This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 413 districts (not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk); these consist of 301 rural districts (Landkreise, see List of German rural districts) and 112 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte / Stadtkreise) – cities which constitute a district in their own right. A similar concept is the Statutarstadt in Austria. Kreisfreie Städte are comparable to independent cities in the English-speaking world.
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
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Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
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.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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North Rhine-Westphalia
¹ The town of Aachen will become incorporated into the Aachen Regional Federation on October 21 2009.
Rhineland-Palatinate
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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
1The urban districts of Görlitz, Hoyerswerda, Plauen und Zwickau lost their status as „kreisfreie Stadt“ on 1st August 2008 in a reform of the Saxon districts.
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia