City limits
The city boundary is the boundary of a city . In the Middle Ages it was often in the form of a city wall . Since life was unprotected from the city wall, mostly poor quarters, the so-called suburbs , formed here . At the same time, the population density within the city walls rose to a very high level, which enabled epidemics to spread even more easily and fires to jump over faster.
Today the city limits are often referred to as the outskirts , as the transition between town and country is often fluid. The settlement density continues to increase from the outskirts to the city center. Located on outskirts of cities, on the one mostly leisure facilities including allotment settlements or outdoor pools , on the other, commercial areas , where mainly artisans and transportation companies are located. They are mostly located on major arterial roads.
Natural city limits can e.g. B. forests , lakes or rivers .
In political-territorial sense, the city boundary line that is Gemarkungs area completely surrounds the city. In the past, this mainly applied to the free and imperial cities , which often owned lands outside the city walls. Today, most cities still have several districts that can be spatially separated from the core city , but are still politically within the city limits.
