Administrative division of Germany 1997

This article describes the administrative structure of Germany in 1997 . The population figures are as of January 1, 1997.

The states, administrative districts, independent cities and districts are listed, for Baden-Württemberg also the regions. The information from the register of municipalities (1997 edition) of the Federal Statistical Office is adopted.

countries

country	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Baden-Württemberg	10,374,505	35,751.76	290
Bavaria	12,043,869	70,550.87	171
Berlin	3,458,763	890.85	3,883
Brandenburg	2,554,441	29,475.72	87
Bremen	677.770	404.23	1,677
Hamburg	1,707,986	755.20	2,262
Hesse	6,027,284	21,114.45	285
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	1,817,196	23,170.24	78
Lower Saxony	7,815,148	47,612.24	164
North Rhine-Westphalia	17,947,715	34,077.70	527
Rhineland-Palatinate	4,000,567	19,846.50	202
Saarland	1,084,184	2,570.15	422
Saxony	4,545,702	18,412.71	247
Saxony-Anhalt	2,723,620	20,447.46	133
Schleswig-Holstein	2,742,293	15,770.47	174
Thuringia	2,491,119	16,170.88	154
Germany	82.012.162	357,021.43	230

Baden-Württemberg

District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Constancy 260.423 817.99 318 Loerrach 213,459 806.83 265 Waldshut (in Waldshut-Tiengen ) 164.152 1,131.19 145 Hochrhein-Bodensee region 638.034 2,756.01 232 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Rottweil 139,688 769.44 182 Schwarzwald-Baar district (in Villingen-Schwenningen ) 209.031 1,025.13 204 Tuttlingen 130.451 734.34 178 Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg region 479.170 2,528.91 189 Urban district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Freiburg in Breisgau 200,393 153.06 1,309 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (in Freiburg im Breisgau ) 233,460 1,378.33 169 Emmendingen 147,440 679.93 217 Ortenaukreis (in Offenburg ) 401.260 1,860.73 216 Southern Upper Rhine region 982.553 4,072.05 241 Freiburg administrative district 2,099,757 9,356.97 224

Urban district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Baden-Baden 52,995 140.18 378 Karlsruhe 277.191 173.47 1,598 district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Karlsruhe 408,641 1,084.88 377 Rastatt 220.217 738.77 298 Middle Upper Rhine region 959.044 2,137.30 449 Urban district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Pforzheim 118,703 97.84 1,213 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Calw 157.328 797.53 197 Enzkreis (in Pforzheim ) 187.845 573.91 327 Freudenstadt 119.216 870.75 137 Northern Black Forest region 1,114,584 2,441.85 456 Urban district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Heidelberg 138,869 108.87 1,276 Mannheim 312.216 144.95 2.154 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Neckar-Odenwald district (in Mosbach ) 147,761 1,126.28 131 Rhein-Neckar district (in Heidelberg ) 515,738 1,061.77 486 Lower Neckar region 1,114,584 2,441.85 456 Karlsruhe district 2,656,721 6,919.18 384

Urban district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Heilbronn 121,556 99.87 1,217 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Heilbronn 307.315 1,099.58 279 Hohenlohekreis (in Künzelsau ) 105.257 776.69 136 Main-Tauber district (in Tauberbischofsheim ) 137.299 1,304.58 105 Schwäbisch Hall 182,460 1,484.08 123 Franconia region 853.887 4,764.80 179 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Heidenheim 137,758 627.23 220 Ostalbkreis (in Aalen ) 312.257 1,511.49 207 East Württemberg region 450.015 2,138.72 210 Urban district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Stuttgart 585,540 207.34 2,824 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Boeblingen 354,580 617.82 574 Esslingen 492.851 641.45 768 Goeppingen 255.669 642.32 398 Ludwigsburg 487.784 687.34 710 Rems-Murr-Kreis (in Waiblingen ) 401,635 858.18 468 Stuttgart region 2,578,059 3,654.45 705 Stuttgart administrative district 3,881,961 10,557.97 368

District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Lake Constance district (in Friedrichshafen ) 194,574 664.71 246 Ravensburg 253,551 1,631.81 139 Sigmaringen 131,223 1,204.29 93 Lake Constance-Upper Swabia region 589,348 3,500.81 168 Urban district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Ulm 116.021 118.69 978 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Alb-Danube District (in Ulm ) 181,648 1,357.34 134 Biberach 177603 1,409.83 126 Danube-Iller region 475.272 2,885.86 165 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Reutlingen 273,620 1,094.11 250 Tübingen 204.960 519.15 395 Zollernalbkreis (in Balingen ) 192.866 917.71 210 Neckar-Alb region 671,446 2,530.97 265 Administrative region of Tübingen 1,736,066 8,917.64 195

Bavaria

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Ansbach 39,941 99.94 400 gain 100,842 76.97 1.310 Fuerth 108,260 63.34 1,709 Nuremberg 492.864 185.81 2,653 Schwabach 37,985 40.71 933 district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Ansbach 179,695 1,972.17 91 Erlangen-Höchstadt (in Erlangen ) 125,428 564.59 222 Fuerth 111,694 307.61 363 Neustadt adAisch-Bad Windsheim (in Neustadt adAisch ) 95,998 1,267.59 76 Nürnberger Land (in Lauf adPegnitz ) 166,545 800.82 208 Roth 120,554 895.31 135 Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen (in Weißenburg i.Bay. ) 94,476 970.80 97 Middle Franconia administrative region 1,674,282 7,245.66 231

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Landshut 59,100 65.74 899 Passau 50,798 69.75 728 Straubing 44,482 67.70 657 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Deggendorf 113,330 861.14 132 Dingolfing-Landau (in Dingolfing ) 87,949 877.78 99 Freyung-Grafenau (in Freyung ) 81,788 984.23 83 Kelheim 105,887 1,060.90 99 Landshut 135.254 1,348.05 100 Passau 183.182 1,530.28 120 rain 82,376 975.08 84 Rottal-Inn (in Pfarrkirchen ) 116,100 1,280.84 91 Straubing Arch (in Straubing ) 91,720 1,202.15 76 Administrative region of Lower Bavaria 1,151,960 10,329.64 112

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Ingolstadt 112,929 133.37 847 Munich 1,225,809 310.47 3,948 Rosenheim 58,908 37.23 1,582 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Altötting 106,743 569.60 187 Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen (in Bad Tölz ) 111,642 1,110.68 101 Berchtesgadener Land (in Bad Reichenhall ) 99.051 839.90 118 Dachau 123,720 579.18 214 Ebersberg 111.508 549.34 203 Eichstatt 114.014 1,214.68 94 Erding 106,765 870.77 123 Freising 143,341 799.48 179 Fürstenfeldbruck 167.064 434.73 430 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 85,777 1,012.29 85 Landsberg a.Lech 100,687 804.42 125 Miesbach 89,230 863.52 103 Mühldorf a.Inn 106,585 805.31 132 Munich 280,844 667.26 421 Neuburg-Schrobenhausen (in Neuburg adDonau ) 86,800 739.80 117 Pfaffenhofen adIlm 106,666 760.98 140 Rosenheim 226.880 1,438.51 158 Starnberg 120,160 487.92 246 Traunstein 164,248 1,533.96 107 Weilheim-Schongau (in Weilheim i.OB ) 122.205 966.42 126 Administrative region of Upper Bavaria 3,991,576 17,529.82 228

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bamberg 68,708 54.63 1,276 Bayreuth 73,676 66.89 1.101 Coburg 43,874 48.12 912 court 52,320 57.78 904 district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bamberg 138,239 1,167.38 118 Bayreuth 108.043 1,272.97 85 Coburg 91,687 590.49 155 Forchheim 110.314 643.03 172 court 110,563 892.29 124 Kronach 76,658 651.50 118 Kulmbach 78,732 656.45 120 Lichtenfels 70,870 521.48 136 Wunsiedel i.Fichtelgebirge 88,928 606.71 147 Administrative region of Upper Franconia 1,113,612 7,230.16 154

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 On the mountain 43.184 50.04 863 regensburg 125,318 80.81 1,551 Pastures idOPf. 48,308 68.49 632 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Amberg-Sulzbach (in Amberg ) 106,469 1,255.25 85 Cham 129,830 1,510.30 86 Neumarkt idOPf. 121,911 1,344.21 91 Neustadt adWaldnaab 99,853 1,429.99 70 regensburg 168,731 1,395.21 121 Schwandorf 140.783 1,472.62 96 Tirschenreuth 80,627 1,083.54 74 Administrative region of Upper Palatinate 1,060,014 9,690.46 109

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 augsburg 258.457 147.14 1,757 Kaufbeuren 42,612 40.02 1,065 Kempten (Allgäu) 61,606 63.29 973 Memmingen 40,673 70.18 579 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Aichach-Friedberg (in Aichach ) 119.112 780.85 153 augsburg 229.356 1,071.11 214 Dillingen on the Danube 91,770 791.91 116 Donau-Ries (in Donauwörth ) 128,272 1,274.91 101 Gunzburg 120,269 762.32 158 Lindau (Lake Constance) 76,071 323.35 235 New Ulm 157,575 515.62 306 Oberallgäu (in Sonthofen ) 145.048 1,527.46 95 Ostallgäu (in Marktoberdorf ) 127.506 1,395.04 91 Unterallgäu (in Mindelheim ) 130.066 1,230.35 106 Administrative region of Swabia 1,729,293 9,993.56 173

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Aschaffenburg 66,152 62.76 1,054 Schweinfurt 55,747 35.75 1,559 Wurzburg 126,970 87.66 1,448 district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Aschaffenburg 171,758 699.38 246 Bad Kissingen 109,662 1,136.69 96 Haßberge (in Haßfurt ) 87,399 956.59 91 Kitzingen 87,849 684.46 128 Main-Spessart (in Karlstadt ) 131,749 1,322.66 100 Miltenberg 129.111 715.62 180 Rhön-Grabfeld (in Bad Neustadt adSaale ) 86,449 1,021.91 85 Schweinfurt 114,561 839.85 136 Wurzburg 155.725 968.24 161 Administrative region of Lower Franconia 1,323,132 8,531.57 155

Brandenburg

District-free city	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Brandenburg on the Havel	84,493	207.88	406
cottbus	120,812	150.33	804
Frankfurt (Oder)	79,784	147.63	540
Potsdam	134,773	109.33	1,233
District (seat)	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Barnim (in Eberswalde )	154,698	1,494.28	104
Dahme-Spreewald (in Lübben )	147,871	2,260.94	65
Elbe-Elster (in Herzberg )	136.286	1,869.46	72
Havelland (in Rathenow )	133,823	1,706.97	78
Märkisch-Oderland (in Seelow )	175.033	2,127.60	82
Oberhavel (in Oranienburg )	173,666	1,794.98	97
Oberspreewald-Lausitz (in Senftenberg )	155.024	1,216.53	127
Oder-Spree (in Beeskow )	193.006	2,242.22	86
Ostprignitz-Ruppin (in Neuruppin )	115,637	2,520.25	46
Potsdam-Mittelmark (in Belzig )	184,987	2,682.80	69
Prignitz (in Perleberg )	100,422	2,122.89	47
Spree-Neisse (in Forst (Lausitz) )	154,856	1,661.54	93
Teltow-Fläming (in Luckenwalde )	150.241	2,091.91	72
Uckermark (in Prenzlau )	169.029	3,058.18	52

Bremen

District-free city	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Bremen	548,826	326.55	1,681
Bremerhaven	128,944	77.68	1,660

Hesse

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Darmstadt 138,442 122.23 1,133 Frankfurt am Main 647.304 248.36 2,606 Offenbach am Main 116,610 44.84 2,601 Wiesbaden 267,669 203.92 1.313 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bergstrasse (in Heppenheim ) 259.991 719.53 361 Darmstadt-Dieburg (in Darmstadt ) 280,978 658.49 427 Great Gerau 247.014 453.09 545 Hochtaunuskreis (in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) 220,823 482.04 458 Main-Kinzig district (in Hanau ) 402,399 1,397.57 288 Main-Taunus-Kreis (in Hofheim am Taunus ) 214,519 222.40 965 Odenwaldkreis (in Erbach ) 99,069 623.96 159 Offenbach 330.352 356.27 927 Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (in Bad Schwalbach ) 183.193 811.47 226 Wetteraukreis (in Friedberg (Hessen) ) 286.174 1,100.66 260 Darmstadt administrative district 3,694,537 7,444.83 496

District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 to water 253.121 854.61 296 Lahn-Dill district (in Wetzlar ) 263,647 1,066.55 247 Limburg-Weilburg (in Limburg ad Lahn ) 172.343 738.33 233 Marburg-Biedenkopf (in Marburg ) 252.155 1,262.64 200 Vogelsbergkreis (in Lauterbach ) 119.101 1,458.97 82 Giessen administrative district 1,060,367 5,381.00 197

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 kassel 200,927 106.77 1,882 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Fulda 214.147 1,380.36 155 Hersfeld-Rotenburg (in Bad Hersfeld ) 133,045 1,097.06 121 kassel 242.940 1,292.76 188 Schwalm-Eder district (in Homberg (Efze) ) 193,316 1,538.44 126 Waldeck-Frankenberg (in Korbach ) 170.936 1,848.55 92 Werra-Meißner district (in Eschwege ) 117,069 1,024.68 114 Kassel administrative district 1,272,380 8,288.62 154

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

District-free city	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Greifswald	59,558	50.17	1,187
Neubrandenburg	79,041	85.66	923
Rostock	221.029	180.62	1,224
Schwerin	111.029	130.15	853
Stralsund	64,385	38.67	1,665
Wismar	49,551	41.54	1,193
District (possibly seat)	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Bad Doberan	105.212	1,361.68	77
Demmin	98,630	1,921.41	51
Guestrow	116.001	2,057.74	56
Ludwigslust	128.072	2,516.56	51
Mecklenburg-Strelitz (in Neustrelitz )	87,484	2,089.22	42
Müritz (in Waren (Müritz) )	70,458	1,713.71	41
North Western Pomerania (in Grimmen )	119.295	2,167.67	55
Northwest Mecklenburg (in Grevesmühlen )	116,489	2,075.03	56
East Western Pomerania (in Anklam )	115,457	1,940.10	60
Parchim	108,344	2,232.70	49
Rügen (in mountains on Rügen )	78,331	973.87	80
Uecker-Randow (in Pasewalk )	88,830	1,593.74	56

Lower Saxony

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Braunschweig 251,320 192.07 1,308 Salzgitter 116,865 223.94 522 Wolfsburg 124,655 203.99 611 district Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Gifhorn 163.964 1,561.92 105 Goslar 160.273 965.04 166 Goettingen 267.233 1,117.09 239 Helmstedt 101,237 673.76 150 Northeim 153,610 1,266.73 121 Osterode am Harz 88.209 636.11 139 Torment 127.902 534.42 239 Wolfenbüttel 122,574 722.19 170 Braunschweig administrative district 1,677,842 8,097.26 207

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Hanover 522.574 204.07 2,561 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Diepholz 205,499 1,987.38 103 Hameln-Pyrmont (in Hameln ) 163.931 796.14 206 Hanover 590.418 2,085.92 283 Hildesheim 292,970 1,205.33 243 Holzminden 83,317 692.45 120 Nienburg (Weser) 124,435 1,398.67 89 Schaumburg (in Stadthagen ) 163,698 675.57 242 Hanover district 2,146,742 9,045.53 237

District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Celle 179,742 1,544.87 116 Cuxhaven 199,601 2,072.52 96 Harburg (in Winsen (Luhe) ) 219,441 1,244.52 176 Lüchow-Dannenberg (in Lüchow ) 51,860 1,219.56 43 Luneburg 157.847 1,322.18 119 Osterholz (in Osterholz-Scharmbeck ) 106.011 650.67 163 Rotenburg (Wümme) 154,643 2,069.84 75 Soltau-Fallingbostel (in Fallingbostel ) 136.085 1,873.35 73 Stade 185,553 1,265.95 147 Uelzen 96.176 1,453.58 66 Verden 129,362 787.67 164 Lüneburg administrative district 1,616,321 15,504.71 104

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Delmenhorst 78,238 62.36 1,255 Emden 51,470 112.52 457 Oldenburg (Oldenburg) 152.846 102.97 1,484 Osnabrück 167,326 119.79 1,397 Wilhelmshaven 89,604 103.37 867 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Ammerland (in Westerstede ) 104,962 728.20 144 Aurich 181,548 1,287.26 141 Cloppenburg 142,680 1,417.65 101 Emsland (in Meppen ) 295,443 2,880.80 103 Friesland (in Jever ) 98,638 607.66 162 Grafschaft Bentheim (in Bad Bentheim ) 126,676 980.83 129 Empty 155,721 1,085.80 143 Oldenburg (in Wildeshausen ) 114.187 1,062.90 107 Osnabrück 344,568 2,121.50 162 Vechta 120.311 812.49 148 Wesermarsch (in Brake ) 94,401 822.02 115 Wittmund 55,624 655.62 85 Weser-Ems administrative district 2,374,243 14,964.74 159

North Rhine-Westphalia

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bochum 398,467 145.43 2,740 Dortmund 597.024 280.27 2.130 Hagen 210,950 160.36 1,315 Hamm 182.213 226.26 805 Herne 178,718 51.41 3,476 Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Ennepe-Ruhr district (in Schwelm ) 351,482 406.74 861 Hochsauerlandkreis (in Meschede ) 284,392 1,957.64 145 Märkischer Kreis (in Lüdenscheid ) 459,548 1,060.14 434 Olpe 138,528 709.24 195 Siegen-Wittgenstein (in Siegen ) 299.162 1,131.29 264 Soest 301,449 1,327.48 227 Unna 425,305 542.65 784 Arnsberg administrative district 3,827,238 8,002.24 478

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bielefeld 324.132 257.69 1,258 Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Gutersloh 333.162 967.16 344 Herford 252,378 449.93 561 Höxter 155.074 1,199.64 129 Lippe (in Detmold ) 362.079 1,246.37 291 Minden-Lübbecke (in Minden ) 318,400 1,152.16 276 Paderborn 281,435 1,245.00 226 Detmold administrative district 2,026,660 6,517.95 311

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Duisburg 532.701 232.82 2,288 Dusseldorf 571,475 216.99 2,634 eat 611,827 210.35 2,909 Krefeld 247,772 137.55 1,801 Mönchengladbach 266,873 170.44 1,566 Mülheim an der Ruhr 176,000 91.27 1.928 Oberhausen 223,884 77.04 2,906 Remscheid 121,592 74.60 1,630 Solingen 165.087 89.45 1,846 Wuppertal 379.820 168.37 2,256 circle Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Kleve 290,969 1,231.44 236 Mettmann 504,522 407.09 1,239 Neuss 439,328 576.22 762 Viersen 291,137 563.27 517 Wesel 467.948 1,042.33 449 District of Düsseldorf 5,290,935 5,289.23 1,000

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Aachen 247,792 160.82 1,541 Bonn 302.873 141.23 2.145 Cologne 964.346 405.14 2,380 Leverkusen 162,977 78.86 2,067 Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Aachen 303.116 546.56 555 Düren 260.081 941.18 276 Erftkreis 444,878 704.83 631 Euskirchen 183,564 1,249.06 147 Heinsberg 241,420 627.88 385 Oberbergischer Kreis (in Gummersbach ) 282,074 918.12 307 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (in Bergisch Gladbach ) 270.967 437.67 619 Rhein-Sieg district (in Siegburg ) 552.217 1,153.45 479 Cologne district 4,216,305 7,364.80 572

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bottrop 121.051 100.61 1,203 Gelsenkirchen 289.023 104.84 2,757 Muenster 265,748 302.79 878 circle Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bark 346,875 1,415.68 245 Coesfeld 205,763 1,107.80 185 Recklinghausen 662.712 759.58 872 Steinfurt 421.096 1,790.53 235 Warendorf 274309 1,313.68 209 Münster administrative district 2,586,577 6,903.48 375

Rhineland-Palatinate

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Koblenz 109,332 105.08 1,040 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Ahrweiler 126,322 786.99 161 Altenkirchen (Westerwald) 136.009 642.02 212 Bad Kreuznach 156.034 863.74 181 Birch field 90.902 776.58 117 Cochem cell (in Cochem ) 65,066 719.91 90 Mayen-Koblenz (in Koblenz ) 206,337 817.09 253 Neuwied 180.175 626.80 287 Rhein-Hunsrück district (in Simmern ) 104,073 962.88 108 Rhein-Lahn district (in Bad Ems ) 127,863 782.37 164 Westerwaldkreis (in Montabaur ) 197,567 988.80 200 Koblenz administrative district 1,499,680 8,072.26 186

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Frankenthal (Palatinate) 48,608 43.78 1.110 Kaiserslautern 101,549 139.71 727 Landau in the Palatinate 40.110 82.93 484 Ludwigshafen am Rhein 167,098 77.67 2.151 Mainz 184,752 97.75 1,890 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 53,810 117.11 459 Pirmasens 47,739 61.41 777 Speyer 49,513 42.59 1,163 Worms 80,535 108.73 741 Zweibrücken 35,882 70.62 508 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Alzey-Worms (in Alzey ) 118,484 588.02 201 Bad Dürkheim 131.602 594.77 221 Donnersbergkreis (in Kirchheimbolanden ) 76,777 645.48 119 Germersheim 120.032 463.26 259 Kaiserslautern 109,855 639.83 172 Kusel 79,578 573.51 139 Ludwigshafen 144,571 304.88 474 Mainz-Bingen (in Mainz ) 189,358 605.88 313 Southern Wine Route (in Landau in the Palatinate ) 107,637 639.87 169 Pirmasens 105,730 953.75 111 District of Rheinhessen-Pfalz 1,993,220 6,851.55 291

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 trier 99,750 117.14 852 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bernkastel-Wittlich (in Wittlich ) 113,691 1,177.69 97 Bitburg-Prüm 96,325 1,626.03 59 Down 63,248 911.00 69 Trier-Saarburg (in Trier ) 134,653 1,090.83 123 Trier district 507,667 4,922.69 103

Saarland

District (possibly seat)	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Merzig-Wadern (in Merzig )	106.044	554.86	191
Neunkirchen (in Ottweiler )	150.270	249.15	603
Saarbrücken city association	357.848	410.61	872
Saarlouis	215.506	459.13	469
Saarpfalz district (in Homburg )	158.064	420.24	376
Sankt Wendel	96,452	476.16	203

Saxony

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Chemnitz 259.187 143.01 1,812 Plauen 67,378 68.05 990 Zwickau 102,752 73.48 1,398 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Annaberg (in Annaberg-Buchholz ) 91,470 438.17 209 Aue-Schwarzenberg (in Aue ) 148.105 528.24 280 Chemnitzer Land (in Glauchau ) 154.046 368.46 418 Freiberg 156.190 913.37 171 Middle Erzgebirgskreis (in Marienberg ) 99.172 608.58 163 Mittweida 144,685 785.45 184 Stollberg 99,822 286.10 349 Vogtlandkreis (in Plauen ) 215,445 1,343.86 160 Zwickauer Land (in Werdau ) 144.115 540.11 267 Chemnitz administrative district 1,682,367 6,096.88 276

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Dresden 461.303 225.79 2,043 Goerlitz 64,518 44.11 1,463 Hoyerswerda 57,566 81.94 703 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Bautzen 162.217 955.46 170 Kamenz 163.201 1,386.82 118 Löbau-Zittau (in Zittau ) 162.158 698.50 232 Meissen 165,530 698.93 237 Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District (in Niesky ) 113,551 1,357.23 84 Riesa-Großenhain (in Großenhain ) 127.267 820.50 155 Saxon Switzerland (in Pirna ) 160,559 929.04 173 Weißeritzkreis (in Dippoldiswalde ) 117,597 732.00 161 Dresden administrative district 1,755,467 7,930.32 221

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Leipzig 457.173 158.27 2,889 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Delitzsch 98,062 778.85 126 Chub 80,927 423.96 191 Leipziger Land (in Leipzig ) 241,662 979.96 247 Muldentalkreis (in Grimma ) 125,147 876.99 143 Torgau-Oschatz (in Torgau ) 104,897 1,167.48 90 Leipzig administrative district 1,107,868 4,385.51 253

Saxony-Anhalt

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Dessau 90.131 147.96 609 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Anhalt-Zerbst (in Zerbst ) 79,440 1,225.35 65 Bernburg 72,679 413.88 176 Bitterfeld 116,822 504.58 232 Koethen 72,636 480.35 151 Wittenberg 138,530 1,507.92 92 Administrative region of Dessau 570.238 4,280.04 133

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Halle (Saale) 276.624 134.97 2,050 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Burgenlandkreis (in Naumburg (Saale) ) 148,566 1,040.93 143 Mansfelder Land (in Eisleben ) 112,880 758.66 149 Merseburg-Querfurt (in Merseburg (Saale) ) 139,625 804.67 174 Saalkreis (in Halle (Saale) ) 72,520 628.26 115 Sangerhausen 71,484 689.68 104 Weissenfels 81,337 372.52 218 Halle administrative district 903.036 4,429.69 204

District-free city Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Magdeburg 251.031 192.96 1,301 District (possibly seat) Residents Area in km 2 Population density in people / km 2 Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (in Salzwedel ) 105,541 2,292.06 46 Aschersleben-Staßfurt (in Aschersleben ) 108,627 654.71 166 Bördekreis (in Oschersleben (Bode) ) 81,898 880.45 93 Halberstadt 81,616 665.32 123 Jerichower Land (in Burg ) 101,543 1,336.54 76 Ohrekreis (in Haldensleben ) 113,361 1,493.90 76 Quedlinburg 82.271 540.10 152 Schönebeck 80.142 460.48 174 Stendal 146.398 2,422.99 60 Wernigerode 97.918 798.22 123 Magdeburg administrative district 1,250,346 11,737.73 107

Schleswig-Holstein

District-free city	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Flensburg	86,630	56.44	1,535
Kiel	243,728	116.82	2,086
Lübeck	215.673	214.14	1.007
Neumunster	81,796	71.56	1,143
Circle (seat if applicable)	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Dithmarschen (in Heide )	134,927	1,436.42	94
Duchy of Lauenburg (in Ratzeburg )	172.133	1,263.08	136
North Friesland (in Husum )	160.725	2,049.36	78
Ostholstein (in Eutin )	198.276	1,391.54	142
Pinneberg	284,854	664.29	429
Plön	127.167	1,082.59	117
Rendsburg-Eckernförde (in Rendsburg )	260.723	2,185.81	119
Schleswig-Flensburg (in Schleswig )	190,659	2,071.51	92
Segeberg (in Bad Segeberg )	239,705	1,344.32	178
Steinburg (in Itzehoe )	133,974	1,056.27	127
Stormarn (in Bad Oldesloe )	211,323	766.31	276

Thuringia

District-free city	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Erfurt	208.179	269.08	774
Gera	121,156	151.97	797
Jena	100.278	114.20	878
Suhl	52,556	102.73	512
Weimar	61,964	84.26	735
District (possibly seat)	Residents	Area in km 2	Population density in people / km 2
Altenburger Land (in Altenburg )	119.359	569.08	210
Eichsfeld (in Heilbad Heiligenstadt )	117.015	939.83	125
Gotha	148,868	935.68	159
Greiz	127.186	843.38	151
Hildburghausen	75,085	937.24	80
Ilm district (in Arnstadt )	122,890	939.83	146
Kyffhäuserkreis (in Sondershausen )	97,499	1,035.08	94
Nordhausen	101,309	710.86	143
Saale-Holzland district (in Eisenberg )	92.901	816.96	114
Saale-Orla district (in Schleiz )	101,598	1,148.27	88
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (in Saalfeld / Saale )	117.015	939.83	125
Schmalkalden-Meiningen (in Meiningen )	146.348	1,209.59	121
Sömmerda	82,543	804.11	103
Sonneberg	70.193	433.35	162
Unstrut-Hainich district (in Mühlhausen / Thuringia )	122,068	975.42	125
Wartburg district (in Bad Salzungen )	193.181	1,408.67	137
Weimarer Land (in Apolda )	90.414	796.22	114