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# 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
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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)

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