Higher municipal association

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As higher Kommunalverband ( HKV ) to a is local self-government based public corporation denotes that over the area of several counties / circuits or circular free city / urban districts beyond.

The higher municipal associations are also referred to as the “third level” of local self-government, with the districts or urban districts forming the second level and the municipalities the first level.

Historical examples are the provincial associations in Prussia .

Today's examples are

The associations merged in 1964 to form the Federal Working Group of Higher Municipal Associations in the Federal Republic of Germany (BAG HKV). BAG HKV has been chaired by Ulrike Lubek, the director of the Rhineland Regional Council (LVR), since April 2018 . The BAG HKV office is located at the LVR .

literature

  • Ansgar Hörster: § 31 Higher municipal associations . In: Thomas Mann, Günter Püttner (ed.): Handbook of communal science and practice . 3. Edition. Vol 1: Fundamentals and municipal constitution. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York, ISBN 3-540-23793-3 , pp. 901-934 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Activity report by the President of the Bavarian District Assembly, Josef Mederer, on the occasion of the plenary meeting on 5./6. July 2018, accessed December 17, 2018, p. 56. Online .