List of German urban districts
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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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[change] Baden-Württemberg
[change] Bavaria
[change] Berlin
[change] Brandenburg
[change] Bremen
[change] Hamburg
[change] Hesse
[change] Lower Saxony
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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.
[change] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
[change] North Rhine-Westphalia
[change] Rhineland-Palatinate
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[change] 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.
[change] Saxony
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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.
[change] Saxony-Anhalt
[change] Schleswig-Holstein
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