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

