The "pyramid" of German administrative subdivisions
Municipalities (German: Gemeinden, singular Gemeinde) are the lowest level of official territorial division in Germany. This is most commonly the third level of territorial division, ranking after the Land (state) and Kreis (district). The Gemeinde which is one level lower in those states also includes Regierungsbezirke (singular: Regierungsbezirk) as an intermediate territorial division. The Gemeinde is one level higher if it is not part of a Samtgemeinde. Only 10 municipalities in Germany have fifth level administrative subdivisions and all of them are in Bavaria. The highest degree of autonomy may be found in the Gemeinden which are not part of a Kreis. These Gemeinden are referred to as Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise, sometimes translated as having "city status". This can be the case even for small municipalities. However, many smaller municipalities have lost this city status in various administrative reforms in the last 40 years[clarification needed] when they were incorporated into a Kreis. In some states they retained a higher measure of autonomy than the other municipalities of the Kreis (e.g. Große Kreisstadt). Municipalities titled Stadt (town or city) are urban municipalities while those titled Gemeinde are classified as rural municipalities.
Contents
1Overview
2Municipalities per federal state
3See also
4References
Overview
Germany
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Germany
Constitution (Basic Law)
Human rights
Federal Constitutional Court
Executive
President
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor (List)
Angela Merkel
Vice Chancellor
Olaf Scholz
Cabinet
Merkel IV
Legislature
Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung)
Federal Council (Bundesrat)
Federal Diet (Bundestag)
Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Ausschuss)
Judiciary
Federal courts
Constitutional
Administrative
Justice
Fiscal
Labour
Social
Administrative divisions
States (Länder)
Administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke)
Districts (Kreise)
Collective municipalities (Ämter)
Municipalities (Gemeinden)
Elections
Electoral system
Political parties
Referendums
Foreign relations
Germany portal
Other countries
Atlas
v
t
e
With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the most populated municipality of Germany is the city of Berlin; and the least populated is Gröde in Schleswig-Holstein. The cities of Aachen and Saarbrücken have a special status, which is why the numbers in the respective states North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland appear in brackets in the table.
Municipalities per federal state
List updated on August 1, 2009.
Federal state
Municipalities
Municipalities with city status
Average no. of inhabitants[1]
Average area (km²)[2]
List (Cities, Towns, Municipalities)
Baden-Württemberg
1,101
9
9,764
32.41
C, T, M
Bavaria
2,056
25
6,090
33.03
C, T, M
Berlin
1
1
3,416,255
891.02
Berlin
Brandenburg
419
4
6,052
70.36
C, T, M
Bremen
2
2
331,541
202.14
Bremen, Bremerhaven
Hamburg
1
1
1,770,629
755.16
Hamburg
Hesse
426
5
14,255
48.80
C, T, M
Lower Saxony
1,022
9
7,800
45.25
C, T, M
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
818
2
2,053
28.34
C, T, M
North Rhine-Westphalia
236
22 (23)
45,446
86.08
C, T, M
Rhineland-Palatinate
2,306
12
1,754
8.61
C, T, M
Saarland
52
(1)
19,935
49.40
C, T, M
Saxony
491
3
8,595
37.51
C, T, M
Saxony-Anhalt
851
3
2,835
24.03
C, T, M
Schleswig-Holstein
1,116
4
2,542
14.07
C, T, M
Thuringia
955
6
2,397
16.93
C, T, M
Germany
12,013
108 (110)
6,844
29.35
C, T, M
See also
List of municipalities in Germany
References
^Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (as of December 31, 2007)
^Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (as of December 31, 2006), excluding the municipality-free areas
v
t
e
Articles on third-level administrative divisions of countries
Place in Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon Lambaréné Street in Lambaréné Lambaréné Location in Gabon Coordinates: 0°41′18″S 10°13′55″E / 0.68833°S 10.23194°E / -0.68833; 10.23194 Coordinates: 0°41′18″S 10°13′55″E / 0.68833°S 10.23194°E / -0.68833; 10.23194 Country Gabon Province Moyen-Ogooué Population (2013 census) • Total 38,775 Lambaréné is a town and the capital of Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. With a population of 38,775 as of 2013, it is located 75 kilometres south of the equator. Lambaréné is based in the Central African Rainforest at the river Ogooué. This river divides the city into 3 districts: Rive Gauche, Ile Lambaréné and Rive Droite. The Albert Schweitzer Hospital and the districts Adouma and Abongo are located on Rive Droite. The districts Atongowanga, Sahoty, Dakar, Grand Village, Château, Lalala and Bordamur build the Ile Lambaréné. The majority of the people in Lambaréné live in the district Isaac located on Rive Gauche. This distr...
This article is about the number. For the year, see 800. For other uses, see 800 (disambiguation). Natural number ← 799 800 801 → List of numbers — Integers ← 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 → Cardinal eight hundred Ordinal 800th (eight hundredth) Factorization 2 5 × 5 2 Greek numeral Ω´ Roman numeral DCCC Binary 1100100000 2 Ternary 1002122 3 Quaternary 30200 4 Quinary 11200 5 Senary 3412 6 Octal 1440 8 Duodecimal 568 12 Hexadecimal 320 16 Vigesimal 200 20 Base 36 M8 36 800 ( eight hundred ) is the natural number following 799 and preceding 801. It is the sum of four consecutive primes (193 + 197 + 199 + 211). It is a Harshad number. Contents 1 Integers from 801 to 899 1.1 800s 1.2 810s 1.3 820s 1.4 830s 1.5 840s 1.6 850s 1.7 860s 1.8 870s 1.9 880s 1.10 890s 2 References Integers from 801 to 899 800s Main article: 801...
"J57" redirects here. For the music artist, see J57 (rapper). J57 / JT3C YJ57-P-3 cut-away demonstrator at USAF Museum Type Turbojet National origin United States Manufacturer Pratt & Whitney First run 1950 Major applications Boeing 707 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Douglas DC-8 North American F-100 Super Sabre Vought F-8 Crusader Number built 21,170 built Developed from Pratt & Whitney XT45 Variants JT3D/TF33 Developed into Pratt & Whitney J52/JT8A Pratt & Whitney J75/JT4A The Pratt & Whitney J57 (company designation: JT3C ) is an axial-flow turbojet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney in the early 1950s. The J57 (first run January 1950 [1] ) was the first 10,000 lbf (45 kN) thrust class engine in the United States. The J57/JT3C was developed into the J75/JT4A turbojet, JT3D/TF33 turbofan and the PT5/T57 turboprop. [2] Contents 1 Design an...
Germany portal 
