List of German districts
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Germany is divided into 439 administrative districts; these consist of 323 rural districts (Landkreise), listed fully here, and 116 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte / Stadtkreise) - cities which constitute a district in their own right (see List of German urban districts).
| Rural district (Landkreis) | Bundesland | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Aachen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen¹ |
| Ahrweiler | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler |
| Aichach-Friedberg | Bavaria | Aichach |
| Alb-Donau | Baden-Württemberg | Ulm¹ |
| Altenburger Land | Thuringia | Altenburg |
| Altenkirchen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Altenkirchen |
| Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Saxony-Anhalt | Salzwedel |
| Altötting | Bavaria | Altötting |
| Alzey-Worms | Rhineland-Palatinate | Alzey |
| Amberg-Sulzbach | Bavaria | Amberg¹ |
| Ammerland | Lower Saxony | Westerstede |
| Anhalt-Zerbst | Saxony-Anhalt | Zerbst |
| Annaberg | Saxony | Annaberg-Buchholz |
| Ansbach | Bavaria | Ansbach¹ |
| Aschaffenburg | Bavaria | Aschaffenburg¹ |
| Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Saxony-Anhalt | Aschersleben |
| Aue-Schwarzenberg | Saxony | Aue |
| Augsburg | Bavaria | Augsburg¹ |
| Aurich | Lower Saxony | Aurich |
| Bad Doberan | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Bad Doberan |
| 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 | Bamberg¹ |
| Barnim | Brandenburg | Eberswalde |
| Bautzen | Saxony | Bautzen |
| Bayreuth | Bavaria | Bayreuth¹ |
| Bentheim | Lower Saxony | Nordhorn |
| Berchtesgadener Land | Bavaria | Bad Reichenhall |
| Bergstraße | Hesse | Heppenheim |
| Bernburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Bernburg |
| Bernkastel-Wittlich | Rhineland-Palatinate | Wittlich |
| Biberach | Baden-Württemberg | Biberach |
| Birkenfeld | Rhineland-Palatinate | Birkenfeld |
| Bitburg-Prüm | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bitburg |
| Bitterfeld | Saxony-Anhalt | Bitterfeld |
| Böblingen | Baden-Württemberg | Böblingen |
| Bodenseekreis | Baden-Württemberg | Friedrichshafen |
| Bördekreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Oschersleben |
| Borken | North Rhine-Westphalia | Borken |
| Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Baden-Württemberg | Freiburg¹ |
| Burgenlandkreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Naumburg |
| Calw | Baden-Württemberg | Calw |
| Celle | Lower Saxony | Celle |
| Cham | Bavaria | Cham |
| Chemnitzer Land | Saxony | Glauchau |
| Cleves (Kleve) | North Rhine-Westphalia | Cleves (Kleve) |
| Cloppenburg | Lower Saxony | Cloppenburg |
| Coburg | Bavaria | Coburg¹ |
| Cochem-Zell | Rhineland-Palatinate | Cochem |
| Coesfeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | Coesfeld |
| Cuxhaven | Lower Saxony | Cuxhaven |
| Dachau | Bavaria | Dachau |
| Dahme-Spreewald | Brandenburg | Lübben |
| Darmstadt-Dieburg | Hesse | Darmstadt¹ |
| Daun | Rhineland-Palatinate | Daun |
| Deggendorf | Bavaria | Deggendorf |
| Delitzsch | Saxony | Delitzsch |
| Demmin | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Demmin |
| Diepholz | Lower Saxony | Diepholz |
| Dillingen | Bavaria | Dillingen |
| Dingolfing-Landau | Bavaria | Dingolfing |
| Dithmarschen | Schleswig-Holstein | Heide |
| Döbeln | Saxony | Döbeln |
| Donau-Ries | Bavaria | Donauwörth |
| Donnersbergkreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kirchheimbolanden |
| Düren | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düren |
| Ebersberg | Bavaria | Ebersberg |
| Eichsfeld | Thuringia | Heilbad Heiligenstadt |
| Eichstätt | Bavaria | Eichstätt |
| Elbe-Elster | Brandenburg | Herzberg |
| Emmendingen | Baden-Württemberg | Emmendingen |
| Emsland | Lower Saxony | Meppen |
| Ennepe-Ruhr | North Rhine-Westphalia | Schwelm |
| Enzkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Pforzheim¹ |
| Erding | Bavaria | Erding |
| Erlangen-Höchstadt | Bavaria | Erlangen¹ |
| Esslingen | Baden-Württemberg | Esslingen |
| Euskirchen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Euskirchen |
| Forchheim | Bavaria | Forchheim |
| Freiberg | Saxony | Freiberg |
| 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 |
| Goslar | Lower Saxony | Goslar |
| Gotha | Thuringia | Gotha |
| Göttingen | Lower Saxony | Göttingen |
| Greiz | Thuringia | Greiz |
| Groß-Gerau | Hesse | Groß-Gerau |
| Günzburg | Bavaria | Günzburg |
| Güstrow | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Güstrow |
| Gütersloh | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gütersloh |
| Halberstadt | Saxony-Anhalt | Halberstadt |
| Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont) | Lower Saxony | Hamelin (Hameln) |
| Hanover (Hannover) | Lower Saxony | Hanover (Hannover) |
| Harburg | Lower Saxony | Winsen |
| Haßberge | Bavaria | Haßfurt |
| Havelland | Brandenburg | Rathenow |
| Heidenheim | Baden-Württemberg | Heidenheim |
| Heilbronn | Baden-Württemberg | Heilbronn¹ |
| Heinsberg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Heinsberg |
| Helmstedt | Lower Saxony | Helmstedt |
| Herford | North Rhine-Westphalia | Herford |
| Hersfeld-Rotenburg | Hesse | Bad Hersfeld |
| Hildburghausen | Thuringia | Hildburghausen |
| Hildesheim | Lower Saxony | Hildesheim |
| Hochsauerland | North Rhine-Westphalia | Meschede |
| Hochtaunuskreis | Hesse | Bad Homburg |
| Hof | Bavaria | Hof |
| Hohenlohekreis | Baden-Württemberg | Künzelsau |
| Holzminden | Lower Saxony | Holzminden |
| Höxter | North Rhine-Westphalia | Höxter |
| Ilm-Kreis | Thuringia | Arnstadt |
| Jerichower Land | Saxony-Anhalt | Burg |
| Kaiserslautern | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern¹ |
| Kamenz | Saxony | Kamenz |
| Karlsruhe | Baden-Württemberg | Karlsruhe¹ |
| Kassel | Hesse | Kassel¹ |
| Kelheim | Bavaria | Kelheim |
| Kitzingen | Bavaria | Kitzingen |
| Konstanz | Baden-Württemberg | Konstanz |
| Köthen | Saxony-Anhalt | Köthen |
| Kronach | Bavaria | Kronach |
| Kulmbach | Bavaria | Kulmbach |
| Kusel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kusel |
| Kyffhäuserkreis | Thuringia | Sondershausen |
| Lahn-Dill | Hesse | Wetzlar |
| Landsberg | Bavaria | Landsberg |
| Landshut | Bavaria | Landshut¹ |
| Lauenburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Ratzeburg |
| Leer | Lower Saxony | Leer |
| Leipziger Land | Saxony | Borna |
| Lichtenfels | Bavaria | Lichtenfels |
| Limburg-Weilburg | Hesse | Limburg |
| Lindau | Bavaria | Lindau |
| Lippe | North Rhine-Westphalia | Detmold |
| Löbau-Zittau | Saxony | Zittau |
| Lörrach | Baden-Württemberg | Lörrach |
| Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lower Saxony | Lüchow |
| Ludwigsburg | Baden-Württemberg | Ludwigsburg |
| Ludwigslust | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Ludwigslust |
| Lüneburg | Lower Saxony | Lüneburg |
| Main-Kinzig | Hesse | Hanau |
| Main-Spessart | Bavaria | Karlstadt |
| Main-Tauber | Baden-Württemberg | Tauberbischofsheim |
| Main-Taunus | Hesse | Hofheim |
| Mainz-Bingen | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ingelheim |
| Mansfelder Land | Saxony-Anhalt | Eisleben |
| Marburg-Biedenkopf | Hesse | Marburg |
| Märkischer Kreis | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lüdenscheid |
| Märkisch-Oderland | Brandenburg | Seelow |
| Mayen-Koblenz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz¹ |
| Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Neustrelitz |
| Meißen | Saxony | Meißen |
| Merseburg-Querfurt | Saxony-Anhalt | Merseburg |
| Merzig-Wadern | Saarland | Merzig |
| Mettmann | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mettmann |
| Miesbach | Bavaria | Miesbach |
| Miltenberg | Bavaria | Miltenberg |
| Minden-Lübbecke | North Rhine-Westphalia | Minden |
| Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Saxony | Marienberg |
| Mittweida | Saxony | Mittweida |
| Mühldorf | Bavaria | Mühldorf |
| Muldentalkreis | Saxony | Grimma |
| Munich (München) | Bavaria | Munich¹ (München) |
| Müritz | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Waren |
| Neckar-Odenwald | Baden-Württemberg | Mosbach |
| Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Bavaria | Neuburg |
| Neumarkt | Bavaria | Neumarkt |
| Neunkirchen | Saarland | Neunkirchen |
| Neuss | North Rhine-Westphalia | Neuss |
| Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim | Bavaria | Neustadt (Aisch) |
| Neustadt (Waldnaab) | Bavaria | Neustadt (Waldnaab) |
| Neu-Ulm | Bavaria | Neu-Ulm |
| Neuwied | Rhineland-Palatinate | Neuwied |
| Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis | Saxony | Niesky |
| Nienburg | Lower Saxony | Nienburg |
| Nordfriesland | Schleswig-Holstein | Husum |
| Nordhausen | Thuringia | Nordhausen |
| Nordvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Grimmen |
| Nordwestmecklenburg | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Grevesmühlen |
| Northeim | Lower Saxony | Northeim |
| Nürnberger Land | Bavaria | Lauf |
| 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 |
| Ohrekreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Haldensleben |
| Oldenburg | Lower Saxony | Wildeshausen |
| Olpe | North Rhine-Westphalia | Olpe |
| Ortenaukreis | Baden-Württemberg | Offenburg |
| Osnabrück | Lower Saxony | Osnabrück¹ |
| Ostalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Aalen |
| Ostallgäu | Bavaria | Marktoberdorf |
| Osterholz | Lower Saxony | Osterholz-Scharmbeck |
| Osterode | Lower Saxony | Osterode |
| Ostholstein | Schleswig-Holstein | Eutin |
| Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Brandenburg | Neuruppin |
| Ostvorpommern | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Anklam |
| Paderborn | North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn |
| Parchim | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Parchim |
| Passau | Bavaria | Passau¹ |
| Peine | Lower Saxony | Peine |
| Pfaffenhofen | Bavaria | Pfaffenhofen |
| Pinneberg | Schleswig-Holstein | Pinneberg |
| Plön | Schleswig-Holstein | Plön |
| Potsdam-Mittelmark | Brandenburg | Belzig |
| Prignitz | Brandenburg | Perleberg |
| Quedlinburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Quedlinburg |
| Rastatt | Baden-Württemberg | Rastatt |
| Ravensburg | Baden-Württemberg | Ravensburg |
| Recklinghausen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Recklinghausen |
| Regen | Bavaria | Regen |
| Regensburg | Bavaria | Regensburg¹ |
| 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 |
| Rhein-Lahn | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Ems |
| Rhein-Neckar | Baden-Württemberg | Heidelberg¹ |
| Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ludwigshafen¹ |
| Rhein-Sieg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegburg |
| Rhön-Grabfeld | Bavaria | Bad Neustadt |
| Riesa-Großenhain | Saxony | Großenhain |
| Rosenheim | Bavaria | Rosenheim¹ |
| Rotenburg | Lower Saxony | Rotenburg |
| Roth | Bavaria | Roth |
| Rottal-Inn | Bavaria | Pfarrkirchen |
| Rottweil | Baden-Württemberg | Rottweil |
| Rügen | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Bergen |
| Saale-Holzland | Thuringia | Eisenberg |
| Saale-Orla | Thuringia | Schleiz |
| Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Thuringia | Saalfeld |
| Saalkreis | Saxony-Anhalt | Halle¹ |
| Saarbrücken | Saarland | Saarbrücken |
| Saarlouis | Saarland | Saarlouis |
| Saarpfalz | Saarland | Homburg |
| Sächsische Schweiz | Saxony | Pirna |
| Sangerhausen | Saxony-Anhalt | Sangerhausen |
| Sankt Wendel | Saarland | Sankt Wendel |
| Schaumburg | Lower Saxony | Stadthagen |
| Schleswig-Flensburg | Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig |
| Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Thuringia | Meiningen |
| Schönebeck | Saxony-Anhalt | Schönebeck |
| Schwäbisch Hall | Baden-Württemberg | Schwäbisch Hall |
| Schwalm-Eder | Hesse | Homberg |
| Schwandorf | Bavaria | Schwandorf |
| Schwarzwald-Baar | Baden-Württemberg | Villingen-Schwenningen |
| Schweinfurt | Bavaria | Schweinfurt¹ |
| Segeberg | Schleswig-Holstein | Bad Segeberg |
| Siegen-Wittgenstein | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen |
| Sigmaringen | Baden-Württemberg | Sigmaringen |
| Soest | North Rhine-Westphalia | Soest |
| Soltau-Fallingbostel | Lower Saxony | Bad Fallingbostel |
| 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 | Straubing¹ |
| Südliche Weinstraße | Rhineland-Palatinate | Landau¹ |
| Südwestpfalz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Pirmasens¹ |
| Teltow-Fläming | Brandenburg | Luckenwalde |
| Tirschenreuth | Bavaria | Tirschenreuth |
| Torgau-Oschatz | Saxony | Torgau |
| Traunstein | Bavaria | Traunstein |
| Trier-Saarburg | Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier¹ |
| Tübingen | Baden-Württemberg | Tübingen |
| Tuttlingen | Baden-Württemberg | Tuttlingen |
| Uckermark | Brandenburg | Prenzlau |
| Uecker-Randow | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Pasewalk |
| 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 | Plauen¹ |
| 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 |
| Weißenfels | Saxony-Anhalt | Weißenfels |
| Weißeritzkreis | Saxony | Dippoldiswalde |
| Wernigerode | Saxony-Anhalt | Wernigerode |
| 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 | Würzburg¹ |
| Zollernalbkreis | Baden-Württemberg | Balingen |
| Zwickauer Land | Saxony | Werdau |
1 Seat of the district's administration, but not part of the district (being an urban district)
[edit] See also
- Germany
- States of Germany
- German districts
