List of districts in Germany

Counties in Germany

Independent cities in Germany

Political division of Germany into states , administrative districts , (rural) districts and independent cities

See also : List of independent cities in Germany

This list shows the 294 rural districts in the 13 territorial states of the Federal Republic of Germany . In the federal states of Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia they are called districts , and there are also three special municipal associations: the Saarbrücken regional association , the Hanover region and the Aachen city region . They are all organized in the German District Association.

The districts are distributed among the individual territorial states as follows:

• Baden-Württemberg: 35
• Bavaria: 71
• Brandenburg: 14
• Hesse: 21
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: 6
• Lower Saxony: 37 (including the Hanover region)
• North Rhine-Westphalia: 31 (including the Aachen city region)
• Rhineland-Palatinate: 24
• Saarland: 6 (including the Saarbrücken regional association)
• Saxony: 10
• Saxony-Anhalt: 11
• Schleswig-Holstein: 11
• Thuringia: 17

Legend

• KrS: district key, a five-digit code for the district.
• District / District: Name of the district. The municipal associations of a special kind are marked with a note.
• UZ: Possible license plates within the district.
• BL: State in which the district is located. It shows the country's flag and ISO 3166-2 code .
• District seat : district town ; i. d. R. Municipality in which the district administration is located. If this does not belong to the district or is not the location of the administration, this is indicated by a note.
• Inhabitants: number of inhabitants , based on the information from the state statistical offices
• Fl .: Area of the circle, given in square kilometers (km²).
• Bev.D .: population density , given in inhabitants per square kilometer.

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KrS	County / District	UZ	BL	Circular seat	Pop.	Fl. in km²	Bev.D. Ew./km²	map
05334	Aachen , city region	AC, MON	NW	Aachen	557.026	706.95	788
07131	Ahrweiler	AW	RP	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	130.086	786.98	165
09771	Aichach-Friedberg	AIC, FDB	BY	Aichach	134,655	780.33	173
08425	Alb-Danube district	UL	BW	Ulm	196.047	1,358.68	144
16077	Altenburger Land	ABG, SLN	TH	Altenburg	89,393	569.41	157
07132	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	AK	RP	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	128,805	641.99	201
15081	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	SAW, GA, KLZ	ST	Salzwedel	83.173	2,293.03	36
09171	Altötting	AÖ, LF	BY	Altötting	111,516	569.35	196
07331	Alzey-Worms	AZ	RP	Alzey	129,687	588.15	220
09371	Amberg-Sulzbach	AS, BUL , ESB , NAB , SUL	BY	On the mountain	103.049	1,255.75	82
03451	Ammerland	WST	NI	Westerstede	124,859	728.38	171
15082	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	ABI, AZE, BTF, KÖT, ZE	ST	Koethen	158.486	1,453.52	109
09571	Ansbach	AN , DKB, FEU, ROT	BY	Ansbach	184,591	1,971.84	94
09671	Aschaffenburg	AB , ALZ	BY	Aschaffenburg	174,200	699.15	249
09772	augsburg	A , SMÜ, WHO	BY	augsburg	253,468	1,071.13	237
03452	Aurich	AUR, NOR	NI	Aurich	189,694	1,287.31	147
07332	Bad Dürkheim	DÜW	RP	Bad Dürkheim	132,671	594.76	223
09672	Bad Kissingen	KG, BRK, HAB	BY	Bad Kissingen	103.235	1,136.96	91
07133	Bad Kreuznach	KH	RP	Bad Kreuznach	158.345	863.76	183
09173	Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen	TÖL, WOR	BY	Bad Tölz	127.917	1,110.69	115
09471	Bamberg	BA	BY	Bamberg	147.163	1,167.83	126
12060	Barnim	BAR, BER, EW	BB	Eberswalde	185.244	1,479.67	125
14625	Bautzen	BZ, BIW, HY, KM	SN	Bautzen	299,758	2,395.61	125
09472	Bayreuth	BT, EBS , ESB , KEM , MÜB , PEG	BY	Bayreuth	103.664	1,273.74	81
09172	Berchtesgadener Land	BGL, BGD, LF , REI	BY	Bad Reichenhall	105,929	839.92	126
06431	Mountain road	HP	HE	Heppenheim	270,340	719.52	376
07231	Bernkastel-Wittlich	WIL, BKS	RP	Wittlich	112,483	1,167.56	96
08426	Biberach	BC	BW	Biberach an der Riss	199,742	1,409.74	142
07134	Birch field	BIR	RP	Birch field	80,951	776.58	104
08115	Boeblingen	BB, LEO	BW	Boeblingen	391,640	617.82	634
08435	Lake Constance district	FN, TT, ÜB	BW	Friedrichshafen	216.227	664.81	325
15083	Börde	BK , BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL	ST	Haldensleben	170.923	2,366.63	72
05554	Bark	BOR, AH, BOH	NW	Bark	371,339	1,420.98	261
08315	Breisgau-Upper Black Forest	FR	BW	Freiburg in Breisgau	262,795	1,378.34	191
15084	Burgenland district	BLK, HHM, NEB, NMB, WSF, ZZ	ST	Naumburg (Saale)	178,846	1,413.67	127
08235	Calw	CW	BW	Calw	158.397	797.53	199
03351	Celle	CE	NI	Celle	179.011	1,545.21	116
09372	Cham	CHA, KÖZ, ROD , WÜM	BY	Cham	127.998	1,520.17	84
03453	Cloppenburg	CLP	NI	Cloppenburg	170,682	1,418.45	120
09473	Coburg	CO, NEC	BY	Coburg	86,747	590.47	147
07135	Cochem cell	COC, ZEL	RP	Cochem	61,375	692.33	89
05558	Coesfeld	COE, LH	NW	Coesfeld	220,586	1,112.04	198
03352	Cuxhaven	CUX	NI	Cuxhaven	198.038	2,057.78	96
09174	Dachau	DAH	BY	Dachau	154,899	579.18	267
12061	Dahme-Spreewald	LDS, KW, LC, LN	BB	Luebben (Spreewald)	170.791	2,274.48	75
06432	Darmstadt-Dieburg	DA, TU	HE	Darmstadt	297,844	658.65	452
09271	Deggendorf	DEG	BY	Deggendorf	119,478	861.3	139
03251	Diepholz	DH, SY	NI	Diepholz	217.089	1,988.14	109
09773	Dillingen on the Danube	DLG, WHO	BY	Dillingen on the Danube	96,562	792.22	122
09279	Dingolfing-Landau	DGF, LAN	BY	Dingolfing	96,683	877.79	110
01051	Dithmarschen	HEI, MED	SH	pagan	133.193	1,428.13	93
09779	Danube Ries	DON, Lower Austria	BY	Donauwörth	133,783	1,274.68	105
07333	Donnersbergkreis	KIB, ROK	RP	Kirchheimbolanden	75,325	645.52	117
05358	Düren	DN, JÜL, MON, SLE	NW	Düren	264,638	941.37	281
09175	Ebersberg	EBE	BY	Ebersberg	143,649	549.36	261
16061	Eichsfeld	EIC, HIG, WBS	TH	Heilbad Heiligenstadt	100.006	943.07	106
09176	Eichstatt	EGG	BY	Eichstatt	132,881	1,214.06	109
07232	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm	BIT, PRÜ	RP	Bitburg	99.058	1,626.22	61
12062	Elbe Elster	EE, FI, LIB	BB	Herzberg (Elster)	101,827	1,899.54	54
08316	Emmendingen	EM	BW	Emmendingen	165.383	679.9	243
03454	Emsland	Tbsp	NI	Meppen	326,954	2,882.07	113
05954	Ennepe-Ruhr district	EN, WIT	NW	Schwelm	324.106	409.64	791
08236	Enzkreis	PF	BW	Pforzheim	198.905	573.68	347
09177	Erding	ED	BY	Erding	138.182	870.72	159
09572	Erlangen-Höchstadt	ERH, HÖS	BY	gain	137.262	564.66	243
14521	Erzgebirgskreis	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP	SN	Annaberg-Buchholz	334,948	1,827.91	183
08116	Esslingen	ES, NT	BW	Esslingen am Neckar	533.859	641.46	832
05366	Euskirchen	EU, SLE	NW	Euskirchen	193,656	1,248.73	155
09474	Forchheim	FO, EBS , PEG	BY	Forchheim	116.203	642.79	181
09178	Freising	FS	BY	Freising	180.007	799.83	225
08237	Freudenstadt	FDS, HCH , HOR, WOL	BW	Freudenstadt	117.935	870.67	135
09272	Freyung-Grafenau	FRG, GRA, WOS	BY	Freyung	78,362	984.15	80
03455	Friesland	FRI	NI	Jever	98,704	607.91	162
06631	Fulda	FD	HE	Fulda	223.145	1,380.4	162
09179	Fürstenfeldbruck	FFB	BY	Fürstenfeldbruck	219.311	434.79	504
09573	Fuerth	FÜ	BY	Zirndorf	117,853	307.55	383
09180	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Cap	BY	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	88,424	1,012.22	87
07334	Germersheim	GER	RP	Germersheim	129.013	463.35	278
06531	to water	GI	HE	to water	270,688	854.67	317
03151	Gifhorn	GF	NI	Gifhorn	176,523	1,562.86	113
08117	Goeppingen	GP	BW	Goeppingen	257.253	642.36	400
14626	Goerlitz	GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI	SN	Goerlitz	252.725	2,111.41	120
03153	Goslar	GS, BRL, CLZ	NI	Goslar	136.292	965.29	141
16067	Gotha	GTH	TH	Gotha	134.908	936.08	144
03159	Goettingen	GÖ , DUD, HMÜ, OHA	NI	Goettingen	326.041	1,753.41	186
03456	County of Bentheim	NOH	NI	Nordhorn	137.162	980.87	140
16076	Greiz	GRZ, ZR	TH	Greiz	97,398	845.97	115
06433	Gross-Gerau	GG	HE	Gross-Gerau	275,726	453.04	609
09774	Gunzburg	GZ, KRU	BY	Gunzburg	127.027	762.44	167
05754	Gutersloh	GT	NW	Gutersloh	364.938	969.21	377
03252	Hameln-Pyrmont	HM	NI	Hamelin	148,549	796.15	187
03241	Hanover, region	H	NI	Hanover	1,157,115	2,290.86	505
03353	Harburg	WL	NI	Winsen (Luhe)	254.431	1,245.03	204
15085	resin	HZ, HBS, QLB, WR	ST	Halberstadt	213.310	2,104.54	101
09674	Hatred Mountains	HAS, EBN, GEO , HOH	BY	Hassfurt	84,384	956.38	88
12063	Havelland	HVL, NAU, RN	BB	Rathenow	162.996	1,727.3	94
03358	Heidekreis	HK	NI	Bad Fallingbostel	140.673	1,873.72	75
08135	Heidenheim	HDH	BW	Heidenheim an der Brenz	132,472	627.14	211
08125	Heilbronn	HN	BW	Heilbronn	343.068	1,099.9	312
05370	Heinsberg	HS, ERK, GK	NW	Heinsberg	255.555	627.99	407
03154	Helmstedt	HE	NI	Helmstedt	91,297	674.02	135
05758	Herford	HF	NW	Herford	250,578	450.41	556
06632	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	HEF, ROF	HE	Bad Hersfeld	120,719	1,097.12	110
01053	Duchy of Lauenburg	RZ	SH	Ratzeburg	198.019	1,263.01	157
16069	Hildburghausen	HBN	TH	Hildburghausen	63.197	938.42	67
03254	Hildesheim	HI, ALF	NI	Hildesheim	275.817	1,206.03	229
05958	Hochsauerlandkreis	HSK	NW	Meschede	259,777	1,960.17	133
06434	Hochtaunuskreis	HG, USI	HE	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe	236.914	482.02	492
09475	court	HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN	BY	court	94,801	892.52	106
08126	Hohenlohe district	KÜN, EAR	BW	Künzelsau	112.010	776.78	144
03255	Holzminden	HOL	NI	Holzminden	70,458	692.65	102
05762	Höxter	HX, WAR	NW	Höxter	140.251	1,201.42	117
16070	Ilm district	IK, ARN, IL	TH	Arnstadt	106,249	805.11	132
15086	Jerichower Land	JL, BRG, GNT	ST	Castle	89,589	1,576.84	57
07335	Kaiserslautern	KL	RP	Kaiserslautern	105,979	639.88	166
08215	Karlsruhe	KA	BW	Karlsruhe	444.232	1,084.96	409
06633	kassel	KS, HOG, WOH	HE	kassel	236.764	1,292.92	183
09273	Kelheim	KEH, MAY , PAR , RID, ROL	BY	Kelheim	123.058	1,065.97	115
09675	Kitzingen	KT	BY	Kitzingen	91,155	684.19	133
05154	Kleve	KLE, GEL	NW	Kleve	312,465	1,232.99	253
08335	Constancy	KN, (BÜS)	BW	Constancy	285,325	817.97	349
09476	Kronach	KC, SAN	BY	Kronach	66,743	651.53	102
09477	Kulmbach	KU, EBS , SAN	BY	Kulmbach	71,566	658.34	109
07336	Kusel	KUS	RP	Kusel	70.219	573.28	122
16065	Kyffhäuserkreis	KYF, ART, SDH	TH	Sondershausen	74,212	1,037.91	72
06532	Lahn-Dill district	LDK, DIL, (WZ)	HE	Wetzlar	253,319	1,066.52	238
09181	Landsberg am Lech	LL	BY	Landsberg am Lech	120,302	804.38	150
09274	Landshut	LA , MAY , MAL , ROL , VIB	BY	Landshut	159,895	1,347.89	119
03457	Empty	LER	NI	Leer (East Frisia)	170,756	1,086.01	157
14729	Leipzig	L , BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR	SN	Borna	258.139	1,651.3	156
09478	Lichtenfels	LIF, STE	BY	Lichtenfels	66,776	519.95	128
06533	Limburg-Weilburg	LM, WEL	HE	Limburg on the Lahn	171,912	738.48	233
09776	Lindau (Lake Constance)	LI	BY	Lindau (Lake Constance)	81,981	323.44	253
05766	lip	LIP	NW	Detmold	347,514	1,246.21	279
08336	Loerrach	LÖ	BW	Loerrach	228,639	806.76	283
03354	Lüchow-Dannenberg	DAN	NI	Lüchow (Wendland)	48,412	1,220.75	40
08118	Ludwigsburg	LB, VAI	BW	Ludwigsburg	543.984	686.84	792
13076	Ludwigslust-Parchim	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB	MV	Parchim	211,779	4,752.44	45
03355	Luneburg	LG	NI	Luneburg	184.139	1,323.68	139
06435	Main-Kinzig district	MKK, HU , GN, SLÜ	HE	Gelnhausen	420,552	1,397.55	301
09677	Main-Spessart	MSP	BY	Karlstadt	126.158	1,321.42	95
08128	Main-Tauber district	TBB, MGH	BW	Tauberbischofsheim	132,321	1,304.4	101
06436	Main-Taunus-Kreis	MTK	HE	Hofheim am Taunus	238,558	222.39	1073
07339	Mainz-Bingen	MZ , BIN	RP	Ingelheim am Rhein	211,417	605.77	349
15087	Mansfeld-Südharz	MSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH	ST	Sangerhausen	134,942	1,448.84	93
06534	Marburg-Biedenkopf	MR, BID	HE	Marburg	247.084	1,262.55	196
05962	Märkischer Kreis	MK	NW	Ludenscheid	410.222	1,061.06	387
12064	Märkisch-Oderland	MOL, FRW, SEE, SRB	BB	Seelow	195,751	2,158.67	91
07137	Mayen-Koblenz	MYK, MY	RP	Koblenz	214,434	817.25	262
13071	Mecklenburg Lake District	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN, (NB)	MV	Neubrandenburg	258.074	5,470.35	47
14627	Meissen	MEI, GRH, RG, RIE	SN	Meissen	241.717	1,454.59	166
10042	Merzig-Wadern	MZG	SL	Merzig	103.243	555.17	186
05158	Mettmann	ME	NW	Mettmann	485,570	407.22	1192
09182	Miesbach	MB	BY	Miesbach	100.010	866.23	115
09676	Miltenberg	MIL, OBB	BY	Miltenberg	128,743	715.86	180
05770	Minden-Lübbecke	MI	NW	Minden	310.409	1,152.41	269
14522	Central Saxony	FG, BED, DL, FLÖ, HC, MW, RL	SN	Freiberg	304.099	2,116.85	144
09183	Mühldorf am Inn	MÜ, VIB , WS	BY	Mühldorf am Inn	115,872	805.31	144
09184	Munich	M , AIB , WOR	BY	Munich	350,473	664.25	528
08225	Neckar-Odenwald district	MOS, BCH	BW	Mosbach	143,535	1,126.24	127
09775	New Ulm	NU, ILL	BY	New Ulm	175.204	515.86	340
09185	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	ND, SOB	BY	Neuburg on the Danube	97,303	739.81	132
09373	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate	NM, PAR	BY	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate	134,573	1,344.11	100
10043	Neunkirchen	NK	SL	Ottweiler	131,408	249.24	527
09575	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim	NEA, SEF, UFF	BY	Neustadt an der Aisch	101.014	1,267.56	80
09374	Neustadt an der Waldnaab	NEW, ESB , VOH	BY	Neustadt an der Waldnaab	94,450	1,427.67	66
07138	Neuwied	NO	RP	Neuwied	182.811	626.9	292
03256	Nienburg / Weser	NI	NI	Nienburg / Weser	121,390	1,398.97	87
01054	North Friesland	NF	SH	Husum	165.951	2,082.96	80
16062	Nordhausen	NDH	TH	Nordhausen	83,416	713.9	117
14730	North Saxony	TDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TO	SN	Torgau	197,741	2,028.56	97
13074	Northwest Mecklenburg	NWM, GDB, GVM, WIS, (HWI)	MV	Wismar	157.322	2,118.51	74
03155	Northeim	NOM, EIN, GAN	NI	Northeim	132,285	1,267.08	104
09574	Nuremberg country	LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG	BY	Run on the Pegnitz	170,792	799.57	214
09780	Oberallgäu	OA	BY	Sonthofen	156.008	1528	102
05374	Oberbergischer Kreis	GM	NW	Gummersbach	272.057	918.84	296
12065	Oberhavel	OHV	BB	Oranienburg	212.914	1,808.18	118
12066	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	OSL, CA, SFB	BB	Senftenberg	109,371	1,223.08	89
06437	Odenwaldkreis	ERB	HE	Erbach	96,703	623.98	155
12067	Oder-Spree	LOS, BSK, EH, FW	BB	Beeskow	178,803	2,256.78	79
06438	Offenbach	OF	HE	Dietzenbach	355.813	356.3	999
03458	Oldenburg	OIL	NI	Wildeshausen	130,890	1,063.16	123
05966	Olpe	OE	NW	Olpe	133.955	712.14	188
08317	Ortenau district	OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL	BW	Offenburg	429.479	1,860.81	231
03459	Osnabrück	OS , BSB, MEL, WTL	NI	Osnabrück	358.080	2,121.63	169
08136	Ostalbkreis	AA, GD	BW	Bask	314.002	1,511.54	208
09777	Ostallgäu	OAL, FÜS, MOD	BY	Marktoberdorf	141.182	1,394.91	101
03356	Osterholz	OHZ	NI	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	113,928	650.81	175
01055	Ostholstein	OH	SH	Eutin	200,539	1,392.55	144
12068	Ostprignitz-Ruppin	OPR, KY, NP, WK	BB	Neuruppin	98,861	2,526.55	39
05774	Paderborn	PB, BÜR	NW	Paderborn	307.839	1,246.8	247
09275	Passau	PA	BY	Passau	192.656	1,530.29	126
03157	Torment	PE	NI	Torment	134,801	534.97	252
09186	Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm	PAF	BY	Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm	128,227	761.14	168
01056	Pinneberg	PI	SH	Pinneberg	316.103	664.28	476
01057	Plön	PLÖ	SH	Plön	128,686	1,083.17	119
12069	Potsdam-Mittelmark	PM	BB	Bad Belzig	216,566	2,591.61	84
12070	Prignitz	PR	BB	Pearl Mountain	76.158	2,138.61	36
08216	Rastatt	RA, bra	BW	Rastatt	231.018	738.75	313
08436	Ravensburg	RV, SLG , ÜB , WG	BW	Ravensburg	284.285	1,631.86	174
05562	Recklinghausen	RE, CAS, GLA	NW	Recklinghausen	614.137	761.31	807
09276	rain	REG, VIT	BY	rain	77,410	974.92	79
09375	regensburg	R.	BY	regensburg	194.070	1,391.9	139
08119	Rems-Murr district	WN, BK	BW	Waiblingen	426.158	858.13	497
01058	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	RD, ECK	SH	Rendsburg	274.098	2,189.17	125
08415	Reutlingen	RT	BW	Reutlingen	286,748	1,092.74	262
05362	Rhein-Erft district	BM	NW	Bergheim	470,615	704.71	668
06439	Rheingau-Taunus district	RÜD, SWA	HE	Bad Schwalbach	187.160	811.48	231
07140	Rhein-Hunsrück district	SIM, GOA	RP	Simmern / Hunsrück	103.163	991.12	104
05378	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	GL	NW	Bergisch Gladbach	283.271	437.32	648
05162	Rhine district of Neuss	NE, GV	NW	Neuss	451.730	576.52	784
07141	Rhein-Lahn district	EMS, DIZ, GOH	RP	Bad Ems	122.297	782.29	156
08226	Rhein-Neckar district	HD	BW	Heidelberg	547.625	1,061.7	516
07338	Rhine-Palatinate District	RP	RP	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	154,609	304.92	507
05382	Rhein-Sieg district	SU	NW	Siegburg	600.764	1,153.21	521
09673	Rhön-Grabfeld	NES, CAN, MET	BY	Bad Neustadt an der Saale	79,635	1,021.77	78
09187	Rosenheim	RO , AIB , WS	BY	Rosenheim	261,330	1,439.54	182
13072	Rostock	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET	MV	Guestrow	215.794	3,422.51	63
03357	Rotenburg (Wümme)	ROW, BRV	NI	Rotenburg (Wümme)	163,782	2,070.45	79
09576	Roth	RH, HIP	BY	Roth	126,749	895.39	142
09277	Rottal Inn	PAN, EG, GRI, VIB	BY	Parish churches	121.502	1,281.42	95
08325	Rottweil	RW	BW	Rottweil	139,455	769.4	181
16074	Saale-Holzland district	SHK, EIS, SRO	TH	Eisenberg	82,950	815.24	102
15088	Saalekreis	SK, MER, MQ, QFT	ST	Merseburg	183,815	1,433.67	128
16075	Saale-Orla district	SOK, LBS, PN, SCZ	TH	Schleiz	80,312	1,151.3	70
16073	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	SLF, RU	TH	Saalfeld / Saale	103.199	1,036.03	100
10041	Saarbrücken, regional association	SB, (VK)	SL	Saarbrücken	328.714	410.64	800
10044	Saarlouis	SLS	SL	Saarlouis	194,319	459.05	423
10045	Saarpfalz district	HOM, (IGB)	SL	Homburg	142.196	418.4	340
14628	Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains	PIR, DW, FTL, SEB	SN	Pirna	245,586	1,654.19	148
15089	Salzlandkreis	SLK, ASL, BBG, SBK, SFT	ST	Bernburg (Saale)	189,125	1,426.76	133
03257	Schaumburg	SHG, RI	NI	Stadthagen	157.820	675.57	234
01059	Schleswig-Flensburg	SL	SH	Schleswig	201.156	2,071.14	97
16066	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	SM, MGN	TH	Meiningen	124,916	1,251.2	100
06634	Schwalm-Eder district	HR, FZ, MEG, ZIG	HE	Homberg (Efze)	179,673	1,538.51	117
09376	Schwandorf	SAD, BUL , NAB , NEN, OVI, ROD	BY	Schwandorf	147,872	1,464.97	101
08326	Schwarzwald-Baar district	VS	BW	Villingen-Schwenningen	212.381	1,025.27	207
08127	Schwäbisch Hall	SHA, BK , CR	BW	Schwäbisch Hall	195,861	1,483.97	132
09678	Schweinfurt	SW , GEO	BY	Schweinfurt	115,445	841.46	137
01060	Segeberg	SE	SH	Bad Segeberg	277.175	1,344.39	206
05970	Siegen-Wittgenstein	SI, BLB	NW	Wins	276,944	1,132.89	244
08437	Sigmaringen	SIG	BW	Sigmaringen	130,873	1,204.34	109
05974	Soest	SO, LP	NW	Soest	301,785	1,328.63	227
16068	Sömmerda	SÖM	TH	Sömmerda	69,427	806.86	86
16072	Sonneberg	SON, NH	TH	Sonneberg	57,717	433.61	133
12071	Spree-Neisse	SPN, FOR, GUB, SPB	BB	Forst (Lausitz)	113,720	1,657.45	69
10046	St. Wendel	WND	SL	St. Wendel	87.007	476.22	183
03359	Stade	HOURS	NI	Stade	204,512	1,266.02	162
09188	Starnberg	STA, WOR	BY	Starnberg	136,667	487.71	280
01061	Stone castle	IZ	SH	Itzehoe	131.013	1,056.13	124
05566	Steinfurt	ST, BF, TE	NW	Steinfurt	448.220	1,795.76	250
15090	Stendal	SDL, HV, OBG	ST	Stendal	111.190	2,423.16	46
01062	Stormarn	OD	SH	Bad Oldesloe	244.156	766.33	319
09278	Straubing arch	SR , BOG, MAL	BY	Straubing	101.120	1,201.94	84
07337	Southern Wine Route	SOUTH	RP	Landau in the Palatinate	110,521	639.83	173
07340	Southwest Palatinate	PS , ZW	RP	Pirmasens	94,831	953.65	99
12072	Teltow-Fläming	TF	BB	Luckenwalde	169.997	2,104.19	81
09377	Tirschenreuth	TIR, KEM	BY	Tirschenreuth	72,046	1,084.23	66
09189	Traunstein	TS, LF	BY	Traunstein	177.319	1534	116
07235	Trier-Saarburg	TR, SAB	RP	trier	149,398	1,101.49	136
08416	Tübingen	TÜ	BW	Tübingen	227,331	519.2	438
08327	Tuttlingen	DOES	BW	Tuttlingen	140.152	734.35	191
12073	Uckermark	UM, ANG, PZ, SDT, TP	BB	Prenzlau	118,947	3,076.93	39
03360	Uelzen	UE	NI	Uelzen	92,389	1,454.22	64
05978	Unna	UN, LH, LÜN	NW	Unna	394.891	543.21	727
16064	Unstrut-Hainich district	UH, LSZ, MHL	TH	Mühlhausen / Thuringia	102,232	979.69	104
09778	Unterallgäu	MN	BY	Mindelheim	145.341	1,230.06	118
03460	Vechta	VEC	NI	Vechta	142.814	812.63	176
03361	Verden	VER	NI	Verden (Aller)	137.133	787.97	174
05166	Viersen	VIE, KK	NW	Viersen	298,863	563.28	531
06535	Vogelsbergkreis	VB	HE	Lauterbach (Hesse)	105,643	1,458.99	72
14523	Vogtland district	V, AE, OVL, PL, RC	SN	Plauen	225.997	1,412.42	160
13075	Vorpommern-Greifswald	VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG, (HGW)	MV	Greifswald	235.623	3,929.73	60
13073	Western Pomerania-Ruegen	VR, GMN, NVP, RDG, RÜG, (HST)	MV	Stralsund	224,702	3,207.37	70
07233	Vulkaneifel	DAU	RP	Down	60,646	911.02	67
06635	Waldeck-Frankenberg	KB, FKB, WA	HE	Korbach	156.406	1,848.44	85
08337	Waldshut	WT	BW	Waldshut-Tiengen	170,619	1,131.15	151
05570	Warendorf	WAF, BE	NW	Warendorf	277.840	1,319.41	211
16063	Wartburg district	WAK, SLZ	TH	bad Salzungen	118,974	1,267.26	94
09190	Weilheim-Schongau	WM, SOG	BY	Weilheim in Upper Bavaria	135,478	966.37	140
16071	Weimar Country	AP, APD	TH	Apolda	82,156	804.48	102
09577	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen	WUG, GUN	BY	Weißenburg in Bavaria	94,734	970.91	98
06636	Werra-Meißner district	ESW, WIZ	HE	Eschwege	100,629	1,024.7	98
05170	Wesel	WES, DIN, MO	NW	Wesel	459.976	1,042.8	441
03461	Wesermarsch	BRA	NI	Brake (Lower Weser)	88,583	822.01	108
07143	Westerwaldkreis	WW	RP	Montabaur	201.904	988.95	204
06440	Wetteraukreis	FB, BÜD	HE	Friedberg (Hesse)	308,339	1,100.69	280
15091	Wittenberg	WB, GHC, JE	ST	Lutherstadt Wittenberg	124,953	1,930.31	65
03462	Wittmund	WTM	NI	Wittmund	56,926	656.64	87
03158	Wolfenbüttel	WF	NI	Wolfenbüttel	119,622	722.56	166
09479	Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains	WUN, MAK, REH , SEL	BY	Wunsiedel	72,655	606.43	120
09679	Wurzburg	WÜ , OCH	BY	Wurzburg	162,302	968.4	168
08417	Zollernalb district	BL, HCH	BW	Balingen	188.935	917.72	206
14524	Zwickau	Z, GC, HOT, WDA	SN	Zwickau	315.002	949.78	332

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Local association of a special kind
   Note on the Aachen city region: since October 21, 2009
   Note on the Hanover region: since November 1, 2001
   Note on the Saarbrücken regional association: since January 1, 2008, previously from January 1, 1974 as a city ​​association Saarbrücken
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af} Seat of the district administration, but not belonging to the district itself
3. ↑ In the Pinneberg district, the city of Pinneberg continues to be the official seat of the administration in its main statute, but the district administration moved to Elmshorn in 2011 .

See also

• Historical list of all rural districts in the Federal Republic of Germany AG
• Historical list of all districts in the Federal Republic of Germany H – O
• Historical list of all districts in the Federal Republic of Germany P – Z
• District reforms in the Federal Republic of Germany until 1990
• District reforms in Germany after 1990
• List of the largest districts in Germany
• List of counties by income
• List of license plates in Germany
• Coats of arms of the German urban and rural districts

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1. ↑ Baden-Württemberg: State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ). As of December 31, 2018
   Bavaria: Worksheet "Data 2", Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ). Status December 31, 2019
   Brandenburg: Population in the state of Brandenburg by municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (Updated official population figures) ( Help on this ). Status December 31, 2019
   Hessen: Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (counties and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ). As of December 31, 2019
   Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Statistical Office MV - Population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (Official population figures in continuation of the 2011 census) ( help ). Status December 31, 2019
   Lower Saxony: State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population status, status December 31, 2019  ( help ). Status December 31, 2019
   North Rhine-Westphalia: Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - Update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on May 17 , 2011 June 2020 .   ( Help on this ) As of December 31, 2019
   Rhineland-Palatinate: State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ) As of December 31, 2019
   Saarland: Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ). As of December 31, 2019
   Saxony: Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help ). As of December 31, 2019
   Saxony-Anhalt: State Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ). Status December 31, 2019
   Schleswig-Holstein: North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help ). As of December 31, 2019
   Thuringia: Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics  ( help ). As of December 31, 2019
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (GENESIS Online)

Web links

All German districts offer their own websites. The " District Navigator " offered by the German District Association , the central association of all German districts at federal level , contains the addresses and license plates in addition to links to all district presentations .