse [change]
Lower Saxony [change]
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 [change]
North Rhine-Westphalia [change]
Rhineland-Palatinate [change]
Saarland [change]
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 [change]
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1The urban districts of Görlitz, Hoyerswerda, Plauen und Zwickau will lose their status as „kreisfreie Stadt“ probably on 1st July 2008 in a reform of Saxony's districts.
